[PEN-L:8104] Mobs put City under siege

eletronic Telegraph ISSUE 1485

[PEN-L:8118] Re: Dry goods 2000

Max Sawicky wrote, And the Emmy for most inscrutable e-mail post of the year goes to . . . Gore-Tex (gôr'teks , gohr'-) Trademark . . . Hey, Max, it's still early in the year. If you think that was inscrutable, wait 'til you see Chapter 13 of Descending Mount Pelerin! regards, Tom Walker

[PEN-L:8117] goodbye to Kosmet

This will be my last commentary on the situation in Kosmet. At the end of my session today I shall log off both pen-l and lbo-talk again, probably for an extended time. I shall still be on pkt where I am on the Board of Moderators, whoop de doo. The Subject heading on this is no

[PEN-L:8116] Intro textbook recommendations

A good friend of mine who teaches high school Advanced Placement economics has asked me for a textbook recommendation. She has been using Heilbroner's intro text for years. But that is getting out of date, and apparently no new editions are forthcoming. I think she would like

[PEN-L:8115] Re: debt relief?

I know that the reaction on the part of debt forgiveness activists will be that this does not go far enough, and that all the debt should be wiped clean. I agree with them, but I don't like the strategic move they made many months ago to focus their efforts on just the poorest countries. The

[PEN-L:8114] Re: Economics websites

Most penellers probably know about Resources for Economists on the Internet, which is copious and invaluable, but another useful service is the Scout Report on Business and Finance. This is a free e-mail subscription service, and it includes heterodox as well as mainstream items. It also posts

[PEN-L:8113] RE: Dry goods 2000

And the Emmy for most inscrutable e-mail post of the year goes to . . . Gore-Tex (gôr'teks , gohr'-) Trademark . . .

[PEN-L:8112] RE: JKG

Michael Perelman wrote: Yes, but Galbraith is a principled liberal -- a rare bird these days. Actually under the Law of Proportionate Moral Distribution, principle among liberals is no less real than among the holier- than-thou left. Lyapunov proved it with his famous pentagonal matrices.

[PEN-L:8111] start reading the General Theory

Pkters and pen-lers: It is time to start reading the General Theory for our discussion beginning in July. Instead of reading the GT chapter by chapter, I suggest we start modestly and first focus on chapters 2, 3 and 19. Also, paralleling these chapters you might want to read Paul Davidson's

[PEN-L:8110] Dry goods 2000

Gore-Tex (gôr'teks , gohr'-) Trademark 1. a breathable, water-repellent fabric laminate used on clothing, shoes, etc. Vel-cro (vel'kroh) Trademark 1. a fastening tape consisting of opposing pieces of nylon

[PEN-L:8108] JKG

Michael Perelman wrote: Yes, but Galbraith is a principled liberal -- a rare bird these days. And certainly no enemy of socialism. Back in the early 1980s, when Monthly Review had a fire in its office, Galbraith signed an emergency fundraising letter for them. Back in the 1970s, he convinced

[PEN-L:8107] debt relief?

from SLATE: All papers front the announcement by the G7 that it intends to relieve the world's poorest nations of about half of their debt, totaling $65-$70 billion dollars, provided they steer the savings to education and health programs, particularly AIDS prevention. The G7 countries, at a

[PEN-L:8105] KLA on the rampage

The Times (London), June 19, 1999, Saturday KLA 'beat man of 70 to death' Daniel McGrory in Pristina A gang of KLA fighters were accused yesterday of beating to death a 70-year old man whom they claimed was a Serb collaborator. German troops with Kfor discovered a KLA torture chamber when

[PEN-L:8106] Economics websites

Financial Times (London), June 12, 1999 Where to find an online guru: Peter Temple looks at web sites dealing with the news, analysis and hard numbers of economics Like it or loathe it, professional market watchers are slavish followers of economic statistics and the pronouncements of central