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alanjjohnstone wrote:I am not sure how much and how detailed Darren P intends to include in his effort
The pamphlet is just a series of reprinted articles, Buick’s reply to the NEF, a section of a Socialist Studies pamphlet by Hardy, part of a chapter from ‘Banking’ by Walter Leaf and an article by Professor Cannon.I was hoping to do something on the money supply for my economics course work but it’s outside the scope of the course. Still, i’ve managed to find a few articles on money supply and inflation in various economics journals if anyone would like me to send them.
stuartw2112 wrote:Thanks for the reply ALB. One more question, have you, or anyone else, read Steve Keen’s book, Debunking Economics? Is it worth reading?I’ve had a copy on my bookshelf for a few years but have only really flicked through it. I guess the more mainstream economics you know the more worthwhile it will be reading it. There’s a chapter about Marx and the ‘transformation problem’. Not sure what has changed in the second edition.At the same time as I bought this I also got (and read!) ‘The Death of Economics’ by Paul Omerod an interesting book in that the first half of the book could have been written as a critique of the second, well worth reading (at least the first half).You don’t have to subscribe to Marxian economics to see through the assumptions that neo-classical economics is based upon.
Well, if you’ve got any new ideas or places to point people towards I’m sure we’ll be glad to hear them.
Click on the word, it’s a link.A comrade who was enthusiastic about TZM was enthusiastic about this to. It’s something they teach at publicity courses.
jondwhite wrote:The reason the party does not attract more people and younger people than it does is a distinct cultural tradition reflected in attitudes among members broadly along the lines of rejecting scientific research in marketing and communication techniques over the last half century.I guess this is where AIDA comes in!
jondwhite wrote:Also a low level of party education among members seems to compound this and be a result of it.???
gnome wrote:That may be partly the case but that begs the obvious question – why the difference in average age? Perhaps we’ll find the answer to that one tomorrow.I think part of the answer is that we are stuck with using terminology that has been dirtied by over a century of abuse by leftists of various kinds. But I don’t see any easy answer to this problem.The second factor has got to be that our use of new media has been pretty feeble. It’s been less than 12 months that we’ve had a website that’s fit for purpose. (incidentally I’ve been working on a soon to be revealed update for the worlsocialism.org site recently)The audience for conspiracy type films on the internet is huge, and this is where the bulk of Zeitgeist viewers come from.But I don’t think there are any magic solutions…
This newly re-posted audio file will be of interest:http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio/marxist-and-monetarist-theories-inflation
Incidentally, in connection with my theoryandpractice.org.uk site and distributed through radicalbooks.co.uk I will soon be issuing a pamphlet debunking the ‘creationist’ school of banking theory, as well as some other things. Anyway self promotion over…An important thing to bear in mind in these debates is what is meant by ‘money’. The standard definition these days probably does include bank deposits, whether or not created through the issue of loans, so by definition banks do expand the money supply by issuing loans – but only because the definition of money makes no differentiation between credit and debit.The real question I guess is “what creates real wealth?” (or purchasing power) and if real wealth can be increased or destroyed by issuing or paying back loans.
gnome wrote:One link doesn’t exactly litter our forums. Anyway it’s interesting and educational to see what these people are saying, particularly for those who don’t otherwise know. For example, I was unaware that the SWP viewed World War Two as an imperialist war……..maybe I should have known that before, but now I do.OK fair enough
I don’t think we should ignore any current. But we should also be aiming our attentions to where the people are. And that is largely outside the ‘left’ and the various ‘activist’ groups.
A glut of free goods may cause a temporary fall in prices.. It is peferctly possible for goods created by socialised labour in one area to be sold as commodities in another region of the world. Surely this would just be giving a free gift to commercial capitalists?Or perhaps I haven’t grasped what it is you’re talking about.
