[Marxism] [progressivecaucuscdp] Fw: How many degrees does it take to screw in a crisis?

[Michael Perelman]

I am working on a new book about old economists in the 17th and early 18th 
centuries.  Modest Proposal was a satire of the methods of William Petty.

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 01:48:55PM +0100, Paddy Apling wrote:
> I can't help wondering why there is so much bother on these lists about the prospect of global warming - which is any case seems to have stopped - or even gone into reverse in the last decade.
> 
> I have, every day, for many weeks been listening to the excellent "A  Short History of Ireland - 240 episodes", of which I record daily the two episodes broadcast on BBC Radio7 at 0400 to 0415 to listen to over breakfast. 
> 
> Today's two episodes covered "A Modest Proposal" and "The Year of the Great Frost" (1740), both of which are worthy of consideration by members of these lists.
> 
> The first, of course, covered the famous ironical/satirical/horrific pamphlet, written by Dean Swift 

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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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