Greenwich seminars in Critical Political Economy

2000-05-02 Thread Alan Freeman
Greenwich University seminars in Critical Political Economy restart on Thursday 11th May, at the usual time of 5.30 and the usual location of room 138, Queen Anne Court, Maritime Campus, Greenwich University. The provisional list of speakers and titles is attached, and is appended to this

Re: Re: youth crime enforcement bias (fwd)

2000-05-02 Thread Jim Devine
MD writes: in the first place, everybody can see that the "funding" sources of the report prepared by the Justice Department are highly problematic. They are typical liberal type foundations such as Ford and Soros. As the NY Times article suggests "An unusual feature of the report is that its

BLS Daily Report

2000-05-02 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 1, 2000 Personal income rose 0.7 percent in March, outpacing consumer spending, which gained 0.5 percent, the Commerce Department reports. The last time income rose more than spending was in October, when it was up 1.2 percent compared with a 0.5 percent pickup in

Diminishing returns on market approaches to pollution abatement

2000-05-02 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
[ah, poor Dr. Coase...Also the air is much dirtier between Portland and Seattle than it was a decade ago, contra the paper's claim]] May 2, 2000 New York Votes Curb on Pollution Credits By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ ALBANY, May 1 -- The New York State Legislature today completed passage of a bill

RE: Diminishing returns on market approaches to pollution abatement

2000-05-02 Thread Max Sawicky
ALBANY, May 1 -- The New York State Legislature today completed passage of a bill that seeks to reduce the amount of air pollution that drifts into New York from coal-burning power plants in Midwestern and Southern states. . . . No problem. All the state has to do is issue a parallel set of

The Center for Economic and Policy Research

2000-05-02 Thread Michael Perelman
The Center for Economic and Policy Research The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is now in its new home at 1015 18th Street, NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036. CEPR was started in December 1999, by its co-directors, Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot. Prior to forming CEPR, both Baker

Re: Re: youth crime enforcement bias (fwd)

2000-05-02 Thread md7148
MD writes: in the first place, everybody can see that the "funding" sources of the report prepared by the Justice Department are highly problematic. They are typical liberal type foundations such as Ford and Soros. As the NY Times article suggests "An unusual feature of the report is that its