At 23/09/2002 05:55, Melvin wrote:
>Classless concepts will not help the new communist class. Nor will
>wholesale condemnation of the American peoples strengthened the antiwar
>bourgeois democratic current alive and well in America.
You are right and my short way of putting it was wrong. Ther
not usually at the $50m end of the market; it's axiomatic in London that
Kensington and Knightsbridge were the only postcodes to come through the
last property slump without a blip. Houses at this end are not typically
bought with mortgages
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From: Michael Perelman
Schroeder, whose outspoken defiance against war with Iraq was
credited with giving him a late-push in the tight campaign, said
he won't back down. He has insisted he would not commit troops
for a war even if the United Nations ( news - web sites) backs
military action.
(do they usually send tro
In a message dated 9/22/02 8:15:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 22/09/2002 14:53, you wrote:
>I expect we'll soon see all conscientious libertarians and consistent social
>Darwinists rise up in revulsion against this Bush doctrine.
Why so? 100 hundred years after Spe
Stop treating debtors as poor cows
Larry Elliott
Monday September 23, 2002
The Guardian
The west's big economies are in trouble. Growth is stuttering to a halt,
budget deficits are rising, financial markets awash with doom and gloom.
When the finance ministers and central bank governors from the
Are there any European friends here to comment on this? Brits
don't count, Australians are OK.
Sabri
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Schroeder's Party Wins 2nd Term
Sun Sep 22,10:26 PM ET
By TONY CZUCZKA, Associated Press Writer
BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats won
one of Germany's closest
In this phase of U.S. "cowboy" imperialism, the problem is that the spoils of war are clearly being discussed and those segments of capital within the U.S. that do not stand to receive substantial financial windfalls are feigning opposition to the Bush doctrine. The key negotiations are
Subject: job in Labour and Workplace Studies
The Labour and Workplace Studies Program, Faculty of Arts, at the
University of Manitoba invites applications for a full-time
tenure-track appointment in Labour and Workplace Studies at the rank
of Assistant Professor. Core fields: Labour Inst
"For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to
think little of robbing, and from robbing he comes next to drinking and
Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once
begin upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many
a man da
As I recall, Louis started this topic a while back although I
don't remember where exacly. Michael Keaney sent a few supporting
articles to A-List. Their URLs are below.
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/a-list/2002-September/020392
.html
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/a-list/2002-Septem
> Also, totally off the subject, are you Turkish?
>
> Joanna
Well. Now the entire world knows that I am, how can't you? Just
kidding. But I am Turkish.
Best,
Sabri
PS: Sorry for posting this to the list. I don't get to see
Joanna's address at the website.
Thanks for this, I was wondering about Europe.
Also, totally off the subject, are you Turkish?
Joanna
At 12:40 PM 09/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Europe Is Giving Up on Itself
>
>Stephen Roach (New York)
>
>Global Economic Forum, Sept 20, 2002
>
>
>These past two weeks in Europe have been sort of
At 08:38 AM 09/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>How effective can military keynesian be now?
Not very...at any rate, the market doesn't seem to think it would be very
effective; have you noticed how it swoons everyt ime we come one step
closer to war?
> The US economy is very open,
>so much of the
Mark's words are the most succint analysis I have seen.
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 04:52:56PM +, Carl Remick wrote:
> >... what is exceptional about Americans is their mix of murderousness,
> >infantile self pity and devastating lack of self-insight.
> >
> >Mark
>
> Exactly. Just add America'
The restraints on Bush have been a suggestion that he get approval of
congress and the UN before beginning the war. Going to the UN is
expensive, because he has to bribe others to go along with it.
I am not sure if some of the debate was not orchestrated in the first
place. Once Bush agreed to
Let me highlight this from the below article:
"White House officials say they have not budgeted any particular
amount for a war. In any case, they say, the United States can
afford it."
Sabri
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New York Times, September 22, 2002
Amid the Uncertainty, Business Balks at Spending
Europe Is Giving Up on Itself
Stephen Roach (New York)
Global Economic Forum, Sept 20, 2002
These past two weeks in Europe have been sort of an epiphany for
me. The hopes and promises of the European Monetary Union (EMU)
are now ringing hollow. Eleven cities later -- on the Continent
and in th
PREVIOUS:
1)... what is exceptional about Americans is their mix of murderousness,
infantile self pity and devastating lack of self-insight. Mark
2) Exactly. Just add America's new "hyperpower" status to that mix and
you have the most toxic combination for world calamity since WWII. Carl.
COMMEN
Michael P said There are none.
Carrol Said:
"They are not in any politically significant sense _divisions_. ...And
I think
there is a reason for that: divisions in the ruling class occur
only under heavy pressure from the working-class. Divisions on the international
level, such as t
>... what is exceptional about Americans is their mix of murderousness,
>infantile self pity and devastating lack of self-insight.
>
>Mark
Exactly. Just add America's new "hyperpower" status to that mix and you
have the most toxic combination for world calamity since WWII.
Carl
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They are more or less sharp _differences of opinion_. They are not in
any politically significant sense _divisions_. There is no set
terminology here, probably because there is no very strong tradition of
theory and practice around ruling-class unity/division. And I think
there is a reason for tha
How effective can military keynesian be now? The US economy is very open,
so much of the demand leaks out. Unlike the world of WW II, the US is not
using goods that are produced using technology comparable to durable
consumer goods. Instead, it depends more on very high tech, with
relatively li
I don't see much division, except how to market the war. Disgusting
sight.
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 09:36:34AM -0400, Hari Kumar wrote:
> I have probably missed this due to recent absence, but what do list
> members think re the apparent divisions in the ruling class regarding
> assulting Iraq?
>
I wrote,
>>I expect we'll soon see all conscientious libertarians and consistent
social
>>Darwinists rise up in revulsion against this Bush doctrine.
Mark Jones asked,
>Why so?
I was being sarcastic, Mark.
Tom Walker
604 255 4812
Title: Dubya Dip?
September 22, 2002/New York TIMES
The Costs of Bursting Bubbles
By STEPHEN S. ROACH
LONDON - A year after terrorism dealt a seemingly lethal blow to America, talk of resilience and economic recovery is in the air. The nation's inflation-adjusted gross domestic product has r
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30447] Where is Herbert Spencer when we need him?
Herbert Spencer: >... the improved civilized principle of wholesale massacre in return for single murder... <
this sounds like Israel's policy vis-a-vis the conquered territories...
JD
Man of the extreme century
Sunday September 22, 2002
The Observer
[snip]
TH: So much of the current surge in history has to do with English and
British identity. What came out from your autobiography was a strong
affection for England and your own sense of Englishness. Do you think the
public o
At 22/09/2002 14:53, you wrote:
>I expect we'll soon see all conscientious libertarians and consistent social
>Darwinists rise up in revulsion against this Bush doctrine.
Why so? 100 hundred years after Spencer, angry Americans are more anxious
to bash people of different hue, colour, etc, th
"In the 33-page document, Mr. Bush also seeks to answer the
critics of growing American muscle-flexing by insisting that the
United States will exploit its military and economic power to
encourage 'free and open societies,' rather than seek 'unilateral
advantage.' It calls this union of values and
I have probably missed this due to recent absence, but what do list
members think re the apparent divisions in the ruling class regarding
assulting Iraq?
i) Are these real divisions - or merely 'willpower'? Or do they
represent mroe objective capitalist class divisions?
ii) If the latter - What do
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