Doug's In Style

1998-03-23 Thread Jay Hecht
Once again, the "paper of record" comes not to praise (or bury) Doug, but to note that his tome "Wall Street" a quote "left deconstruction of financial markets" was #1 in sales at the "academic, Labyrinth Books." Of course, Doug is good enuff for the style section, but, ahem, really not

Re: zero marginal costs

1998-03-23 Thread R. Anders Schneiderman
At 01:55 PM 3/21/98 -0800, Michael wrote: The idea of a zero marginal cost of information [in the sense that once produced it costs little to reproduce] is an old one. Marx discussed the discovery of the binomial theorem, which once discussed cost nothing to reuse. In an earlier book, I

Re: social-democratic illusions/ was UK Decay

1998-03-23 Thread Mark Jones
valis wrote: Is this comment (and I agree with the part about America) meant to support orthodox revolution as an option, or does it intend something else? I don't believe in the permanence of capitalism, if that's what you mean. But I do not know, and I don't think anyone does, how things

Re: High Wages or Abolition of Wages?

1998-03-23 Thread Anthony D'costa
Can we have some real-life identifier here? Anthony D'Costa

Another leading indicator

1998-03-23 Thread michael
A letter to the recent Scientific American suggested that tall buildings were associated with impending depressions. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: social-democratic illusions/ was UK Decay

1998-03-23 Thread valis
Quoth Mark Jones, in conclusion: The plain fact is that the German/Japanese mercantilist model has failed. These countries are going to approximate more to the Anglo-Saxon model. The idea that America can on the contrary be pushed in the direction of socially-inclusive 'welfareist'

Right on schedule

1998-03-23 Thread valis
Today it was announced - at least in Europe - that Bertelmanns, the world's biggest communications conglomerate, has gobbled up Random House, the biggest American publisher. Except for the BBC I'd be just as oblivious as the rest of you. To paraphrase an old vaudeville punch line involving a

Re: Doug's In Style

1998-03-23 Thread Doug Henwood
Jay Hecht wrote: Once again, the "paper of record" comes not to praise (or bury) Doug, but to note that his tome "Wall Street" a quote "left deconstruction of financial markets" was #1 in sales at the "academic, Labyrinth Books." Of course, Doug is good enuff for the style section, but, ahem,