Re: Theobald speech text for Toronto (fwd)

1998-01-16 Thread AR Gouin
At 13:01 98-01-13 -0500, Arthur Cordell wrote: in futurework list -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:04:35 -0800 From: Robert Theobald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: text of speech to be given in Toronto After

Lost in nostalgia

1998-01-16 Thread Tom Walker
12:02 NASA CONFIRMS SEN. JOHN GLENN TO GO INTO SPACE AS PAYLOAD SPECIALIST. Couldn't have anything to do with nostalgia, could it? What does it say about the public relations of the space program -- until recently the epitome of futurism -- when it begins to recycle its relics? Regards,

Re: Lost in nostalgia

1998-01-16 Thread Arthur Cordell
In a time of fiscal restraint bureaucracies will do just about anything to augment their budgets. On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Tom Walker wrote: 12:02 NASA CONFIRMS SEN. JOHN GLENN TO GO INTO SPACE AS PAYLOAD SPECIALIST. Couldn't have anything to do with nostalgia, could it? What does it say

Prosperity and Justice

1998-01-16 Thread charles mueller
A year ago I would have thought that an Internet discussion comparing the relative merits of socialism versus capitalism was at best a waste of time. Now, after considerable experience with a number of lists, I'm no longer so sure. Any kind of reform requires a cadre of advocates, a

Re: Prosperity and Justice

1998-01-16 Thread Arthur Cordell
As co-host of this list I concur with Sally. I don't think we need to get into a pushing and shoving match over the merits of capitalism vs. any other ism. This territory has been gone over many times. Other lists may be the appropriate place for this discussion. A negative outcome of the

Disarming the Markets (fwd)

1998-01-16 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:19:39 -0800 From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Disarming the Markets LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE December 1997

Prosperity and Justice

1998-01-16 Thread charles mueller
From Arthur Cordell: As co-host of this list I concur with Sally. I don't think we need to get into a pushing and shoving match over the merits of capitalism vs. any other ism. This territory has been gone over many times. Other lists may be the appropriate place for this discussion. A

FW: Re prosperity and justice

1998-01-16 Thread pete
charles mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been told, though, that I'm no longer welcome to post to this group (below) . I hope Sally Lerner and her colleagues will reconsider. Charles, I tend to concur with Sally to the extent that the litany of American judicial experience

Hello

1998-01-16 Thread Caspar Davis
Dear Futurework, I have been apprised of your existnce by C. Mueller through TOES, and I would like to know more to see if I would like to join this list. I am interested i fundamental changes in the nature of work, ownership, understanding, and society. I am closely connected with Robert

Re: Prosperity and Justice

1998-01-16 Thread Charles J. Reid
Hi, Charles! I'll defend your right to contribute to this list. I think Eva makes sense. The problem is that free market economists have learned to think in a certain set of patterns -- accepting assumptions of rattionality, utility, supply/demand, etc. -- that they cannot comprehend the

Re: Prosperity and Justice

1998-01-16 Thread Charles J. Reid
Well, Arthur, I posted my disagreement with your position in a previous post. We've talked about Justice for 2300 years since Plato, too. Wanting to escape a relevant discussion does not seem to me to be a good motivation for your decison, one essentially advoating censorship and "political

Re: Prosperity and Justice

1998-01-16 Thread Arthur Cordell
On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Charles J. Reid wrote: Well, Arthur, I posted my disagreement with your position in a previous post. We've talked about Justice for 2300 years since Plato, too. Wanting to escape a relevant discussion does not seem to me to be a good motivation for your decison,