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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:57 PM Jan 2012

Newsnight on 'responsible capitalism', Prof Eric Hobsbawm {must see}

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Newsnight on 'responsible capitalism', Prof Eric Hobsbawm {must see} (Original Post) xchrom Jan 2012 OP

Hobsbawm is a very wise Ghost Dog Jan 2012 #1

I did note that. xchrom Jan 2012 #2

Ghost Dog

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1. Hobsbawm is a very wise

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 04:30 PM

Jan 2012

pessimist.

Must see. And nice to see this BBC production treating him with the deep respect he undoubtedly deserves.

Note how Hobsbawm emphasises the importance of Marx's description of the problem of capitalism.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

2. I did note that.

Reply to Ghost Dog (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:25 PM

Jan 2012

& yes I thought it was telling.

And yet - dystopia is our future it seems.

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