I am not sure that I agree with Anthony. Many, I believe, want privatization – their version of better education.
Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael dot perelman at gmail.com Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901 www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony D'Costa Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 10:44 AM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] MacDailyNews But SV types also want good education funded by the state. It may serve their narrow interest in the first instance but overall it's a good thing. Anthony DCosta Professor of Indian Studies Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Sent from my iPhone On Jun 13, 2013, at 5:55 PM, raghu <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Morgan, Rothschild, Rockefeller? wouldn't "Murdoch" -- or something else, such as "corporate" -- be a better term to speak to folks outside of the self-defined left? or how about the "Steve Jobs press"? they treat him like a demigod, even though he was an anti-philanthropist and a tax-evader. The universal adoration of Steve Jobs is a sociological phenomenon worth thinking about in some detail. His appeal to the Ayn Rand set is obvious enough, but even Occupy Wall Street protesters held candle-light vigils on his death. Why? Clearly he represents the meritocratic ideal, the good capitalist, the anti-thesis of the corrupt, crony-capitalists represented by Goldman Sachs. But is there something more? Personal charisma? A compelling story as a comeback-kid? In my experience there is a strongly and widely shared libertarian streak among the Silicon Valley techie crowd. Are there any good studies of this? -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
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