Tom Batsis wrote:
Doug, do you think thatincreased "competitiveness" is responsible
for declining standards of
living?
From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes. Of course, when profits start to fall, business takes it out on the
workers. That is the underlying mechanism.
At 11:33 PM 10/10/96, Alex Izurieta wrote:
That is, increasing competition has *indeed* led to a deterioration
of standards of living, but *through a still sharper concentration*.
How do we know there's been a sharper concentration? Thirty years ago,
there were three major players in the U.S.
Doug Henwood wrote:
How do we know there's been a sharper concentration? Thirty years ago,
there were three major players in the U.S. auto market; now there are what,
5 or 10?
Firstly: remember that the large auto corporations are TNCs which produce
and sell autos in many different national
Elaine,
The news report - All this sounds like SA in the 70's and 80's.Though it
doesn't
mean that we are not
losing jobs, as you will learn for your self when you come.
Additional requests:
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1996
RELEASED TODAY: Employer costs for employee compensation in the United
States (private industry and state and local governments) averaged
$18.82 per hour worked in March 1996. Straight-time wages and salaries
(71.6 percent of the costs) averaged
Doug, you are repeating the same mistake you made last December. If Bill
Gates spends millions of dollars hiring workers to undertake unproductive
labor at his super mansion in Washington, you fail to recognize that
the wages which go to those workers are from revenue of surplus value.
In your
Treacy: McDonalds had the smallest size meat patty in the industry but
due to chains such as Rallys putting out a .99 cent burger,
others such as Wendys cut prices by introducing "value" menu
items. This past summer McD increased the size of their burger
Another Palestinian succumbed on Monday to his gunshot wounds,
bringing to 68 the toll of Palestinians who were killed by the
Israeli Armed Forces during the recent clashes. The fighting broke
out on September 25, when Israeli soldiers opened fire on
stonethrowing Palestinian protestors. The
I recently posted the following:increased competition among
capitalists also hurts profits, no? and profits are up, yup? So
maybe the problem is increased competition amongst workers.
Ken Hanly COMMENTed that But increased profits means more to
invest and more jobs and thus more to trickle
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Henwood)
How do we know there's been a sharper concentration?
How can we *really* know?? Especially if behind almost every big
firm there seems to be an intrincate conglomerate of well diversified
networks of investors, financial enterprises,
If the rate of profit falls, then there are Marx's counter-tendencies in
operation. Namely, workers' pay on the line as well as outsourcing by MNCs
among other things. When profits are falling, capitalists don't lay dead.
In their closets there are many options.
At 7:03 AM 10/11/96, Paul Zarembka wrote:
Doug, you are repeating the same mistake you made last December. If Bill
Gates spends millions of dollars hiring workers to undertake unproductive
labor at his super mansion in Washington, you fail to recognize that
the wages which go to those workers
On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Doug Henwood wrote:
We're not talking about Bill Gates hiring a few workers out of revenue to
perform unproductive labor. We're talking about giving half the U.S.
workforce a big fat raise - that is, bringing the minimum wage to within
hailing distance of the present
We are taught that competition is good. Yet, we can think of a
depression as a symptom of heightened competition.
Within this framework, what happens during a depression is what happens
with greater competition. Business gets busy laying off workers,
installing new technology [yes, the
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 96 00:36:06 -0600
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Subject: IMPORTANT COURT RULING
The following court case may mean justice for many thousands of workers.
My employer isn't gonna like this and yours probably won't either.
The Japanese have an expression "kato kyoso" meaning excessive competition
which they vehemently oppose. Various state-capital arrangements and
cartel-like behavior reduce competition. Prices are high no doubt but
mass lay offs rare as well.
Anthony P. D'Costa
Associate Professor
Comparative
Suppose you won the Nobel prize and wanted to put it to use to make the
society you live in improve as much as possible. Where would you spend
the $? Supporting labor? Radical education? Organize a vanguard movement?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico,
Doug said:
How do we know there's been a sharper concentration? Thirty years ago,
there were three major players in the U.S. auto market; now there are what,
5 or 10?
I sat at a conference a few weeks ago and listened to someone denouncing
the increased monopolization of world trade by 40,000
I don't about the other industries, but sorry not in steel. The top five
companies in the world (by crude steel output) control 13.5% of the total
world output. In fact this is one industry where there has been
deconcentration, here and abroad, and globally.
Anthony P. D'Costa
Associate
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996
From: Philip Kraft [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BENEFIT RULING COULD HAVE WIDE IMPACT
By Del Jones and Julie Schmit
An appeals court ruling in Seattle against Microsoft
for treating employees as independent contractors is
sending shivers through the high-tech industry and
why don't we distinguish between types of competition?
when ncds'ers talk about how capitalist firms are engaging in
cutthroat competition, they want us to have the idea that firms are
competing *for consumers*, especially by lowering prices.
but it turns out, not surprisingly, that capitalists
At 10:14 AM 10/11/96, Michael Perelman wrote:
The government tries to avoid excess competiition [depressions] via
government spending (i.e. military expenditures) and a lenient policy
toward anti-competitive measures. Business will tend to organize and
consolidate until they can enjoy a new
Doug in reply to Paul Z
We're not talking about Bill Gates hiring a few workers out of revenue to
perform unproductive labor. We're talking about giving half the U.S.
workforce a big fat raise - that is, bringing the minimum wage to within
hailing distance of the present mean. All the faux
At 2:18 PM 10/11/96, Gerald Levy wrote:
Since you are now using this term,
a) define surplus value.
b) explain how surplus value is measured.
No, I don't have to Jerry. You're just being a pest.
Doug
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Left Business Observer
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absolutely!
Doug Henwood wrote:
At 10:14 AM 10/11/96, Michael Perelman wrote:
The government tries to avoid excess competiition [depressions] via
government spending (i.e. military expenditures) and a lenient policy
toward anti-competitive measures. Business will tend to organize and
U.S. imperialism is having difficulty holding its European empire
together. It gives the appearance of being cocksure of itself and
its power, but below the surface contradictions are churning. U.S.
Defense Secretary William Perry's recent extended tour throughout
his European domain was
Can the environmental economists out there help me by giving me some
ideas of the jobs are available for someone with an undergraduate degree
in environmental economics?
Thanks.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 916-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL
Speaking of minimum wage workers, do folks realize that if working
families get any increase in wages above the minimum wage, they face the
highest marginal tax rate of any income group?
In fact, they are taxed at a rate equal to roughly 50% of any additional
income.
Here's what they pay
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One of my students who works for a radio station called to
tell me the details of Vickrey's
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Subject:[PEN-L:6619] a nobel puzzle
Suppose you won the Nobel prize and wanted to put it to use to make the
society you live in improve as much
October 11, 1996
Dear friends and URPE members,
This is a very first draft of a submission for the
Encyclopedia for Political Economy being coordinated by
Phil O'Hara. I have written 1174 rough words and have
a 1200 word maximum. I am stuck and need collective
help. I have no access to files
I have been told by a member of URPE that Vickery (en paz descanse)
was a member of URPE, if not now, at least at some time in the past.
Does anyone on PENl know him or his work? Does Michael Perelman
ask his question of Nobel prize money because he was named in Vickery's will?
Oops, don't
I was struck by the fact that the "history" doesn't include the _names_ of
*any* URPE founders or leaders!!! Don't you think that David Gordon and
others deserve a mention? Without any names, URPE's history sounds rather
faceless and impersonal.
Jerry
doug (paul)
since when is it our job to determine what the bosses can
accomodate?
e.g. you could make a case, and many have, that racism is so
entwined with the u.s. economic system that it will never be
completely eradicated without the overthrow of capitalism.
if i were convinced of this,
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