On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's a lot of truth to that, especially in Western Europe back
when social democracy ruled. But here in the US, if I am not
mistaken, the big increases in the progressiveness of the tax
system coincide with wars.
I don't think this is
At 10:06 AM 2/17/97 -0800, Max wrote:
Maybe we differ in that one impulse is devoted to
creating a legacy of a vision which future
generations will find illuminating and useful,
and frankly I'm interested in work whose
beneficial, tangible effects I will live to see,
not least because I would
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 18 13:12 PST 1997
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:10:54 -0700
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:07:16 -0700
From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Task Force on Central America)
Dear Friends:
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Dear Friends:
We received an urgent action
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is a left wing think tank that
works closely with the Canadian Labour Congress and the federal NDP.
Over the past several years, the CCPA has spearheaded an effort to combat
the destructive effects of deficit worship and the closely related
Michael wrote,
Besides, markets are not a lot of fun.
Am I just wrong, perhaps overly romanticizing, if I suggest that markets
can be fun when they are highly contextualized, a small part of an
extensive network of non-market relations? I have fun going to the farmers'
market, seeing people I
To say that capitalism is "odd", by itself, is not a very meaningful
statement. For Marx, the object was to discover the _logic_ of capitalism
("the economic law of motion of modern society"), rather than mere
oddities. It is easy enough to talk about "oddities" -- more difficult is
developing a
Michael wrote,
Besides, markets are not a lot of fun.
and Blair wrote,
Am I just wrong, perhaps overly romanticizing, if I suggest that markets
can be fun when they are highly contextualized, a small part of an
extensive network of non-market relations?
As Doug Henwood might say, "fun" is
At 12:03 PM 2/18/97 -0800, Blair wrote:
"But,... but,... why bother with this at all, then, if you're not going to
get into the details?"
"Because I'm kinda tired of some people repeatedly implying or claiming
that *their* activity is concrete and practical, getting their hands dirty
with
One of my biggest problems with "mkt socialists" is they have apparently
given up on the *PROJECT* of socialism. I have no problem with
acknowledging that conscious social choice is not a "solved problem" i.e.
that there may be many cases where we may not be able to devise in a
particular
I agree that putting the costs on others and taking the advantages for
oneself is how capitalist politics works. In fact my statement is a very
close paraphrase of one by Justice Holmes (talking about capitalist
legislation). The point that this is a psecial problems for planned
socialism is
"Markets are not a lot of fun," says Michael. This represents a certain
point of view. It really depends on the markets the the asymmetries of
power. AMong relative in equals in power and where things are not too
tight, markets are just exchanges of things you want less for things you
want more,
What Blair described is the ocassional human contract that manages to
seep into market society. Such events are so extraordinary that they
need to be singled out for comment.
I am off to Walmart
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am I just wrong, perhaps overly romanticizing, if I suggest that
I picked this up from misc.activism.progressive:
The following quotation is the closing paragraph of an editorial in The
Lancet, the British medical journal (Feb. 1, 1997 349:9048, 295) titled
"What price cost control?"
On Tue, February 18, 1997 at 16:22:18 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Am I just wrong, perhaps overly romanticizing, if I suggest that markets
can be fun when they are highly contextualized, a small part of an
extensive network of non-market relations? [...]
Excuse the venom, but:
Am I just
Anders wrote (in part):
Our side could use some more dreamers. I can't tell you how many political
actions I've been involved with where the lefties involved will Talk the
Big Talk (Revolution, etc.) while fighting for a couple of lousy crumbs.
Almost nobody is gutsy enough to say, "we want
Blair S wrote:
But Jerry, considering that most people see capitalism as "natural,"
indeed, the only way to fly, it seems to me that getting folks to see
capitalism as "odd" may be a way to get them to asking questions about
others of its characteristics.
For many, questioning the
Still bothering me in the "market socialism/planned socialism" dichotomy is
a little demon I'll call by the code name of the teleology of reason. Isn't
Hegel standing on his head _still_ Hegel?
Was this not Althusser's precise point? ("overdetermination and
contradiction" -- or vice versa -- in
At 6:45 AM -0800 2/17/97, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Prior to agriculture, people hardly worked
at all, and didn't have a sense of "work" as separate from leisure (as far
as we know). The economy as a separate sphere of the world, in particular,
is an invention of capitalism.
And please don't
Maybe we differ in that one impulse is devoted to
creating a legacy of a vision which future
generations will find illuminating and useful,
and frankly I'm interested in work whose
beneficial, tangible effects I will live to see,
not least because I would like to be assured they
are indeed
He's referring to our simian origins. -- Follow the bananas = follow the
money of watergate fame.
J. Fred Max = J. Fred Muggs(sp) - a monkey.
Don't go ape now.
Is J. Fred Max perchance related to U. Max, famous homo economicus?
Blair Sandler
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The Review of Radical Political Economics has
a new load of books to give away (in exchange for
a book review, of course).
Below is a list of books that might be of particular
interest to pen-lers.
-Arthur, Christopher J.,ed., Engels Today: A Centenary Appreciation.
(New York: St. Martin's,
You can find the 50 years is enough website either at the Econet, or
by visiting Friends of the Earth-U.S., one of the sponsoring
organizations. A new book to consider reading (besides the stuff
already done by Bruce Rich) is called "Master of Illusions" written
by Catherine Caufield.
good
The Internet support campaign for the employees at the Ericsson,
Arendal, Norway plant is over. They won a complete victory (see their
thanks appended below).
Thanks to you guys on this list who signed the support initiative on the
Web. Total number of signatures was 980.
regards,
Trond
Doug,
you might have your student stop by and talk with me. I've a good
deal of information (and access) to that policy dialogue.
john audley
Professor John J. Audley
Department of Political Science
2247 LAEB
Purdue University
W. Lafayette, Indiana 47906
317: 494-7599
fax 494-0833
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A friend of mine forwarded me this funny little tidbit.
Steven Zahniser
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A demonstration of the effective use of Fed-Speak
*If someone asks you, "Would you care for a glass of water?"
Do NOT answer with the plain English "No, thank you."
Try a response in Fed-Speak:
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