I think that the thread on unemployment data was very useful if you can
filter out the unnecessary nastiness. Whether the United States or
Canada has the best statistical agencies, I leave to others.
I cheerfully admit that I have never really had any interaction with
Statistic Canada other
At 09/10/02 08:54 -0400, Louis Proyect wrote:
Chris Burford:
What I read however is from my point of view a rehearsal of assertions
about who is more marxist than whom and who is more revolutionary than whom.
Perhaps it would help if you stopped using the name of Marx or Engels in a
kind of
WSJ, Oct. 10, 2002
Surge in Exports From China
Gives a Jolt to Global Industry
By KARBY LEGGETT and PETER WONACOTT
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
When Philips Electronics NV began prospecting for opportunities in China in
the early 1980s, the Dutch company adopted the hot strategy
NY Times, Oct. 4, 2002
Web Article Is Removed; Flaws Cited
By DAVID CARR
The online magazine Salon has removed an article charging Thomas E. White,
secretary of the Army, with participating in accounting practices that led
to the collapse of Enron while he was vice chairman of Enron Energy
Boston Globe, 10/9/2002
Harvard role in Harken called deeper
Group says partnership kept Bush firm afloat
By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff
WASHINGTON - Harvard University's financial relationship with President
Bush's former oil company was deeper than previously understood, with the
Title: RE: [PEN-L:31195] Re: RE: Whither ecological economics?
It's too bad you signed off. Sustainability is something that pen-l has discussed in the past and will discuss in the future. Pen-l is like the weather in Chicago: if you don't like the weather, wait a bit.
At 2:41 PM + 10/9/02, Carl Remick wrote:
How does scientific study do this by its nature?
Because scientific study requires that you rule out all variables
not having to do explicitly with the subject being investigated.
You can't study everything at the same time, so you would have to
Original Message
http://abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/s698150.htm
An Australian study of suicide over the last century has found
significantly increased rates when conservative governments
have been in power compared to Labor. They've taken into
In a message dated 10/8/02 6:11:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As for the assertion that the "bourgeoisie and the working class have
nothing in common", I do not think that is true. There is a contradiction
between the working class and the bourgeoisie. There is both
Title: RE: [PEN-L:31203] The New York Times, Salon, Enron and Me
Carr may be a sleaze (for all I know), as suggested by the second article below, but the first article is a straight reporting job. I can't find anything wrong with it. It's not trashing Salon or Krugman as much as reporting on
Carr may be a sleaze (for all I know), as suggested by the second article
below, but the first article is a straight reporting job. I can't find
anything wrong with it. It's not trashing Salon or Krugman as much as
reporting on the article being pulled.
Jim Devine
On 10/10/2002 1:54 AM, Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thiago Oppermann:
Wouldn't the quality of unemployment also be relevant? A rate of 1% where
the
unemployed end up indentured to credit companies might be a lot worse than
5%
if they are free to enjoy productive unemployment.
I'm trying to remember. Was that conclusion of _The Great Dictator_ the
first words Chaplin ever spoke on screen -- or were there some spoken
words in _Modern Times_?
Carrol
I'm trying to remember. Was that conclusion of _The Great Dictator_ the
first words Chaplin ever spoke on screen -- or were there some spoken
words in _Modern Times_?
Carrol
The only sound in Modern Times was the song Smile, which was written by
Chaplin.
Louis Proyect
www.marxmail.org
this is an email hoax:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jdbgmgr.exe.file.hoax.html
-b
At 06:03 PM 10/9/2002 -1000, Ralph Johansen wrote:
- Original Message -
From: William Mandel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:24 PM
Subject:
From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joanna writes:
A critique of the development of science under capitalism would take much
more than an email. Suffice it to say that what we refer to as SCIENCE
today is a specific historical form suffering from specific historical
deformations. I leave it
At 05:12 PM 10/10/2002 +, you wrote:
Again, I believe it's the nature of science itself -- not just the
corruptive effects of capitalism -- that so often causes technology to
have a destructive, dehumanizing impact on society. The ever increasing
specialization of scientific knowledge
Wow. This is interesting. Really interesting.
Lisa
on 10/10/2002 10:38 AM, ravi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Original Message
http://abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/s698150.htm
An Australian study of suicide over the last century has found
significantly increased
Title: RE: employment
Thiago writes:
there also is an issue here about what it means to be unemployed
these days. It doesn't necessarily mean one is not working: here in Oz we
have these hare- brained and politically expedient work-for-the-dole schemes;
there are also whole communities
Title: RE: Western Rationality
Joanna wrote:
A critique of the development of science under capitalism would take much
more than an email. Suffice it to say that what we refer to as SCIENCE
today is a specific historical form suffering from specific historical
deformations. I leave it to
Title: Melvin Scores for Contemporary Marxism.
Melvin...I am cheering inside. You have made my day, perhaps my week, perhaps my year because you are so right on! I have thought this through myself and have not had the time to write it down, but the essence of what you say is the way the world
From Thursday's Financial Times
Senior German finance officials yesterday sought to reassure investors over
the health of the country's financial sector, but failed fully to calm
nervousness over the state of the beleaguered industry.
The sector's fragility was underlined by a downgrade
Devine, James wrote:
Thiago writes:
there also is an issue here about what it means to be unemployed
these days. It doesn't necessarily mean one is not working: [clip]
I think it's useful to keep unemployment _per se_ (as with the
official definitions) separate from these
Title: mucking
I don't remember who sent the e-mail message, but it stuck in my head. Someone made an off-hand remark about two pen-l participants (Doug and myself, seemingly) who mucked up the list or some such.
I know that Doug had a fit of anger, but I did no such thing. I'd like to know
In a message dated 10/10/02 3:15:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The reason the revolution is blocked is because technology and materialism alone do not drive qualitative changes in social organization. The leap is not entirely objective, we much apply creative
I suppose that what interests me in this discussion is not the question of the
political significance of the third digit right of the point, but rather that
of the social role of different kinds of unemployment and near-unemployment.
This fine-grain sociological picture is, in my decidedly
Title: Re: [PEN-L:31223] mucking
Oh my how you fellows amuse me (and gals, but to tell you the truth the fellows are the ones making a fuss). Let me tell you. I couldn't get off of the list when I tried, and you all are such a hoot I now eagerly await my next chunk of email. I personally am
Actually Carrol, I think in Melvin's theory the technically unemployed and
under employed play a significant role in revolution. It was really
fascinating, you should read it if you have not already.
LS
on 10/10/2002 7:34 PM, Carrol Cox at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Devine, James wrote:
I know that suicide is associated with unemployment. How much of this
reflects economic slowdowns and how much other aspects of conservative
leadership.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 10:38:56AM -0400, ravi wrote:
Original Message
lisa stolarski wrote:
Actually Carrol, I think in Melvin's theory the technically unemployed and
under employed play a significant role in revolution. It was really
fascinating, you should read it if you have not already.
Many sectors of the working class play (will play) a significant
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I suppose that what interests me in this discussion is not the question of the
political significance of the third digit right of the point, but rather that
of the social role of different kinds of unemployment and near-unemployment.
Correct! But that is
Michael Perelman wrote:
I know that suicide is associated with unemployment. How much of this
reflects economic slowdowns and how much other aspects of conservative
leadership.
Another possibility yet: the kind of social and political conditions
which bring about conservatives in
Pros Start to Shed Real Estate,
Fearing a Market Correction
By RAY A. SMITH
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Some of the smart money is moving out of real estate.
With stocks plunging, investors have poured billions of dollars
into properties over the past year, gobbling up
Hunt is on for bank saboteur
'Manipulation' of Commerzbank shares under investigation
Heather Stewart and John Hooper in Berlin
Friday October 11, 2002
The Guardian
A plot to sabotage the share price of Commerzbank is being investigated by
financial watchdogs, Germany's third biggest listed
At 10/10/02 21:37 -0700, Ian Murray wrote:
Hunt is on for bank saboteur
'Manipulation' of Commerzbank shares under investigation
Heather Stewart and John Hooper in Berlin
Friday October 11, 2002
The Guardian
A plot to sabotage the share price of Commerzbank is being investigated by
financial
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