On Tue, 6 Feb 1996 11:50:50 -0800 Justin wrote:
Which edition? The first as well as the third and/or fourth?
--justin
On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Iwao Kitamura wrote:
Dear penners,
FYI,
Michio Akama of university of Ehime is making an
electric archive of Das Kapital in German. It is
partly
Comment on Terry McDonough (see below)
Terry is into the right area here, but his note is all too negative and
defeatist. On crime, why not just propose legalizing drugs. This is a
solution that will work, is clearly justified in a cost/benefit sense, and
will result in some immediate
Blair asks for a short, simple critique of rational expectations suitable
for undergrads. As arrogant and annoying as he often is, a nice concise
criticism of right wing macroeconomics can be found in Paul Krugman's (1994)
book _Peddling Prosperity_ published by Norton. Chapter 8 deals with the
I'm forwarding a post from the pol-econ list that relates to precisely the
issue dealt with on pen-l a month or so ago: a non-marginal increase in the
minimum wage.
I don't expect the issue to be re-examined on the list, but perhaps those
who participated in the earlier discussion could send
Lisa Rogers wrote, in part:
The English 'translation' has always been 'gypsy', at least for a
very long time. But you can't really translate a name. The rule of
politeness is simply to call them what they call themselves.
Right. So I should call the Germans "Deutsch"?
C.N.Gomersall
Luther
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
"In fact, when I consider any social system that prevails in the
modern world, I can't, so help me God, see it as anything but a
conspiracy of the rich to advance their own interests under the
pretext of organizing society."
Tawney?
Lisa
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
"In fact, when I consider any social system that prevails in the
modern world, I can't, so help me God, see it as anything but a
conspiracy of the rich to advance their own interests under the
pretext of organizing society."
Jim Devine?
Blair
Lisxa Rogers wrote, in part:
LR: If the english word "german" also/really meant "thieving foreign
trash" I suppose the germans might appreciate being called Deutsch
instead. I'd be willing to switch.
Granted, we shouldn't call people nasty names ("wetbacks", and so on, if
you like). But if
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I've just read an excellent article on child labor in Pakistan that pen-l types
may want to use in class. It's "Child Labor in Pakistan," by Jonathan Silvers in
the current February issue of _Atlantic Monthly_. It documents how children from
age 4 on are indentured to brick, carpet and other
The term "gypsy" may have acquired a negative
connotation, but its original meaning is "Egyptian"
which indicates where most Europeans thought they
originated from. Their own traditions and analysis of
their language suggests that they came from India.
Barkley Rosser
There is an interesting movement in Minnesota which asks the question
"Is Minnesota creating enough jobs that pay a livable wage. The group
is the JOBS NOW COALITION. It is doing research and publishing results.
The JOB GAP STUDY started when they observed that the state had
low
There is a great film "Lacho Drom" that traces the origin of the
gypsies. And yes, they are from Rajasthan, India. It is the music (and
lyrics) and skirts (ghagra) that is common among most gypsies around the
world.
Anthony D'Costa
On Wed, 7 Feb 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The
"In fact, when I consider any social system that prevails in the
modern world, I can't, so help me God, see it as anything but a
conspiracy of the rich to advance their own interests under the
pretext of organizing society..."
It's not Mark Twain, R.H. Tawney, or even I who said the above
On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, C.N.Gomersall wrote:
Lisxa Rogers wrote, in part:
LR: If the english word "german" also/really meant "thieving foreign
trash" I suppose the germans might appreciate being called Deutsch
You mean it doesn't? ACtually I thought it meant "power-crazed
psychopathic
Sorry, Jim, I didn't pay your original post the
attention I should have. Now how about this one:
"Not from your own do you bestow upon the poor man,
but you make return from what is his. For what has
been given as common for the use of all, you appropriate
for yourself alone. The earth
A colleague in another department recently ask me for data on immigration.
I know there have been several discussions on this issue on PEN-L, so I
thought someone might be able to point me to a good data source. Specifically,
he needs to get data on the numbers of immigrants during different
Cost-Benefit analysis compares economic states in terms of their social
utility. The states compared will not usually be Pareto Optimal (See
Lesourne J. COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC THEORY, Elsivier 1975
p. 21) . According to Lesourne: The comparison of economic states
then implies the
So its maybe Aquinas? But then again maybe it is Anselm taking time off
from deducing the existence of God from the idea of God, to do a little
charitable work. Those are the only A saints I know besides Augustine,
who was a pear stealing sinner from way back. Of course Aquinas was banned at
one
To Doug Orr and other interested PEN-Lers:
One good place to start for U.S. immigration data in the Immigration and
Naturalization Service's Statistical Yearbook, which at the very least
would have the number of legal immigrants to the U.S.
Persons with more hard-core immigration interests
Short notice, but you can still plan to make Charles Murray's life difficult:
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"The Bell Curve" has been called "the intellectual equivalent
I was in Barnes and Noble the other day. After considerable
searching, I found the economics section tucked away, like a footnote
in a long article, in the business section. I wondered: was this some
kind of rich symbolism, perhaps Barnes and Noble's comment on the true
state, content and
Doug writes:
Short notice, but you can still plan to make Charles Murray's life difficult:
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I was in Barnes and Noble the other day. . . .
Did anyone else read the article detailing how Barnes
and Noble (and other huge book sellers) now sell
their premium self space just like grocery stores?
That is, the books featured in the front of the store
or face-out at the end of a row
Jim asks us to guess who said the following:
"In fact, when I consider any social system that prevails in the
modern world, I can't, so help me God, see it as anything but a
conspiracy of the rich to advance their own interests under the
pretext of organizing society."
Will Rogers?
On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, Gilbert Skillman wrote:
That this travesty has been given any serious attention at all, let
alone "praised...and heatedly discussed" is a quite telling sign of
the times.
I don't know, Gil. Times are bad, but I don't think this in particular is
evidence for it. Jensen's
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