CPGB (PCC) Political Economy weekend school 21 January to 22 January 2012
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Political Economy weekend school
The CPGB is organising an educational weekend school on political economy for January 21-22 at the University of London Union, Malet Street, London. If the left wants to put forward a credible alternative in this time of capitalist crisis then we need to deepen our understanding of this important field. The school is open to everyone and there will be plenty of time for discussion. Confirmed speakers include: Moshe Machover on the labour theory of value; Hillel Ticktin on money and finance (see Hillel’s article ‘Marx’s spectre haunts the wealthy and powerful’) ; Werner Bonefeld on political economy and the state; and Mike Macnair speaking against Keynesianism.
The talk by Macnair against Keynesianism sounded interesting, but from the written version published in the last two issues of the Weekly Worker (here and here) turned out to be an argument for not basing a reform programme on Keynes’s theories but on some other basis. Basically, he was just criticising other leftwing groups for proposing that the State should take steps to increase spending (as recommended by Keynes should be done in a slump), as many do. But he wasn’t against putting forward reformist slogans to try to attract working class support for the vanguard, but only that the proposed reforms should be based on some other justification than Keynes.
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