Re: Re: Re: Baseball and economic growth

2000-05-12 Thread Rob Schaap
Hi again, Sez Jim: Yes, baseball is like craft-based capitalism; So how's cricket different? That's the reference point in this daft proposition, isn't it? Anyway, it might be true that the US and Japan play baseball. But the Cubans love it, too, don't they? What's the conclusion these

Re: Re: Re: Re: Baseball and economic growth

2000-05-12 Thread Michael Perelman
The baseball/cricket proposition was not about sport, well not sport proper. It was, I assume, a lark intended to make light of economic methodology. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Baseball and economic growth

2000-05-11 Thread Charles Brown
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/08/00 04:11PM At 01:06 PM 5/8/00 -0700, you wrote: Yes, baseball is like craft-based capitalism; I think that the phrase "craft-based capitalism" is somewhat contradictory. I think a better phrase would be "craft-based commodity exchange." Even though

Re: Re: Re: Baseball and economic growth

2000-05-08 Thread Michael Perelman
I meant an early form of capitalism in which small capitalists hired skilled labor; i.e. master, journeyman, Jim Devine wrote: At 01:06 PM 5/8/00 -0700, you wrote: Yes, baseball is like craft-based capitalism; I think that the phrase "craft-based capitalism" is somewhat contradictory.