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The Canberra Times article is not persuasive, more of an anti-Marx than a  
pro-JS Mill argument.  The biggest problem with is seems to me to be the 
idea  
that planned economies were the problem for the third world. A larger issue 
is why the market isn't sufficient to get third world development going, 
and  
what we can do to change that.  He who can answer that one will be the  
economist of the next millenium! 
 
Marx's big idea was to examine the economy from the perspective of what it  
looks like to those who work, rather than those who make profits.  That was 
a  
big idea, and in fact goes along with the expanding democratic idea that 
all  
people in the society matter, not just those at the top. 
 
However, can't we come up with more candidates than Marx and Smith for the  
economist of the millenium?  Millenium is a long time.  What about Thomas  
Aquinas?  He started to think about profits in a more positive way. 
 
Marie Duggan 
PhD Candidate, New School 
 
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