Re: New economy bull

2001-10-05 Thread Carl Remick
From: Michael Keaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] The troubles with technical trends Professionals have lost sight of the risks but cannot blame day traders for the outcome, writes Barry Riley Financial Times, Oct 05 2001 ... Now there is a global economic recession in the offing. It has become evident

Re: New economy bull

2001-10-05 Thread Jim Devine
At 01:51 AM 10/6/01 +, you wrote: the golden rule remains that an Al cut is worth a four-day rally. I really don't know why the man bothers ... in theory, he doesn't care about what happens to the stock market (or shouldn't care). He's supposedly trying to help Main Street, not Wall

Re: Re: New economy bull

2001-10-05 Thread Michael Perelman
In which theory?? On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 10:56:39AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: in theory, he doesn't care about what happens to the stock market (or shouldn't care). He's supposedly trying to help Main Street, not Wall Street. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Re: New economy bull

2001-10-05 Thread Jim Devine
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 10:56:39AM -0700, I wrote: in theory, he [Alan Greedspan] doesn't care about what happens to the stock market (or shouldn't care). He's supposedly trying to help Main Street, not Wall Street. At 12:28 PM 10/5/01 -0700, you wrote: In which theory?? the one that

Re: New economy bull

2001-10-04 Thread Jim Devine
This year has shown that inventory-free companies do not escape the business cycle or disruptions in demand Financial Times, 25 September 2001 Peter Martin There are really only two types of business: those with inventory and those without. In recent years, inventory-heavy businesses have

Re: New economy bull

2001-10-04 Thread SOncu
Jim wrote: BTW, some economists argue that even service-providers _in effect_ have inventories. Excess supply in a service industry will show up as excess capacity [e.g., unused airplanes] or as 'inventory' of underutilized employees. -- Baily Friedman, MACROECONOMICS, 2nd ed, p. 66. This

Re: New economy bull

2001-07-03 Thread Michael Perelman
This is very interesting. I have never seen the demand growth rate figures before. The increasing reliance on imports makes this situation seem even more threatening to economic health. Keaney Michael wrote: The death of demand Financial Times, Jun 25, 2001 By GLOBAL INVESTOR - ANDREW

Re: new economy

2001-02-01 Thread Margaret Coleman
I haven't read the Challenge article yet, but so far everything I have read about the "new economy" sounds like smoke and mirrors to me. It also seems like this "new economy" is about to take a bath just like plain old economies do all the time in capitalism. maggie coleman Michael Perelman

Re: Re: new economy

2001-02-01 Thread Jim Devine
At 09:06 PM 01/31/2001 -0600, you wrote: I haven't read the Challenge article yet, but so far everything I have read about the "new economy" sounds like smoke and mirrors to me. It also seems like this "new economy" is about to take a bath just like plain old economies do all the time in

[L-I] After the Autumn of the Patriarch (was Re: New Economy, Mid East)

2000-10-15 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
This is the peace process 'The alternative to the peace process is no longer hypothetical. It is unfolding today before our eyes', said President Clinton. But the fighting in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank is not a departure from the Peace Process, it is its obvious conclusion. The Peace

Re: Re: New Economy??? (fwd)

2000-06-15 Thread Chris Burford
At 13:37 13/06/00 -0700, you wrote: they are supposed to show that capitalism is not the capitalism of free trade. Mine Doyran SUNY/Albany So do you refuse to give answers to my questions? Brad DeLong Although there are strong monopoly features in global capitalism, these figures do not

Re: Re: New Economy??? (fwd)

2000-06-15 Thread md7148
I do *not* remember getting this message because my account was full so Brad's question probably bounced back. Can you repost the rest of your post? Chris, I understand what you say but the article is not suggesting that the world economy is charecterized by monopoly capitalism. This not my

Re: New Economy??? (fwd)

2000-06-13 Thread Brad De Long
Is this a claim that Algerian standards of living would rise by 47% if Algeria were to shut off all trade with the rest of the world, and that standards of living in Zimbabwe would rise by 56% if Zimbabwe were to shut off all trade with the rest of the world? The author himself writes in the