Re: Re: Re: RE: three bears metaphor killed

2000-04-06 Thread Jim Devine
I'm a Henwoodite in predicting big global aspects of the future, but just an observation. What is this, a plague of Henwoodism? first Louis, and now the dominoes start falling... once we start down that slippery slope... ;-) BTW, I don't predict the future. Part of the nature of the current

RE: Re: Re: Re: RE: three bears metaphor killed

2000-04-06 Thread Max Sawicky
What is this, a plague of Henwoodism? first Louis, and now the dominoes start falling... once we start down that slippery slope... ;-) BTW, I don't predict the future. Part of the nature of the current boom (as with previous ones) is that there's tremendous amounts of uncertainty. What's a

three bears metaphor killed

2000-04-05 Thread Jim Devine
The following is my effort at journalistic op-editorializing. It has clear limitations due to the limited subject matter, while I added a ending that suggested what I consider to be an impossible possibility. It's been rejected by the L.A. TIMES and the PROGRESSIVE's news service. Does anyone

three bears metaphor killed

2000-04-05 Thread Louis Proyect
Summary: The cheering of the U.S. economy's success should be tempered by the fact of private debt accumulation. I ran across an article by Harry Braverman in the '56 American Socialist that makes almost the identical point. And only 6 months earlier there is an article on automation by Harry

RE: three bears metaphor killed

2000-04-05 Thread Max Sawicky
If you really want to publish this . . . First thing is it's too long. Columns should be 750 words. Second, the paragraphs are too long. It's a newspaper, not the AER. Third, you used Randy Wray's title. When he sues you I'm sure he won't ask for too much. Fourth, you need to state in the

Re: three bears metaphor killed

2000-04-05 Thread Jim Devine
At 11:47 AM 4/5/00 -0400, you wrote: Summary: The cheering of the U.S. economy's success should be tempered by the fact of private debt accumulation. I ran across an article by Harry Braverman in the '56 American Socialist that makes almost the identical point. yeah, and there was no

Re: three bears metaphor killed

2000-04-05 Thread Doug Henwood
Louis Proyect wrote: I ran across an article by Harry Braverman in the '56 American Socialist that makes almost the identical point. And only 6 months earlier there is an article on automation by Harry or co-editor Bert Cochran (they went on to launch Piel's Beer after the magazine collapsed)