Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rick Kuhn on the economic crisis

2008-10-22 Thread CeJ
There are two views out there about private equity and the better-positioned hedge funds. One view says they are loaded with cash and are out there lurking sitting on it, waiting to buy up 'distressed assets' of all sorts, all over Europe, UK, US, and even (now yet again) Asia. The other view

[Marxism-Thaxis] Lenin's discussion of monopoly and speculation

2008-10-22 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch01.htm “Even in the purely economic sphere,” writes Kestner, “a certain change is taking place from commercial activity in the old sense of the word towards organisational-speculative activity. The greatest success no longer goes to

[Marxism-Thaxis] 1978 to 2008

2008-10-22 Thread Charles Brown
Subjec [Pen-l] Rick Kuhn on the economic crisis From: Doyle Saylor Greetings Economists, On Oct 20, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Jim wrote:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Dialectics of revolutionary organization and spontaneity

2008-10-22 Thread Charles Brown
Carrol Cox is a Thaxis alumnus. ^^^ [Pen-l] Newsweek: Blame the libertarians [Pen-l] Newsweek: Blame the libertarians From: Carrol Cox

[Marxism-Thaxis] Workers of the World, just read and watch the news

2008-10-22 Thread Charles Brown
Here's another main media frontpage headline story that could be in a socialist newspaper. Workers of the World, just read and watch the news . The revolution is being televised Charles http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20081021/1a_lede21_dom.art.htm Cities see 'alarming' homeless