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Fw: Re Koop re Frank re the Communist Manifesto: critique by George Snedeker 16 March 2002 21:58 UTC |
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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. ----- Original Message ----- 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. > > 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ANDRE GUNDER FRANK > > Senior Fellow Residence > World History Center One Longfellow Place > Northeastern University Apt. 3411 > 270 Holmes Hall Boston, MA 02114 USA > Boston, MA 02115 USA Tel: 617-948 2315 > Tel: 617 - 373 4060 Fax: 617-948 2316 > Web-page:csf.colorado.edu/agfrank/ e-mail:franka@fiu.edu > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >
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