I fear you're right, Doug. Doesn't capitalism need these very crises to reinvent and reproduce itself? On another pessimistic note, the end of neo-liberalism has been frequently announced, but we're still waiting for it to happen ... Best, Henry > On Jul 4, 2011, at 3:39 PM, David Sorfa wrote: > >> As the Lehmans Brothers filled for bankruptcy on September 15 2008 an >> era came to a halt. No more was there a belief that ‘the Market’ would >> work for the greater good as long as it was left un-regulated. > > This might be true in some insular intellectual communities, but I don't think you'll find this new thinking among people in the money business. Can you point to something that suggests this is a widespread enough to warrant 'no more'? > I'm pro-regulation, by the way. I don't believe in the Market any more than I believe in total immersion baptism, but I think you'll find influential agents aren't giving up on it. Alas. > > Cordially, > Doug > > Doug vanderHoof > Producer, modern litigation media > 773-394-0029 > Bucktown, Chicago+Seattle > -- Film-Philosophy After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] Or visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html For technical help email: [log in to unmask], not the list -- Film-Philosophy journal: http://www.film-philosophy.com/ Film-Philosophy Conference (6-8 July 2011): http://www.film-philosophy.com/conference/ Contact: [log in to unmask] --