Blair makes way too much of one word in my post. Nevertheless, any
scientific paradigm grows through conceptual elaboration and
addition. Paradigms can degenerate through the addition of concepts
inconsistent with their basic "problematic". This was the origin of
Althusser's critique of
On 13 January 1995 Ken Hanly said:
It is quite possible that income inequality as measured in Australia could
be less over the time studied but WEALTH inequality increase. Many
business people who are well off may wish to have relatively low taxable income
but
receive benefits in other ways,
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Mike Meeropol wrote:
Just a very brief intervention on "the V word". I learned a lot from
Alan's post. I look forward to seeing the discussion move forward.
Here's the problem I've always had: Value in effect is what modern algebra
calls an "equivalence" relation
A couple of observations inspired by S. Charusheela and Colin Danby's post
on Vandana Shiva.
Shiva has criticized the claims of the Green Revolution using the methods
of scientific investigation she has elsewhere denounced as
phallo-logocentric intrusions. She is a highly educated cosmopolitan
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 11:15:00 -0600
From: Jim Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Le Monde Diplomatique on strike mvmt in France
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Date: 14 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +
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Subject: Unemployment: An Appeal
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I received this DRAFT from Ken Coates MEP dated 13 December '95. If
anyone wishes to comment then send to him at:
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The Appeal Sid has forwarded ought to be circulated in the US with its own
wording. It fits discussions we had on PEN about four years ago that boiled
down to the fact that a concerted effort of "reflation" (good 1930s term!)
by Europe, the US and Japan, would counter the competitive
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:38:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Debra Lynn Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Yale update
Hi all. Here's a very detailed-- alarming, yet encouraging-- report from
Gordon Lafer, Director of Research at Yale:
This
We wrote not so much to advocate all of Vandana Shiva's ideas as to protest
the edge of sneering disrespect that sometimes emerges when someone like
Shiva is discussed. There is an unfortunate tendency among some to try and
silence through ridicule and caricature.
Peter Burns grasps the
What about motherhood?
Dear colleague;
I apologize if you have already received this message. I have the
entire National Income and Product Accounts (1947Q1-1995Q4); Flow of Funds
(1959Q1-1995Q2); and all other Commerce Dept. and Federal Reserve data on
diskette, because I spent weeks reformatting the raw
Is anyone up for drafting a petition in support of the striking workers
at Yale and in opposition to the administration? I'd be willing to help
if we had a couple of volunteers. My idea is that after writing a draft,
we post it on PEN-L, PKT, and other Net lists where we think there will
be
The more I think about this, the more I wonder. A few stats about India.
63% of Indian children under 5 are malnourished. The under-5 mortality rate
is 122, compared to 8 in the First World; maternal mortality is 420 per
100,000. 32% of females in the relevant age group are in secondary school.
"Marty" contributed the following "wit" and "wisdom":
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 20:06:42 -0500
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Subject: Re: Unemployment: An Appeal (fwd)
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What about motherhood?
Listen, Marty,
Facts you never hear on TV. From an ACLU briefing paper (as quoted in an
excellent article on employer surveillance by Jennifer Vogel in the Mpls
City Pages at http://www.citypages.com/, but probably not for long):
"In the 18th century, when the Constitution and Bill of Rights were
ratified, the
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