http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/editorial/wednesday/nd679.htm
Jim Devine wrote:
Brad asks:
Why is there this extraordinary--eager--desire to take Keynes's
quote out of context?
Unfortunately, Brad, quoting out of context is a major indoor sport.
Marx is quoted out of context more than most. Keynes is hardly the
only target. Worse are made-up quotes, as
Brad asks:
Why is there this extraordinary--eager--desire to take Keynes's quote out
of context?
Unfortunately, Brad, quoting out of context is a major indoor sport. Marx
is quoted out of context more than most. Keynes is hardly the only target.
Worse are made-up quotes, as seen in the book
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Congratulations Max on a great piece. One thing though. Given your
insistence on politics as having to do with the possible, why do you think
Congress will go for greater spending on child care etc.? In other words,
why do you think the Democrats are wrong to think that, if they abandon the
Thanks Tom.
This year I don't think much will
happen, as per the wrestling match
point. After the ritual grunting
and hair pulling, the parties will
default to big debt
reduction.
An exception is a likely
expansion of the minimum wage. This
gives the Repugs a chance to give some
new tax
In the new Princeton University Press economics catalogue, they are featuring
a new book by Allan Drazen entitled Political Economy in Macroeconomics.
Does anyone know anything about this book? Does it represent an attempt
to reclaim "political economy" from the left?
Joel Blau
Rob Schaap wrote,
* Yahoo hack has (surprisingly) surprised people such that the
possibility of the medium of their optimism (the Net) actually being
quite vulnerable has become apparent (Beeb World Service);
The hacking has now persisted for three days
I would be very surprised if
the CIA and other spy agencies haven't developed capabilities for hacking
and harrassing dissident internet communications.
didn't they do that against Serbia?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://liberalarts.lmu.edu/~jdevine
In the new Princeton University Press
economics catalogue, they are featuring a new book by Allan Drazen
entitled Political Economy in Macroeconomics. Does anyone know
anything about this book? Does it represent an attempt to reclaim
political economy from the left?
I don't know that book (and
Sure, but from the blurb, this book looks like more than simple public
choice theory. "He proposes that conflict or heterogeneity of interests
should be the field's essential organizing principle, because political
questions arise only when people disagree over which economic policies
should be
Tom, I think a short summary of what it does would help the whole list (at
least those of us USians). So if someone knows...
At 02:49 PM 2/9/00 -0800, you wrote:
Does anybody know of articles on what exactly the banking legislation
passed in the fall says and does? To avoid clutter, please
The Financial Markets Center web site has a Glass-Steagall Repeal page at
http://www.fmcenter.org/fmc_superpage.asp?ID=245
The page contains summaries (short and long) of major provisions in the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, analysis, links and updates on rulemaking related to
GLB
Many thanks. This is great stuff.
Edwin (Tom) Dickens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Financial Markets Center web site has a Glass-Steagall Repeal page at
http://www.fmcenter.org/fmc_superpage.asp?ID=245
The page contains summaries (short and long) of major provisions in the
Max Sawicky wrote:
snip
I keep coming back to the fact that the
drive for debt repayment seems to indicate
something new in deep U.S. political economy.
I don't know exactly what.
snip
A labor movement on the defensive, perhaps? If the so-called Keynesian
Revolution in fiscal
For anyone who is interested and has Dishnetwork, Direct tv, or
Worldlink tv on his or her cable system, Manufacturing Consent is on the
Worldlink tv channel (a relatively new public network) tonight and twice
tomorrow as well
http://worldlinktv.com/
Hopefully we can convince the good cadres to stop the bad cadres and then
this problem can be solved.Steve
South China Morning Post
Friday, February 4 6:44 AM SGT
State-owned firms left behind as dependence on US grows
The imports and exports of foreign-invested joint ventures in the
In a message dated 00-02-09 16:37:16 EST, you write:
In the new Princeton University Press economics catalogue, they are
featuring a new book by Allan Drazen entitled Political Economy in
Macroeconomics. Does anyone know anything about this book? Does it
represent an attempt to reclaim
In the
public choice area can be found moderate
and
liberal perspectives. It is true that in the field
can be
found more Buchanan types, but its not
obvious that this makes it more conservative
than,
say,
trade.
If you
think the state is the executive committee
of the
bourgeoisie, than
Brad De Long wrote:
Why is there this extraordinary--eager--desire to take Keynes's
quote out of context?
Remarkable, isn't it? Didn't Hayek offer the charming interpretation
that Keynes's queerness made him not care about the future?
Doug
I missed this. Where?
Brad DeLong
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 16:20:04 +0100
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Subject: Syndicate: Proces contre Leonardo / Leonardo under attack
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