Louis mentioned a week or two ago that Marx unconditionally
supported all manner of anti-colonial revolts, no matter how
primitive the nature of the resistance.
If somebody could throw me a few cites where his arguments
on this point are explicaated, I'd appreciate it.
max
Seth Sandronsky wrote:
Hello. When self-employed people go out of business in the U.S.,
how are they accounted for in the official job stats?
It's based on self-reporting. If people describe themselves as
self-employed and working, they're counted as such. If they describe
themselves as not
At 08:34 AM 9/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Louis mentioned a week or two ago that Marx unconditionally
supported all manner of anti-colonial revolts, no matter how
primitive the nature of the resistance.
If somebody could throw me a few cites where his arguments
on this point are explicaated, I'd
Any ideas on this??
On Some Common Macroeconomic Fallacies
(http://www.attac.org/fra/toil/doc/ideas01.htm)
by Prabhat Patnaik
Published in collaboration with IDEAS
[IDEAs has been established with the purpose of building a pluralist network
of heterodox economists engaged in the teaching,
Pen-l'ers
When Mark Jones set up the A-list a year ago it was with the intention
that a forum be provided where participants could analyse developments
in the global political economy from an anti-imperialist perspective in
a suitably conducive environment. Mark passed the reins to me earlier
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30322] the thorny matter of international law ii
does the U.S. government give a shit about international law? has it ever, unless it served the perceived national interest?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
I'm game. Maybe somebody will start
a pool on how long it takes for me to get thrown
out, though that will not be my intention.
mbs
There are no
formal membership restrictions, except that those indulging in sectarianism,
flaming, baiting or apologising for imperialism will be ejected. So
You are correct that the consolidation has been going on for some time
now, but it keeps getting worse, and at some point, quantity turns into
quality. When that accumulation point occurs is difficult to see in
advance.
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 07:59:49AM -0500, Bill Lear wrote:
Hasn't rapid
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30334] Re: Re: Re: congress and the banks
On the consolidation of banks:
It should be mentioned that the trend does not always mean increased monopolization of banking services. One thing is that with the breaking down of barriers to interstate banking in the U.S., a lot
In a message dated 9/18/02 8:14:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm game. Maybe somebody will start
a pool on how long it takes for me to get thrown
out, though that will not be my intention.
mbs
Thrown Out? This is not the era of industrial socialism organized as a
The local monopolies of banking -- especially in rural areas -- also
tended to make the risks of banking failure more local. Sort of like an
electricity grid. When it is more local, failures are more common, but
localized. When a more national system goes down
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30338] Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: congress and the banks
Michael Perelman writes:
The local monopolies of banking -- especially in rural areas -- also
tended to make the risks of banking failure more local. Sort
of like an electricity grid. When it is more local, failures are
yes, but the contagion is more likely the more integrated the system.
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 08:52:45AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
Michael Perelman writes:
The local monopolies of banking -- especially in rural areas -- also
tended to make the risks of banking failure more local. Sort
Max Sawicky wrote:
Louis mentioned a week or two ago that Marx unconditionally
supported all manner of anti-colonial revolts, no matter how
primitive the nature of the resistance.
If somebody could throw me a few cites where his arguments
on this point are explicaated, I'd appreciate it.
I'm trying to collect a list of arguments for raising the minimum wage,
especially those that apply in 'developing' nation contexts. Fairness,
equity, social justice arguments and/or efficiency/economic/macro
arguments are all fine. Do people know of any good articles, books,
websites that
Seth wrote,
Hello. When self-employed people go out of business in the U.S.,
how are they accounted for in the official job stats?
Doug responded,
It's based on self-reporting. If people describe themselves as
self-employed and working, they're counted as such. If they describe
themselves
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Further, the banks have been suffering from competition from other sectors, such as money market mutual funds and (for corporations) the commercial paper market. There is no trend toward monopolization of financial markets, as far as I can tell, so those with sufficient
How about this. Marx is right about many things and this is one of them: as
the rich get richer and fewer in number and the poor get poorer and
constitute almost everybody, what you have is a recipe for extreme social
unrest. Moral and humanitarian arguments aside, this situation is
In a message dated 9/18/2002 12:27:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
yes, but the contagion is more likely the more integrated the system.
I agree, though not just viewing contagion as a local vs. national issue, but as a single financial service provider vs. financial
In a message dated 9/18/02 11:36:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
How about this. Marx is right about many things and this is one of them: as
the rich get richer and fewer in number and the poor get poorer and
constitute almost everybody, what you have is a recipe for extreme social
unrest.
Mat, for some sources, check out:
Zavodny, Madeline, Why Minimum Wage Hikes May Not Reduce Employment,
_Economic Review_, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1998, 83(2), pp.
18-28.
Card and Krueger, _Myth and Measurement_ 1995 (reporting empirical studies
in which they find that raising
At 01:52 PM 09/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:
You may have seen this before but one needn't be a Marxist to see clearly
that what you say is certainly so. Therefore I repeat my announcement about
Socioeconomic Democracy and the democratic and peaceful reduction of the
obscene -- and harmful --
The Atlantic Monthly | October 2002
The Roaring Nineties
As the chairman of Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers, and
subsequently as the chief economist of the World Bank during the East Asian
financial crisis, Joseph Sitglitz was deeply involved in many of the
economic-policy
Yesterday I read for the third time a reference to the fact that Sri Lanka
is supposedly going through its first recession since independence in
1948. The first two times I thought it was a misprint but now it's
beginning to bug me. It's not possible for a market economy not to have a
Yesterday I read for the third time a reference to the fact that Sri Lanka
is supposedly going through its first recession since independence in
1948. The first two times I thought it was a misprint but now it's
beginning to bug me. It's not possible for a market economy not to have a
Published on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 by Inter Press Service
10 Million Brazilian Votes against Hemisphere's FTAA
by Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Nearly 10 million voters in Brazil have expressed their
rejection of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in an unofficial
referendum
Devine, James wrote:
Michael Perelman writes:
The local monopolies of banking -- especially in rural areas -- also
tended to make the risks of banking failure more local. Sort
of like an electricity grid. When it is more local, failures are more
common, but localized. When a more
In a message dated 9/18/02 12:11:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 01:52 PM 09/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:
You may have seen this before but one needn't be a Marxist to see clearly
that what you say is certainly so. Therefore I repeat my announcement about
Socioeconomic Democracy and the
I don't think the civil war was for 30 years. As for the recession most
likely the FT reported it because there are talks of peace (recently
brokered in Thailand I think), and the LTTE has been given greater
recognition by the Sri Lankan government. In other words media coverage
of SL had
On Tue, 18 Sep 2002, Anthony D'Costa wrote:
I don't think the civil war has lasted 30 years
I'm sorry, that was a typo. I meant 20, which is still rounding up a
year. It started in 1983.
Still unclear about the rest, though. Do developing countries commonly go
decades without a recession,
Recessions are observable better when the economy is at a higher growth
trend. Most developing countries of Africa and South Asia have generally
grown at fairly low rates, although actual data for different years might
show differently. Consider India's (sic) Hindu rate of growth of 3.5% for
a
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
Consider India's (sic) Hindu rate of growth of 3.5% for
a good three decades since 1950.
Huh? Why the sic, and what's a Hindu rate of growth?
Doug
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30345] Re: raising min wage
Social disorder may encourage the rise of a socialist movement and/or a welfare state what Lisa calls concessions), but it also may involve fascist-type movements, not just among those in corporate or state power, but among the masses. In the late
the sic should be after Hindu, a coinage by an economist, I forget the
name, suggesting pejoratively that there is something inherent in
(Hindu) India that retards growth. The contemporary experience (staunchly
rightist Hindu ruling regime within the constraints of parliamentary
democracy)
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
the sic should be after Hindu, a coinage by an economist, I forget the
name, suggesting pejoratively that there is something inherent in
(Hindu) India that retards growth. The contemporary experience (staunchly
rightist Hindu ruling regime within the constraints of
If you are a long time observer of the Indian economy in an
anthropological sense (which I am) the picture is rather mixed but I would
say overall there are material gains (unevenly no doubt across class,
caste, and region) and the poverty rate is declining, though this may not
be visible to the
In my Pathology book, I tried to make the case that higher wages in general
encourage investment in new labor-saving technology.
Forstater, Mathew wrote:
I'm trying to collect a list of arguments for raising the minimum wage,
especially those that apply in 'developing' nation contexts.
The Wall Street Journal today has an article describing how companies are
angling to raise prices, often by surreptitious means.
In demand were strong, out and out price increases would be relatively
easy to engineer. I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the immediate
future of markups.
--
Anthony D'Costa wrote:
If you are a long time observer of the Indian economy in an
anthropological sense (which I am) the picture is rather mixed but I would
say overall there are material gains (unevenly no doubt across class,
caste, and region) and the poverty rate is declining, though this
Dial D for deflation
Sep 12th 2002
From The Economist print edition
Table.pdf
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The biggest risk facing the world economy may be deflation, not a
double-dip
THE global economy continues to sputter. Yet most economists and
policymakers do not expect a
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30366] deflation watch
Michael Perelman writes:
The Wall Street Journal today has an article describing how companies are
angling to raise prices, often by surreptitious means.
In demand were strong, out and out price increases would be relatively
easy to engineer. ...
I tried addressing Doug's question on changing material basis of the
Indian society. My answer is yes, it has been changing. Statistics
show the Indian poverty rate is declining, although debate persists
on the extent of this decline. There is nothing in my presentation that
talks about
Could cdes. give me some info on the German Marxist Robert Kurtz? Have been
reading some articles by his on the current world crisis, which I found
quite compelling.
His basic idea is that ever since the late 60s / early 70s, what is at
stake is not just realization but the money form itself,
Doug and Eric,
Thanks for your responses.
Seth
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Here are some Indian corporate admissions:
CII NEWS
Press Releases : 2002 : September
ATTACK POVERTY TO DEFEND PROSPERITY: BANGA
Poverty is the biggest enemy of peace and democracy and the only way to
defend prosperity is to find ways to attack it. This was stated by Mr M S
Banga, Chairman,
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