[PEN-L:784] Re: I told you so. II

1998-10-31 Thread Tom Walker
Valis tricked or treated, Great rap, Tom, but you'd have to swallow a python and barf tofu patties . . . Bring on the pythons, Val, I feel a wave of nausea sprouting. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C.

[PEN-L:783] Re: The economics of religion

1998-10-31 Thread michael
I have heard Sara Diamond argue that the footsoldiers of the Christian Coalition are not particularly conservative. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:782] UC grad student get ready to strike (fwd)

1998-10-31 Thread michael
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[PEN-L:781] Re: I told you so. II

1998-10-31 Thread valis
Quoth Stalkin' Tom Walker, in part: Crisis? What crisis? If "the crisis" is a public relations crisis, perhaps for the time being it -- and golfing season -- is over. . Instead of the spectacle of a bubble bursting, I would

[PEN-L:780] The economics of religion

1998-10-31 Thread William S. Lear
In the latest *Journal of Economic Literature* (Vol. XXXVI, Sept. '98), Laurence R. Iannaccone (formerly a Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution) has an "Introduction to the Economics of Religion". In it, he makes a few interesting claims: It is, in fact, only within the social

[PEN-L:779] Re: I told you so.

1998-10-31 Thread Tom Walker
Doug Henwood: And what if they're right, Tom? Tom: Right about what, Doug? Doug: That the crisis is over. Tom: Crisis? What crisis? If "the crisis" is a public relations crisis, perhaps for the time being it -- and golfing season -- is over. If "the crisis" is falling stock markets and

[PEN-L:778] Re: Re: I told you so.

1998-10-31 Thread Doug Henwood
Tom Walker wrote: Doug Henwood wrote, And what if they're right, Tom? Right about what, Doug? That the crisis is over. Doug

[PEN-L:1075] union democracy

1998-10-31 Thread Mike Yates
Friends, In the recent issue of the "Union Democracy Review," Herman Benson, founder of the admirable Association for Union Democracy, comments on an article on union democracy by Steve Fraser which appeared in a recent issue of "Dissent" magazine. Steve is one of the founders of SAWSJ

[PEN-L:1080] Re: RE: union democracy

1998-10-31 Thread Mike Yates
Friends, Brother Max makes good points, but I do not think that all that many of today's union officials were yesterday's firebrands. Rather, as Kim Moody argues, most came to power during the period of labor-management cooperation and greater prosperity. This may be why so many have not a