On Sat, February 15, 1997 at 18:48:27 (PST) Max B. Sawicky writes:
From: "William S. Lear" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This is an entirely different question than that raised in the first
paragraph above. Asking how attitudes would be were we to all begin
"the quest for income from the
Max Sawicky replied to my comments, and asked several questions
(rhetorically, perhaps?),
Perhaps because your erudition shields you
from the ordinary concerns, values, and habits of
most people? Maybe you need to phone home.
Many apologies for my erudition. But I am already _at home_ in the
And what's your time horizon for
"new-fangled"? Since the death of Christ?
Mid 19th century for capitalist work discipline (see E.P. Thompson, "Time,
Work-Discipline and Industrial Capitalism"). 1920s for consumer orientation
(See Benjamin Hunnicutt, _Work without End_). But I guess from the
I forwarded some pen-l comments on AOL to a friend who has a small
computer systems business...he sent back the below message...it is
from a computer industry news service he subs to...Michael
Forwarded message:
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 00:43:29 -0800
From: Bob Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Wow! All you need to to do increase productivity is to contract out. You
can have the same sales for fewer employees. People pay for this sort of
advise!
Proof of rising U.S. productivity -- Want more evidence that U.S.
productivity gains are badly understated? Than look at the growth
At 5:57 PM -0800 2/16/97, Michael Perelman wrote:
Wow! All you need to to do increase productivity is to contract out. You
can have the same sales for fewer employees. People pay for this sort of
advise!
Proof of rising U.S. productivity -- Want more evidence that U.S.
productivity gains
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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 22:05:00 GMT0
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Subject: UK Unemployment Statistics
Unemployment Statistics: Who believes the Government?
by
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Subject: [PEN-L:8639] Re: market socialism, planned socialism
And what's your time horizon for
"new-fangled"? Since the death of Christ?
.. . .
Even "since the death of Christ" is only 2000 years -- of 2 million years
of human beings. This is
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Walker)
Subject: [PEN-L:8637] Re: market socialism, planned socialism
Tom: I was a little snappier than I meant to be
in my last reply. Sorry.
. . .
than one in twenty would see commodity production as odd. Probably no more
than one in twenty
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined
0.3 percent in January, seasonally adjusted. This followed increases
of 0.6 percent in December and 0.2 percent in November The index
for energy goods turned down after
In a message dated 97-02-15 09:06:43 EST, you write:
man-hours
sigh. they just don't get it. maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, February 16, 1997 at 09:35:50 (-0800) Max B. Sawicky writes:
think the left would either be for getting rid of lotteries
altogether, or for leaving the winnings largely untouched (most
Well that's not a very coherent position, is it?
Perhaps I didn't state my priorities clearly:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Walker)
Subject: [PEN-L:8633] Re: market socialism, planned socialism
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
... If we all began the
quest for income from the same starting
point . . .
Why is it that after reading just a few classics of sociology and
From: "William S. Lear" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:8634] Re: market socialism, planned socialism, ut
On Sat, February 15, 1997 at 18:48:27 (PST) Max B. Sawicky writes:
The idea was that the public is inclined to
respond to fewer of the factors that make for
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