clearly in W an of abuse, jected it in troducing been aware contradictory issue should not miscive one-vote. the executive The trouble with John's economics (which I have followed over the years)
is that he believes in a zero-sum con ception of economic distribution and class struggle. This is expressed most The British Economic Disaster, which he wrote with Andrew Glyn. Every reform, every institution, is an unambiguous gain for one class and an equal loss for another. I concerned criticise this widespread conception in my book but John does not try to reply to my arguments. He has had time to think;
I have raised a few of them before.
1 am not using this word as a term but the zero-sum conception of distribution and class struggle is quintessentially Ricardian. Marx reThis discussions of the process Capital. меуне overthrew it in a different way by in.
the ideas of variable employment and output. I have long of John's inability assimilate Keynes, but he might take another look at Marx. Some of the relevant passages are quoted with approval in my book. Hodgson, Denocin. 1 4. Democratic Geoft , 3.50.
Marx: The First 100 Years ed David McLellan, Fontana, 1983, p. 218.
prevent LCC involvement in youth politics The EC has not adopted a 'per_ approach to one-membe here is sometimes a distinction between ideas proposed on and those actually adopted! For the record, a proposa that the EC support rule or constituchanges ahow choose from a variety of reselection procedures from this October was instead. It was argued that anv constitutional changes those which LCC already committed such as positive should only take place after a much broader review of the democratic needs of a mass, executive has frequently opposition witthe most recent occasion Pesign tion. Thee oniy diference s prior Barry's over the time worth spending in reply to far-left attacks on the LCC (dangerously close to a full-time ocupation)
Finally, the Appeal for Left Unidiscussion of the very issues Barry passed only after a full which does not suggest that minority views were treated as Significantly, the current chairperson, whose election seems to be a 'problems' supported Barry Winter on this issue.
We cannot reply to every point that Barry makes, and such a list of points makes a poor agenda for : constructive dialoguc It should be sufficient to șay that Barry's picture of an organisation, dominated and guided by a hidden group, ignoring or overriding democratic decisions or minority views, is far from the genuine debates which should be treated a such. Barry Winter was invited io comment on the draft of the most recent statement of LCC's politic:
Reconstruction. Sadly, he declin.