Sometime back there was a discussion about the lack of originality in
much of Jim D.'s roomie Paul Krugman's work. I've been asked to
produce a published citation. Does such exist? Thanks.
Terry McDonough
From the Daily Reports:
A new National Bureau of Economic Research study by David H. Autor,
Lawrence F. Katz, and Alan B. Krueger offers new historical evidence of
the large role technological change has played in the widening wage gap
between college and high school grads From 1984 to 1993,
On Wed, November 5, 1997 at 11:18:07 (+) Terrence Mc Donough writes:
Sometime back there was a discussion about the lack of originality in
much of Jim D.'s roomie Paul Krugman's work. I've been asked to
produce a published citation. Does such exist? Thanks.
J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. has
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Action for a Europe
without unemployment, without job insecurity, without social exclusion
EUROPEAN DEMONSTRATION AT LUXEMBOURG
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1997
Europe has greatest concentration of wealth in the world. Today, it is
three times richer than it was thirty years
I recently published a review of one of Krugman's popular books in the
REVIEW OF RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS. As I indicate, PK doesn't think that
scholarly references are relevant to his readers. He only uses them when he
gets into his battle with the "strategic traders," neo-protectionists like
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The Witch Hunt and the Crash
by Alexander Cockburn
We're over the edge of an old-fashioned witch hunt, and people should
understand what the stakes are and what the battle is about. The witch
hunt is against
max wrote,
left is invisible, and the labor movement is
starting to eat a few Wheaties (sorry for
technical terminology) but has a good ways to go
before it can leap over tall buildings. It would
A grainier expression would be that it is not yet "feeling its oats".
Regards,
Tom Walker
In a message dated 97-11-05 12:11:21 EST, you write:
The profs. at Big Schools (BS) and their minions see anything that
was written more than five years ago as irrelevant or prima facie wrong,
especially if the old research didn't use clever models that apply
fashionable techniques.
In a message dated 97-11-05 01:35:48 EST, you write:
4. The 'non-reporting' does not hold water, especially since the ratio of
boys as a majority over girls widens with age AND, there's just all those
pesky little corpses.
Excellent point Amen.
This whole business is psychopathic and
Speaking of pontificating, the supply-side "revolution" has finally made
it to Hawaii in the form of efforts to cut a whole range of business,
corporate and upper-income taxes in order to stimulate "investment". All
the usual characters are showing up.
Can anyone send me some references to
Has anyone got the reference context for K Marx's reported
denial that he was a Marxist?
According to Hal Draper, Marx's comment is known via mention by
Engels on 4 occasions: in a letter to Bernstein in 1882, in
letters to Schmidt Lafargue in 1890, and in an open letter
in 1890 published
We're over the edge of an old-fashioned witch hunt, and people should
understand what the stakes are and what the battle is about. The witch
hunt is against organized labor. Its prime target is Teamsters president Ron
Carey. Beyond Carey, targets include Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer
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Jim,
Rather than revolutionary pressure, you cite
'outside the beltway' agitation as a force for
positive change, which I wouldn't deny. However,
under present circumstances we don't observe such
agitation around Fast Track, so we (i.e., you)
have to consider the possibility that
Mike E. said:
Max, perhaps I am losing my ability to discern your tongue-in-cheek wit from
your serious argument, but if this is a series argument, I am surprised it
Serious as a heat rash, though you were not the
sort of person I had in mind as an implicit
target. I was most interested in
Jeffrey, thanks for the work, I certainly conceed you the final word on
this subject (actually I'm quite glad it is not my specialty). Ellen
After further examination of aanz's comments, I put forth the following
elaborations.
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If memory serves me
correctly,
As part of my recent reply to Rakesh, I wrote
"... I strongly doubt I'll be convinced by your sources of the centrality of
value theory in understanding [capitalist] production, and not because my
mind is made up already. My doubt is based on a question of logical type:
the legitimate ground of
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On this subject, I like Che Guevara's statement that he was a "Marxist" the
way physicists are Newtonians or Einsteinians (though I must admit that I'm
no Guevaraite).
in pen-l solidarity,
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia
After further examination of aanz's comments, I put forth the following
elaborations.
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If memory serves me
correctly, IF current felony conviction rates are extended into the
future, a whoppingly big IF, we could end up with between 20 and 25
percent of A-A
Jason Hecht wrote,
Without being sappy or sentimental, the plain
fact is that you've got to have a total absence of humanity to carry this
out. There is something profoundly wrong in China!!
The plain fact is that only a "total absence of humanity" can explain much
of history.
Regards,
Tom
Jim Devine wrote,
(The adulation of Big Names is a symptom of the economics profession's
sickness: one of my colleagues is almost breathless when he mentions
Mankiw, for example.)
This adulation is by no means peculiar to the economics profession. From
time to time, I've been asked to
At 11:40 AM 11/5/97 +, maxsaw wrote:
Comrades,
It is said that when the U.S. government does
something good or fails to do something bad, it
is only as a concession to an incipient
proletarian-revolutionary movement. When it
fails to do something good or elects to do
something bad, on
Max writes: It is said that when the U.S. government does something good
or fails to do something bad, it is only as a concession to an incipient
proletarian-revolutionary movement. When it fails to do something good or
elects to do something bad, on the other hand, it is said to merely be
acting
Comrades,
It is said that when the U.S. government does
something good or fails to do something bad, it
is only as a concession to an incipient
proletarian-revolutionary movement. When it
fails to do something good or elects to do
something bad, on the other hand, it is said to
merely be
Can anyone recommend a book, or preferably an
article, which surveys the current state of
Marxist economic theory, particularly in terms of
delineating the assorted schools of thought and
associated persons?
Thanks,
MBS
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Thanks for the clarification. I am relieved to know that this is not one
of the consequences. Jeff
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Subject: RE: [PEN-L] Re: income race
Date: Tuesday, November 04, 1997 7:20PM
Whereas African American males have born the brunt of the
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