[PEN-L:6272] FW: BLS Daily Report

1996-09-20 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 RELEASED TODAY: The number of employed youth increased by 2.6 million from April to July -- the traditional summertime peak. This seasonal expansion in employment of 16- to 24-year-olds was the same as that of a year earlier. The number of

[PEN-L:6274] Here we go again

1996-09-20 Thread D Shniad
The Vancouver SunFriday 20 Sep 1996 A1 / Front SHIELDS WARNS PREMIER OF 'ALL-OUT' LABOR WAR: The BCGEU head fires his first salvo at the B.C. government for pandering to business interests at the expense of the working class. By: Karen Gram The president of the

[PEN-L:6273] CIA on Defensive Over Drug Peddling Charges (fwd)

1996-09-20 Thread D Shniad
CIA on Defensive Over Drug Peddling Charges WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The CIA has been thrown on the defensive by charges that it helped flood U.S. ghettos with cocaine to finance rebels fighting Nicaragua's Marxist government in the 1980s. CIA Director John Deutch, under pressure from the

[PEN-L:6275] Hotel union research jobs

1996-09-20 Thread Strieb
Please post this job annoucement to the political economy list and others used by progressive scholars and activists who might be interested in these positions for themselves or their students. Thank you. Lee Strieb -- *HOTEL WORKERS UNION SEEKS RESEARCHERS FOR EXCITING

[PEN-L:6276] U.S. War Preparations In Korea

1996-09-20 Thread SHAWGI TELL
The United States is reported to have shipped enough war material into south Korea to swiftly arm reinforcements from its main bases inside the United States in the "event of a contingency on the Korean Peninsula," according to U.S. military sources. Rodong sinmun, organ of the Workers' Party of

[PEN-L:6277] Disinformation On The Economy

1996-09-20 Thread SHAWGI TELL
The financial oligarchy deliberately distorts reality in order to prevent people from becoming informed. The slight drop in the official level of unemployment in the U.S. was interpreted in the media as a corresponding expansion of the economy. This may or may not be the case;

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1996-09-20 Thread Rosser Jr, John Barkley
-- Rosser Jr, John Barkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Begin forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: libstory-dn94-96 9609170113. Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 18:46:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Deseret News Web Edition]

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1996-09-20 Thread Rosser Jr, John Barkley
Apologies for sending a blank message. I was attempting to forward a message on marxism2 that reproduced an obituary of lisa rogers from the _Deseret News_, but I failed. Our new system is a joke. Maybe Jerry still has it and can do so. He, among others, was upset that it mentioned

[PEN-L:6280] Re: superexploitation

1996-09-20 Thread Doug Henwood
Wasn't Victor Perlo a pretty heavy user of the term "superexploitation," and with it "superprofits"? He might know the roots of the word. Harry Magdoff might also have an idea - not that he used it, but in my experience he seems to know that sort of thing. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business

[PEN-L:6281] Re: Giffin

1996-09-20 Thread Doug Henwood
At 12:39 PM 9/18/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of empirical examples of Giffin goods, either in case of a price increase or of a price decrease? Stocks? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137

[PEN-L:6282] Re: Larry Summers

1996-09-20 Thread Doug Henwood
At 12:47 PM 9/19/96, "LYNN TURGEON, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ECONOMICS, HOFSTRA UNIVERS wrote: Ed Nell reminded Summers that the Academic Summers had done previous work on what has become known as the "Tobin Tax." Summers acknowledged his early work but was unwilling to push this idea at

[PEN-L:6283] Government Demands Long Prison Term

1996-09-20 Thread SHAWGI TELL
The south Korean puppet government of Kim Young-sam has asked a court in Seoul, south Korea to give an unspecified multi-year prison term to a well-known student leader. Ri Won Gu, is the former chairman of the Committee for the Reunification of the Country, an organization that is under the

[PEN-L:6285] Popular book on The War on the Poor (aka welfare reform)

1996-09-20 Thread D Shniad
## Nachricht vom 18.09.96 weitergeleitet ## Ursprung : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## Ersteller: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PSNers may be interested in this book by two URPE/feminist economists: The War on the Poor: A Defense Manual, by Randy Albelda, Nancy Folbre, and the Center for

[PEN-L:6284] productivity (fwd)

1996-09-20 Thread D Shniad
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 10:24:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Phil Agre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: productivity Innovation is a useful paid publication that summarizes business news... Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 13:45:53 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[PEN-L:6286] Re: Giffin

1996-09-20 Thread jtreacy
Treacy: Years ago an Indian friend of mine claimed that Giffin effects were evident in India in the 1944 famine. The higher the price of grain in urban areas the smaller the supply that came in from the country side. The higher income effects made it possible for the

[PEN-L:6287] Re: Giffin

1996-09-20 Thread Ajit Sinha
At 12:38 PM 9/20/96 -0700, you wrote: At 12:39 PM 9/18/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of empirical examples of Giffin goods, either in case of a price increase or of a price decrease? Stocks? Doug _ Is Stock a commodity? ajit sinha