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This blog consists of occasional links and bits of commentary—some humorous, others more serious, often a combination—by David F. Ruccio. I used to teach in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame (until it was split and renamed) and then in the Departmen
t of Economics and Policy Studies (until it was dissolved). I am now a Professor of Economics “at large” as well as a member of the Higgins Labor Studies Program and Faculty Fellow of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. I was the editor of the journal Rethinking Marxism from 1997 to 2009. My Notre Dame page contains more information.
As faculty speech is being increasingly circumscribed, here’s the unfortunately necessary disclaimer: the ideas and opinions expressed in the main entries to this blog are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other organization with which I am affiliated. Guest posts and comments are not moderated and are the sole responsibility of their authors.
Greetings!
You have a great blog…. I especially liked the quote from the chef in Chicago.
Here’s a link to an article on Mondragon that you might find informative … especially now that the US Steelworkers are “collaborating” with them… a developing story – I hope.
http://jasecon.wik.is/Analysis/Mondragon%3a_What_relevance_for_US_cooperative_development%3f
Thanks, Bernard, for the gracious comments about the blog as well the link to the Mondragón essay. Indeed, Mondragón and other enterprises where workers appropriate and control the surplus they produce are important examples of noncapitalism in the world today. Traditional trade unionists in the United States have long been opposed to such experiments. Fortunately, that may now be changing. . .
Wonderful blog. I recognized some of your “Public Art of the Day” photos were in the LA area, as I am an LA photo blogger myself, though I focus more on design and fashion.
Can’t wait to see more posts. Feel free to head over to my site…
ILikeWhatYoureWearingLA.wordpress.com
Best,
Olivia
Thanks, Olivia, I’m glad you like the blog. Good pieces of public art are, for me, another way the world is represented and designed. . .
Hi,
We don’t mind that you use our BP art photos for your blog but can you at least ask permission beforehand and write a caption or give a linkback to our blog (greenerati.com).
Thanks.
My apologies, Keith, but if you check the page, you’ll see I did provide the appropriate link back to your blog.
Hi David,
Okay, I do see the linkback. I am happy to have you use the photos but can you please give me or Greenerati.com photo credit. When we use other photos we always give credit. Sorry to be a stickler otherwise people just use photos and posts without credit or even asking permission.
Hi, nice to meet you !
It was with considerable anger that I read your account of Saif al-Islam and LSE. If you are a serious scholar, you will get in touch with me–I am presently at LSE on Sabbatical–and find out just how wide of the mark you are with much of what you have to say. I was particularly incensed by your statements, “…doctorate based on a plagiarized doctoral thesis…[and] a veritable rogues’ gallery of LSE scholars (together with politicians and spys) facilitated Qaddafi family connections to the LSE.” Incidentally, it was I (not Held) that brought Saif to LSE, guided him through a Masters degree, and then arranged for him to do a PhD. I had to return to the US, but kept in touch with him regarding his PhD work and read and commented upon the whole of his thesis. I can assure you that he did not plagiairize the thesis–it was an expansion and reworking of his Masters Thesis, and I subsequently accepted his invitation, as did a number of other distinguished international scholars, to serve on a Committee to fashion a new, and democratically oriented Constitution for Libya, meeting dozens of times in Libya and in England. His father did not accept our work. But Saif did! If you want to talk to me, I can be reached at 011-207-955-6820.
Dear Professor McClennen,
Please accept my apologies. I failed to include a link to the Daily Mail story in the first version of my post.
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I didn’t see a contact in order to e-mail you this link so here it is straight up:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/06/26/opinion/sunday/20110626_CARTOON.html
Dear David,
Where can I purchase Captial Volume’s II and III. I can’t seem to locate them.
Thanks,
Christian
Dear Christian,
You can certainly find volumes 2 and 3 in any good academic bookstore (new or used) or on-line, at the usual places (like Amazon or Borders).
There is some good stuff here:
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/07/export_control_crs.html
Export Control Reform, and More from CRS
July 25th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood
Congress opposes direct public access to most Congressional Research Service reports, so people who care to read the reports on current policy issues must work around the Congressional barrier. Some noteworthy new reports from CRS include the following (all pdf).
The U.S. Export Control System and the President’s Reform Initiative, July 14, 2011
A Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Background and Congressional Options, July 8, 2011
Selected Characteristics of Private and Public Sector Workers, July 1, 2011
The Sustainability of the Federal Budget Deficit: Market Confidence and Economic Effects, June 28, 2011
hi david,
just learned of you blog from jack last week. outstanding stuff!! thank you.
here’s a piece by corey robin in a recent _london review of books_ online:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/corey-robin/the-war-on-tax
your readers may find it useful. thanks again for doing this,
lucas
Nearly all of the things you point out is supprisingly accurate and it makes me wonder the reason why I hadn’t looked at this in this light before. Your piece really did switch the light on for me personally as far as this subject matter goes. However at this time there is one particular point I am not necessarily too comfortable with so whilst I attempt to reconcile that with the actual main idea of the point, allow me see what the rest of your visitors have to say.Nicely done.
May I send you information about a new book about being gay and the searchfor justice in the 1920′s America. Manuscript read by Howard Zinn, now published by inGroup Press? Lyn LeJeune
Prof. Ruccio,
Here’s the relevant fragment of the letter John Maynard Keynes wrote to George Bernard Shaw quoted by Joan Robinson (and Claudio Sardoni) as containing an admission by Keynes that he never actually read Marx.
Unfortunately, it seems either Joan Robinson did not properly understand the letter, or Sardoni did not understand her, because the fragment does not support that conclusion:
Keynes on Marx and Das Kapital
http://wanderingdanny.com/oxford/2011/10/keynes-on-marx-and-das-kapital/
A bit disappointing, but that’s what I could find, thanks to my friend Danny.