Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 11:23:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Marxist theory


On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Doug Henwood wrote:

> At 5:14 PM 10/7/96, Justin Schwartz wrote:
> 
> >The most important reason for modelling ang thinking about utopias
> >is this, however. Without answeers to the questions workersa ctullay ask:
> >Why won't this end up like Russia? What reason do we think these chnages
> >will not leave us worse off? we will have no mass movement for socialist
> >change.
> 
> And Roemer-style models will satisfy the workers' questions? Puh-leeze. Of
> course socialists have to devise blueprints for a better future - but with
> reference to actually existing institutions, not crackpot affairs like
> coupon socialism - an idea that shows mostly that Roemer has no goddamn
> idea how stock markets work or what their social function is.

	You are correct about Roemer, and Nove. But what is your opinion
on Schweikart of Loyola? 

Kevin





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