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Quesinberry: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Interesting interview
Forum Post, October, 16 2010
Steven Quesinberry
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David, Thanks for your response again. I'll provide some more background on the Shakespeare quotation. As you know, Caesar was assassinated by Brutus, Cassius and other 'high-minded' Roman nobles looking to keep t...
Marty: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Interesting interview
Forum Post, October, 15 2010
David Marty
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Lol! Happened to me yesterday. I had to repeat three times the same really dull but long message to a friend of mine. On the forth attempt (I have an Ipad which makes those things happen easily) I probably wrote the angriest message I will ever w...
Quesinberry: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Interesting interview
Forum Post, October, 15 2010
Steven Quesinberry
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David, After reviewing Chang's book, I agree that I overstated the argument that he made regarding protectionist policies and their design to benefit the citizenry. That's what I get for writing without reviewing first.&...
Marty: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Interesting interview
Forum Post, October, 14 2010
David Marty
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Hi Quiz, It is both very interesting to hear such an enlightened comment and also nice to hear from a good friend! Although this might not be the place, first I should apologize for not writing any emails to tell how I've been. I did get the...
Quesinberry: Re: Re: Re: Re: Interesting interview
Forum Post, October, 14 2010
Steven Quesinberry
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David, It was nice to read your thoughts about Chang's book. When I read the book a couple of years ago, I liked his explanation of how protectionism worked and how it continues to work for many countries who are concerned with b...
Marty: Re: Re: Re: Interesting interview
Forum Post, October, 13 2010
David Marty
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Thank you, stranger, for your very kind comment. It is indeed a good book.
Roblin: Re: Planting Seeds
Forum Post, October, 12 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Pat, Thank you for your comments. Apologies for the late response. I've had my hand fulls with other obligations during the last few weeks. I agree with your comments and am currently integrating them into a revised proposal. I will post ...
Marty: Following the Footsteps of Joseph Stiglitz: Learning Economics with Ha Joon Chang
Forum Post, October, 08 2010
David Marty
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This book is a really valuable instrument for activist willing to learn about economics. It is simply the most empowering book on economics since Robin Hahnel's ABC's of Political Economy (2002)... and also really entertaining, in Chang's very own...
Zollmann: Re: Re: Interesting interview
Forum Post, October, 08 2010
Florian Zollmann
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Hey, great review! Makes me wanna read the book! Ill get it! Cheers!
Marty: Re: Interesting interview
Forum Post, October, 08 2010
David Marty
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Thanks Gerard, I will have a look at the interview.
Jauhiainen: Re: Planting Seeds
Forum Post, October, 02 2010
Antti Jauhiainen
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My thanks to Pat for careful and helpful ideas&comments; some responses and thoughts below: >> 3. Antti: Your plans for creating a project in Finland sound fantastic. However, I would strongly urge you to consider utilizing a...
Roblin: Re: Let's Do It
Forum Post, September, 15 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"I think it might be better to still start it as a PPS-USA idea, but focus a lot on local issues that regular people not too familiar with leftist politics care about, and then educate people along the way about Parecon, Parsoc, Parpolity, et...
Roblin: Re: Great idea
Forum Post, September, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"My concerns regarding their [PPSUK] strategy involve the tendency to do what we like, instead of doing what is most effective/needed, and perhaps the idea of evolving smaller groups through time into institutions and nested councils seems to...
Jauhiainen: Great idea
Forum Post, September, 14 2010
Antti Jauhiainen
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Commenting from the "sidelines" (Finland, Europe), but hoping to contribute something here as well. It is important for us to stay in touch, and think of serious, winnable projects together onwards - anything else would be terrible was...
Lapinel: Re: Re: Re: Communication or Peer Production?
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Elliott Lapinel
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Well it isn't necessarily one or another- though that doesn't answer your question. But I do want to emphasize that just because you have a way of communicating online doesn't mean you have to stop face to face meet...
Roblin: Re: Re: Communication or Peer Production?
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"how are 40 people supposed to communicate in one hour every week, let alone every two weeks? They often don't. Members often go to listen to a few people explain what the agenda is because that is the only way to p...
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: I want to - my problems
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Stephen Roblin
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These seem like great projects. These are exactly the types of groups we should be reaching out to. I only quickly looked at the websites, but it seems like they haven't thought through what a participatory economy would look like in more detail. ...
Roblin: Re: Glad to see this post
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Kemp,I don't think you have to be an expert on parecon and the rest to be participate in a meaningful way. My view is that theoretically there's a lot of great ideas to experiment with; it's just a matter of experimenting with them. Doing...
Roblin: Re: Great!
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Good luck with your project in Latvia! What is important is that our projects becomes linked nationally and internationally. That's why I like the idea of not starting from scratch and building from the Projects for a Participatory Society, the UK...
Scales: Glad to see this post
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Kemp Scales
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Steve, Your post seems very timely and sensible. I have been thinking almost nonstop since Woods Hole about what I can do to help with the seemingly overwhelming problems around me. (I find reading "The Washington Conn...
