[PEN-L:5669] Re: Decommodification: international differences

1996-08-14 Thread Patrick Bond
Some South African social policy wonks are trying to think through this approach, because it has a very real bearing on strategies and tactics in the present period. For example, Mzwanele Mayekiso's book Township Politics (Monthly Review, 1996) concretises struggles for decommodified housing and

[PEN-L:5670] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread T1EFRANK
I have read that the so-called rise in the "illegitimacy rate" is caused not by an increase in the rate at which single women are having children (this has risen very little since the 1950s), but by a decline in the rate at which married women are having children. Moreover,

[PEN-L:5671] re: Lexis

1996-08-14 Thread A. S. Fatemi
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Femeconers and pen-lers; As suggested by an earlier post, I called Lexis at 1-800-543-6862. Indeed, I gave the young woman who picked me up my ss# and she read me back my name, phone number, current address, previous address, and

[PEN-L:5672] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-08-14 Thread SHAWGI TELL
Paul, everyone has the right to reject or accept whatever they wish, but if you don't think "economic determinism" is part of yet another purely academic discussion, what can it be called? The second part of your statement confused me, for I think it is necessary and crucial not to engage

[PEN-L:5673] Re: We MUST be essentialists

1996-08-14 Thread Terrence Mc Donough
For Ajit and Paul Z. Is your distinction between dominant and non-dominant causes the same as mine between determinant and contingent causes as described in my earlier post? Terry McDonough

[PEN-L:5674] 19th Century request

1996-08-14 Thread Terrence Mc Donough
Could someone privately send me a couple of references (pref. one short and one long) on the British Empire and the world market in the 19th Century? Terry McDonough

[PEN-L:5675] FW: BLS Daily Report

1996-08-14 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1996 _The producer price index for finished goods was flat in July, on a seasonally adjusted basis, BLS reports. The July PPI is another sign commodity inflation will remain well in control at least for the near future, analysts say. Prices edged up

[PEN-L:5676] FW: BLS Daily Report

1996-08-14 Thread Richardson_D
This will be the last forward this month. It is VACATION TIME! Dave Richardson -- BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1996 RELEASED TODAY: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.3 percent in July,

[PEN-L:5678] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread Max B. Sawicky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have read that the so-called rise in the "illegitimacy rate" is caused not by an increase in the rate at which single women are having children (this has risen very little since the 1950s), but by a decline in the rate at which married women are having

[PEN-L:5679] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread Breen, Nancy
Slow learners, maybe. But I don't see why you conclude from what you wrote that AFDC was too high. Please explain. Thanks, Nancy Breen NIH -- From: pen-l Subject: [PEN-L:5652] Re: welfare Date: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 3:05PM I've read in several places that the real value of

[PEN-L:5677] re: Lexis

1996-08-14 Thread Sandy Thompson
I thought that it ws only illegal for the government (aside from the IRS) to track you by your SS#, but that private companies could use it however they choose. Or is there some law about non-consensual use? Curious, Tavis I believe the rule is that it is OK for private institutions to use

[PEN-L:5680] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread Doug Henwood
At 5:27 AM 8/14/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have read that the so-called rise in the "illegitimacy rate" is caused not by an increase in the rate at which single women are having children (this has risen very little since the 1950s), but by a decline in the rate at which married women

[PEN-L:5681] Fwd: ECOFEM: State of Women in India (fwd)

1996-08-14 Thread MScoleman
no comment. maggie - Forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Affleck-Asch) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 96-08-14 04:28:35 EDT [fwd of post to ECOFEM on State of Women in India - PNWNOW-GEN ADMIN] -- Forwarded message

[PEN-L:5682] re: Lexis

1996-08-14 Thread A. S. Fatemi
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Max B. Sawicky wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max, if I get a mill, let's do lunch. maggie Hell yes. That would be some lunch to look forward to. With or without the mill. Max Friends, Don't forget, as the Man said " there is no free lunch!" A. S.

[PEN-L:5683] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread T1EFRANK
Doug's question is a good one and while I can think of a number of reasons for unmarried women's fertility rates being stable compared to married women -- including, for example, the possibility that more women are in "non-traditional" relationships -- I would definitely like to see some cites

[PEN-L:5685] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread Donny Tang
test -- Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 6:16 PM Subject: [PEN-L:5653] Re: welfare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: birth rates or illigetimacy. A crucial fact here is that the real value of AFDC awards has been declining since the mid-70s. This fact is conveniently overlooked by

[PEN-L:5686] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread MScoleman
It is my understanding that unwed motherhood is only increasing next to the extremely high marriage rate of the 1950s. Apparently Americans married at a higher rate during the 50s/early 60s than they have at any other time in the history of this country. For example, 13% of girls born in

[PEN-L:5687] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread Michael Perelman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is my understanding that unwed motherhood is only increasing next to the extremely high marriage rate of the 1950s. Apparently Americans married at a higher rate during the 50s/early 60s than they have at any other time in the history of this country. For

[PEN-L:5688] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread Michael Perelman
I have seen some references to someone with a name something like Joe Hotz from Chicago who is working on teen pregnancy. Is it worth following up? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5689] Re: welfare

1996-08-14 Thread Doug Henwood
At 1:13 PM 8/14/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Next, one gold star to anyone that knows that: 1 in 5 pregnancies in the mid nineteenth century, in the united states, terminated in abortion. (Mary P. Ryan, 1983, Womanhood in America). How do I collect my star? Kristin Luker's amazingly