Thanks Jim, for the amplification of value theory. Viva.
My urgent request today concerns the economic (micro and macro)
costs of urban segregation. A team is trying to convince the local neo-lib
state to spend a wee bit more on desegregation. We have to get some
benefits out of it. Is anyone
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1996
RELEASED TODAY: Based on revised estimates, a total of 4.2 million workers
were displaced between January 1993 and December 1995 from jobs that they
had held for at least three years. The number of displaced workers was
slightly below the level
I have been working on a principles textbook for a number of years,
using it in my classes. While I have come very close to obtaining a
publisher, it doesn't look like this is going to happen soon. As a result, I
have to decide whether or not to complete the necessary pedagogy --
Friends who work for progressive organizations tell me that the fastest way
to turn a progressive place conservative is to mention unionizing the
workers. Currently I have about a half dozen friends who work/worked for
either lefty type organizations or unions and every last one of them has a
Michael Perelman calls for my two kopeks on Krugman, my old
college roomie. I hate to repeat myself, but I'll simply respond
to (and agree with) what Max Sawicky said: He is particularly
vociferous when someone with some stature takes a position he
doesn't like. Then he starts nattering
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Jim,
This is all very interesting. But what we really want to know is: what are
his *personal* habits? Does he wipe the rim of the toilet bowl? Does he
leave his dirty dishes in the sink? Does he iron his dollar bills before
going out on a date? ;-)
Michael Perelman calls for my two kopeks on
At 8:58 PM 10/27/96, Michael Perelman wrote:
Krugman sets himself up as a liberal field marshall, who establishes the
limits on permissible syles of dissent. He does a great job of trashing
the right. He trashes the left with equal gusto.
And he sets up preposterous false oppositions - the
I've been looking for a PhD program with an interdisiplinary approach,
combining (radical/intl/comparative) political economy, gender and labor
studies.The New School's economics program looks great, but I've heard they
can't offer much financial support. What advice does PEN-L have on the
Tom Walker wrote:
Jim,
This is all very interesting. But what we really want to know is: what are
his *personal* habits? Does he wipe the rim of the toilet bowl? Does he
leave his dirty dishes in the sink? Does he iron his dollar bills before
going out on a date? ;-)
Yes! Yes!
Now
wait a minute. i think some of the issues are thornier here than
maggie's post would perhaps suggest.
certainly progressives have a right and a duty to demand that
progressive organizations not engage in what we would consider to be
unfair labor practices in keeping labor unions out, regardless
maggie coleman wrote,
Other friends tell me that
progressive places demand a tremendous amount of 'free' time on top of wages
which tend to be very low. In a capitalist organization, this would be
exploitation to increase surplus value.
And Max Sawicky added,
I've been hearing stores like
Well, I haven't been invited, having already overdone
it. But when there is a "bash Krugman" party going on, I
have trouble staying away. The following is the last two
paragraphs from a review I wrote of Krugman's book,
_Development, Geography, and Economic Theory_. The review
is
Last week marked Canada Post Corporation's 17'th anniversary
as one of Canada's major Crown corporations. Contrary to previous
years, postal workers were offered no free coffee or cake.
Marking the anniversary however, was a demonstration on Sparks
Street of over 100 Ottawa postal
Max S writes: it pays to be cognizant
of the limits of collective political action,
including the capacity of the working class or
their representatives (much less anyone else)
to make virtuous, disinterested decisions when
given the power to do so. In other words, there
are proper limits to
The first economics class I took as an undergraduate at Yale, where I
eventually got a B.A. in economics, was intermediate macro, with yours
truly [unless my mind is playing tricks on me, I'm sure it was Krugman].
All semester I did fine on homeworks and the mid-term, and basically kept
my mouth
Max Sawicky responds to Maggie's stories about "progressive," "lefty"
organizations turning reactionary when unionization approaches:
I've been hearing stores like this for 25 years.
I mention this not to air pessimism but because I
think there's a moral: it pays to be cognizant
of the limits
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The first economics class I took as an undergraduate at Yale, where I
eventually got a B.A. in economics, was
The Web site for RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY has been opened up at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka
At the present time the contents of the last two issues are listed,
instructions for submissions provided, publisher's address given, and
links to URPE and the Marxism List
Some further comments on Maggie's views (sorry I deleted the original by
mistake):
There tend to be two sort of "equilibria" for working conditions in
progressive organizations. I'm sure that game theorists could come up
with the appropriate complementarities, etc, to ogenerate them:
1.
Paul: you might consider sending a similar message to OPE-L./Jerry
On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Paul Zarembka wrote:
The Web site for RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY has been opened up at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka
At the present time the contents of the last two issues are
I realize this is a bit off the topics of the last few days, but I would
appreciate any help you could provide.
As part of the "liberal arts reform" at EWU, each department is being asked to
put together a brochure describing its discipline. So our econ dept needs to
come up with something
On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Max S writes: it pays to be cognizant
of the limits of collective political action,
including the capacity of the working class or
their representatives (much less anyone else)
to make virtuous, disinterested decisions when
given the power to
I've been looking for a PhD program with an interdisiplinary approach,
combining (radical/intl/comparative) political economy, gender and labor
studies.The New School's economics program looks great, but I've heard they
can't offer much financial support. What advice does PEN-L have on the
At 10:07 AM 10/28/96, Robert R Naiman wrote:
wait a minute. i think some of the issues are thornier here than
maggie's post would perhaps suggest.
Uh, the primary issue isn't the details of a contract, it's recognizing the
right of workers to organize and bargain collectively. I think that AI
I am forwarding Jon Kesselman's response to my column on payroll taxes and
work hours that I sent to Pen-l a few days ago.
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 10:44:31 -0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Walker)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Kesselman)
Subject: Payroll Tax Ceilings, Employment, and Work Hours
you may be interested in the following, which I posted to SLATE:
On Paul Krugman's "Economic Culture Wars" (96-10-24):
I'm sorry, Paul (if I may be so bold with a old college room-mate
of mine who's now famous), but this article is a buch of crap.
To Krugman, the difference between the two
At 09:10 AM 10/28/96 -0800, you (Doug Henwood) wrote:
(as if, among other
things, there weren't critiques of decon from the left for being the
essentially conservative thing it is).
__
And why is that? Could you elaborate a bit? Enquiring minds want to know.
Cheers,
At 09:28 AM 10/28/96 -0800, you wrote:
I've been looking for a PhD program with an interdisiplinary approach,
combining (radical/intl/comparative) political economy, gender and labor
studies.The New School's economics program looks great, but I've heard they
can't offer much financial
I'm not sure I understand the transposition of my comments from private
progressive organizations to a public sphere. I think the characteristics of
the two sectors are quite different. The public sphere is highly unionized,
and monitored by a phalanx of civil service rules. These help control
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