I’ve been meaning to comment on this back-and-forth between Tim Barker and James Livingston over at Jacobin. It’s a fascinating and urgent read, and I ask that you chomp down on every last bit of it. If you have the time (which you surely do not), I also refer you to this somewhat different exchange between my friend Mike Fisher and Livingston, courtesy of the estimable USIH blog. And then, a couple years back, in response to another of Livingston’s books that makes similar arguments, there was the Andrew Hartmann vs. Livingston bout, which is also worth a few unavailable minutes in your undoubtedly totally swamped day. Extra points to the person who braves herself through these two comment threads, here and here. Dear…