The World Economic Crisis and American Capitalism

1997-12-10 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
Let's just take the basics of Marx's theory of the financial and monetary aspects of the cycle. In the face of bankruptcy, Asian producers are trying to honor financial obligations (sales having turned out to be at prices lower than used in preceding obligations); they are ready to sell their

Re: The World Economic Crisis and American Capitalism

1997-12-10 Thread Doug Henwood
Rakesh Bhandari wrote: I must say that I am rather surprised that Doug thinks it possible to evaluate the "long-wave" vitality of US capitalism, independently of the situation as a whole. May I quote myself, from LBO #80? quote Long upswing? Maybe the estimable Anwar Shaikh, a Marxian

Re: The World Economic Crisis and American Capitalism

1997-12-10 Thread Tom Walker
Doug Henwood wrote, Given their track record over the last 20-25 years, you have to give U.S. crisis managers the benefit of the doubt in their ability to turn potential disaster to their advantage. That's not to say they can do it forever, but This is the one fact that would tend to dim

Re: The World Economic Crisis and American Capitalism

1997-12-10 Thread Ricardo Duchesne
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