Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 00:54:54 +0000
Subject: Rosa Luxemburg


I have recently acquired a book called _Comrade and Lover: Rosa 
Luxemburg's letters to Leo Jogiches_  trans and ed by Elzbieta 
Ettinger from Polish to English, 1979 MIT:Mass

I have not read it yet.  Have you any info on the quality of this trans? 
 
The little I know of her comes mainly from a course in the history of 
economic thought.  According to the text of that name by EK Hunt, 
Luxemburg did make a significant contribution to the understanding of 
imperialism.  As I recall, it was the recognition of the huge and 
increasing consumptive role of the permanent military, forming a 
"market" for goods that was entirely under the control of the ruling 
class which controlled production, i.e. it was a huge profit-maker 
entirely free of the risks of the market place.  

Demand could be counted on and even raised at will.  A planned economy, 
in a sense.  Developments since then only increased the importance of 
this segment of the economy as a proportion of the total, and Hunt 
credits her for seeing that clearly while it was still small at the turn 
of the century.

Lisa


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