I, for one, don't mind reading anything Doug has to say, no matter where it
might be. Thanks.
DDeBar

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> From: Harry Veeder <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] Wall Street! (fwd)
> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 1997 5:39 PM
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 23:50:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Harry Veeder <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Doug Henwood <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Wall Street!
>
>
> Do you mind if I post this in a Noam Chomsky list?
> We are currently having a discussion about money sytems and your
> book sounds very relevant. Or you could post it if you wish.
>
> Harry Veeder
>
>
> On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Sorry to be so self-promotional, but such are the pressures of
commerce.
> >
> > My book, *Wall Street*, has been in U.S. bookstores for a few weeks,
and
> > should hit UK and Continental European stores pretty soon. The official
> > U.S. publication date is this Thursday, June 26. The book is a
> > practical-theoretical scholarly-journalistic dissection of how the
> > financial markets, particularly in the U.S. but increasingly the world,
> > work and for whom. The first half is a primer on the markets (stocks,
> > bonds, foreign exchange, derivatives); if you've wondered what an
option
> > really is, this is the place to find out. From there, the book moves
onto
> > more theoretical territory: a critical exposition of such pillars of
> > orthodoxy as efficient market theory and monetarism, in themselves and
in a
> > broader political context. After thatn, I turn to the contributions of
> > various renegade theorists, particularly Keynes, Minsky, and Marx. A
theme
> > of the book is that "finance" has surprisingly little to do with
> > production, but must be considered as an institution of class
consolidation
> > and political control. That point is made explicit in a chapter on
> > "governance" - the increasing involvement of (useless, parasitical)
> > shareholders in production, and of (useless, parasitical) bondholders
in
> > setting public policy.
> >
> > For more info, see http://www.panix/com~dhenwood/Book_info.html.
> >
> > This week marks the beginning of a round of self-promotional events
around
> > the U.S., to which all readers of this are invited. I don't know the
times
> > of the bookstore appearances yet, but typically they're around 6 PM.
Here's
> > the list:
> >
> > fetes
> > -----
> > Wed, June 25, 7:30 PM    talk and party, Brecht Forum, 122 W 27th St,
NYC
> > Thu, June 26, 6:30 PM    journey into the belly of the beast, Harry's
at
> >                            Hanover Square (an old-line Wall Street bar)
> >
> > bookstores
> > ----------
> > Wed, July 2              Borders, World Trade Center, NYC
> > Tue, July 8              Vertigo, Washington, DC
> > Tue, July 29             Printers Ink, Palo Alto
> > Thu, July 31             Modern Times, San Francisco
> > Mon, Aug 4               Stacy's, San Francisco
> > TBA, ~Aug 6              ?, Portland, Ore.
> > Fri, Aug 8               Elliott Bay, Seattle
> >
> > More precise details, and any late-breaking events, will be posted to
my
> > website.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > --
> >
> > Doug Henwood
> > Left Business Observer
> > 250 W 85 St
> > New York NY 10024-3217 USA
> > +1-212-874-4020 voice  +1-212-874-3137 fax
> > email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
> >
> >