You simply must go by Ghosh!!
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Prof Jayati Ghosh [I must use full honorifics because she is a visitor]
gave the first of three Massey Lectures on 2005: American Empire. A
year or so from now, Harvard University Press will publish the full
text of the lecture. It cannot possibly be as good as hearing her in
person. Working in the Littauer Building [North Yard] one gets the
impression that some folks think the American Empire is doing just
fine. Prof. Jayati did not describe a unique end state, but she did
point that the Empire is in a whole bunch of trouble.
I especially
appreciated [in a gawking at an auto wreck sort of way] her description
of how the Military Industrial Complex has been used to stabilize an
economy which has otherwise questionable fundamentals. [Professor N.
Gregory refuses to think about such things.] In response to her remarks
about the relative benefits of being an Empire vs. developing country,
an audiant asked if in fact India had not benefitted handsomely from
the outsourcing of American jobs. She replied that some people had
benefitted handsomely, but that they are quite few in number. It might
be good for us to pursue her views on outsourcing and more generally
unionization.
She made these remarks
in the Barker Center just outside the south east corner of the Yard.
Maybe that explains how she could get away with it. Anyway, y’all will
have another chance to hear her today at 4:00 PM in the
northeast corner of the Yard – Robinson Hall, Lower Library.
You simply must go by Ghosh!
Professor, I know this little play on your name is not new to you,
but
it’s new to me and I thought probably some others. I hope it doesn’t
offend. I sort of lied to you. I will not, in fact, have to infiltrate
Harvard University Press. My MP3 recorder worked reasonably well. But I
cannot come today, so it will be a new challenge. I will see if I can
come to the reception. I wish I could bring an iris, but that is
another challenge.
