450 million *surplus* workers in China by 2010 (fwd)

1997-12-03 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:27:53 +0800 From: AMRC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 450 million *surplus* workers in China by 2010 Recently I posted some comments on the

Re: Condition or problem?

1997-12-03 Thread Ed Weick
arthur cordell: Thanx for your sobering message, Ed. As I was reading it I kept bouncing back and forth between conditions and problems. Is Heliopolis (and others) a condition (which will continue) or is it a problem (something can be done about it). If its a problem, than what must be done

FW Letter from Sao Paulo

1997-12-03 Thread Thomas Lunde
Thanks Ed, nothing like a first hand report for a little reality. Though I could write reams on what you have said, I will contain myself to the remark of the following quote: "What is it like to live in a slum? Words cannot explain the hopelessness one finds within the squalor. Welcome to

Re: FW optimum oil price is $20 a barrel

1997-12-03 Thread Jay Hanson
At 01:04 PM 12/3/97 -0500, Thomas Lunde wrote: I suppose one of the naive assumptions that a Canadian makes is that Americans are not this devious and that there is still enough marginal integrity in the system to prevent a conspiracy of this size. I agree, Here a slightly different version

FW forward: PlatinumPlus citizenships now available!

1997-12-03 Thread Jay Hanson
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