tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post3989540827951042751..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Why I’m Not Going to Properly Review “The People’s Republic of Wal-Mart”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-43888706217203020792019-06-08T20:16:45.035-04:002019-06-08T20:16:45.035-04:00Hi Peter. I think it's better to save the bile...Hi Peter. I think it's better to save the bile for the Right.MaxSpeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594964334301228571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-86888870551894612082019-06-08T18:59:39.078-04:002019-06-08T18:59:39.078-04:00Thanks, Max -- I just saw this. You are much nice...Thanks, Max -- I just saw this. You are much nicer in your tone, but we largely agree about substance, I think. Where we may differ is in what we expect from popular treatments of scholarly topics. I'm looking for something akin to good science journalism, where a writer fully digs through the science, then conveys the gist of it to a broad readership using analogies, stories, brief explainers, etc. I would love to read a "Genius of Socialism" along the lines of "The Genius of Birds". Nice line drawings too.Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-66277013211499886342019-05-20T07:13:05.307-04:002019-05-20T07:13:05.307-04:00My own take. Not as erudite as Peter's, though...My own take. Not as erudite as Peter's, though I think he judges what is intended as a breezy, popular treatment on scholarly grounds.<br /><br />http://maxspeak.net/plan-market-and-wal-market/<br />MaxSpeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594964334301228571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-82404721769126739232019-05-13T01:47:36.577-04:002019-05-13T01:47:36.577-04:00Something somebody wrote about history and tragedy...Something somebody wrote about history and tragedy and farce, but strictly for old geezers, :-). rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-35370794301234975582019-05-12T23:15:15.340-04:002019-05-12T23:15:15.340-04:00Yes, socialism has always had this "double&qu...Yes, socialism has always had this "double". FWIW, it was my interest in socialism and planning long ago that got me into studying the theory of the firm. This is not a new discovery -- it was already many decades old when I stumbled into it -- and it doesn't reflect well on the Jacobin crowd that they think they just figured it out.<br /><br />I don't want to sound like a disgruntled lefty geezer (even if that's what I am). Still, if we forget 95% of what previous generations managed to puzzle out, how can we make progress?Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-47619925125419286302019-05-12T21:29:41.913-04:002019-05-12T21:29:41.913-04:00It was not just Lenin and Barone, but Schumpeter a...It was not just Lenin and Barone, but Schumpeter and John K. Galbraith also at times saw socialism as resembling or even arising out of what Baran and Sweezy labeled "monoopoly capital."rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.com