At 01/08/02 11:04 -0400, you wrote:
Although, on the up side - or at least what sounds like an upside from the
other side of the puddle - there was quite an upset in the Amicus election
(Sir Ken Jackson, with the boot). Can you tell us anything about this
Derek Simpson fellah, Chris? The press
Friday August 2, 2002 4:00 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - With talk of
U.S. action against Iraq escalating, the
Iraqi government Thursday invited the
chief U.N. weapons inspector to
Very interesting argument forwarded by Louis Proyect
At 01/08/02 18:56 -0400, you wrote:
(From the late Jim Blaut's regrettably
out-of-print The National Question. Sharp readers will notice
a strong affinity between Wallerstein's world systems perspective and the
one put forward by Hardt-Negri
Certainly Marx did not write centrally about how the law of value operates
on the largest scale in conditions where there are great discrepancies in
the level of the means of production. But it should not be impossible to do so.
Chris Burford
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Key to understanding the relationship
Dubya's Double Dip?
August 2, 2002
By PAUL KRUGMAN
If the story of the current U.S. economy were made into a
movie, it would look something like 55 Days at Peking. A
ragtag group of ordinary people - America's consumers - is
besieged by a rampaging horde, the forces of recession. To
everyone's
Employment Flat as Hours Plunge in July
By Dean Baker
August 2, 2002
THE REPORTED DROP IN HOURS IN JULY IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST NON-WEATHER
RELATED DECLINES EVER.
The economy added just 6,000 jobs in July, while
the unemployment rate
remained at 5.9 percent. However, the length of
the average
The Mexican farmers of Salvador Atenco won an important battle against
right win government of Vicente Fox. Today, was announced the
cancellation of a new airport project for Mexico City because the
opposition of such farmers. This episode is a good example of
primitive accumulation in
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Nuke with the Hole in its Head, by Harvey Wasserman (Cols. ALIVE)
Hole in the head
Metal-eating acid has closed Davis-Besse for now. It's a chance to
keep Ohio nuke-free forever
by Harvey Wasserman
Ohio's elder reactor has a hole in its head. So,
GOP Plan To Limit Lobbyists Targeted
Senate Ethics Panel Says Political Party Shouldn't Be Factor
By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 2, 2002; Page A01
The Senate ethics committee, reacting to a controversial document being assembled by
Republican activists, plans to
I caught the end of the interview on KPFA with Ellen Frank and Tom
Schlessinger yesterday. Both were excellent.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901
Sabri sent us this short report
According to most polls, the reformist
Islamic fundamentalist Justice and Development
Party (AKP)will come out as the first party
but most likely they will not win the majority.
Hence, some coalition led by the AKP seems most
likely after the coming election on
Friday August 2, 9:11 am Eastern Time
Reuters Business Report
Consumer Spending Up on Big Income Gain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending rose solidly in June as income
advanced at the fastest pace in nearly two years on the back of big pay
gains, helping cash registers ring out the
The Times of India
THURSDAY, AUGUST 01, 2002
China modernising Pak infrastructure
PTI
BEIJING: As part of Beijing's efforts to supplement its strong political and
military ties with Islamabad, China is actively helping develop Pakistan's
key infrastructure sectors like roads, ports and
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29042] Big Income Gains? Comment?
short comment: (1) it's a mistake to rely on one month's statistics to judge what's happening, especially when a lot of the other statistics (such as July's employment report) are not looking very good; (2) one thing that happens in a
At 11:28 AM 8/2/2002 -0400, Yoshie forwarded:
Metal-eating acid has closed Davis-Besse for now. It's a chance to keep
Ohio nuke-free forever
by Harvey Wasserman
Importantly, FirstEnergy's other nuke, at Perry east of Cleveland, is also
now shut, making Ohio a reactor-free state. Are
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29042] Big Income Gains? Comment?
Right. I didn't think it was a good
thing. Small fodder for the perma-bulls maybe. I thought it was
interesting, and probably tied up with the factor you mention, that the rise in
after-tax income was higher than the general rise in income.
The WSJ reports that Stanley Works has decided that moving to Bermuda doesn't
make sense after all. The company projected saving $30 million by
reincorporating. So I guess the opportunity costs (Congressional inquiries,
hatred, protests, etc) were higher than the $30 million tax dodge, yes?
It
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29047] Stanley Works stays in Conn.
When I drove out to lunch, US National Public Radio news presented this differently: it said that Stanley decided not to move because it anticipated congressional reforms would take the profit out of the move.
Jim Devine [EMAIL
ORIGINAL: "I wasn't talking about the author. But the book is about ol'
Norman, if I
recall. jks"
Reply: Yes of course you are right. I was just suggesting if anyone
wanted to find said book - NB was not the target.
By the way your cataloguing of "Let me count the ways" of being misunderstood
RE: [PEN-L:29047] Stanley Works stays in Conn.
- Original Message -
From: Devine, James
When I drove out to lunch, US National Public Radio news presented this differently:
it said that Stanley decided not to move because it anticipated congressional reforms
would take the profit out
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29050] Re: RE: Stanley Works stays in Conn.
When I drove out to lunch, US National Public Radio news
presented this differently:
it said that Stanley decided not to move because it
anticipated congressional reforms
would take the profit out of the move.
Jim Devine
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 17:19:57 -0400
From: Tom Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [windenergyweekly] Wind Energy Weekly #997
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EWEA, GREENPEACE RAISE TARGET:
12% BY 2020 FOR GLOBAL WIND
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On May 28, Greenpeace and
This herring is so red it is back lit by glowing neon! There is no
anti-expertise position. The question is rule by experties. And
ultimately in the cases you mentioned, the expert give advice. But if
the patient is a dedicated Jehovahs witness, they have the right to go
on not being
Title: final word on expertise?
[was: RE: [PEN-L:29053] Re: Horning in on Bethune: espertise- Levels of:in PEN-L digest 227]
Gar writes:
This herring is so red it is back lit by glowing neon! There is no
anti-expertise position. The question is rule by experties. And
ultimately in the
Jim wrote:
One thing we should do is to make
sure that the experts don't restrict the supply of education in order to
shore up their status as experts.
You mean like the American Medical Association?
Joanna
joanna bujes wrote:
Jim wrote:
One thing we should do is to make sure that the experts don't restrict
the supply of education in order to shore up their status as experts.
You mean like the American Medical Association?
Joanna
Since we were talking about doctors, I'm sure
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