Fw: Re Koop re Frank re the Communist Manifesto: critique

Capitalism is a theoretical concept. it does not exist any more than any
other concept. it is not clear to me what A. G. Frank would substitute for
capitalism as an analytical tool. a brief answer to this question would be
helpful.
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From: Andre Gunder Frank <franka@fiu.edu>
To: <kjkhoo@pop.jaring.my>
Cc: <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 11:46 AM
Subject: Re Koop re Frank re the Communist Manifesto: critique


> 1. yes indeed. It has long since been the Thacher/Reagan RIGHT
> who has run off with the capitalist flag and waved it for all it is
> worth, which to them has been quite a lot. But that is all the more
> reason for the left to find something better.
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> 2. In front of me above my desk is a foto of 5 personal friends/companeros
> from chile each of whom was murdered by  Pinochet as they were fighting
> against his regime and for a humane society. One is also a former student
> of mine to whose memoory i dedicated two books [anyone can look/see what
> it says on the dedicatory page]. I do NOT forget them or others, and
> discarding capitalism as a concept and term in no wise diminishes their
> sacrifice or my memory
> gunder frank
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