Why is Yugoslavia any different? It represents a perversion
of the socialist idea. "Self-interest" was one of the guiding principles of
the original project, a dubious one in light of the original Marxist vision
of "from each according to their needs, to each according to their ability."
This
Paul Phillips, writes that it is Horvat who rails against the Ward/Vanek
model as
empirically untrue -- in fact just the opposite.
Right. But is the Ward model empirically wrong because it is logically
flawed (because a worker co-op does not have an inherent tendency to be
exclusive, to avoid
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Hi Michael --
Actually it does not mean anything in particular about the composition
of output. The frequency of injuries has been falling steadily since
1992 in both goods and services. No reason is given for the decrease.
The news release can be found on our web site at
Michael Perelman:
I mentioned this before, but iris pen makes a pen scanner that you can
take to the library with a notebook computer. It is probably not as
accurate as a flat bed, but I can scan in much the same way that I could
highlight one of my books.
What kind of pen is it? What is the
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Helicopter bungee jumping into the borneo rainforest meets "extraterrestrial
biological entity" cult suicide in San Diego: coincidence or sign?
Next week on the Bre-X-files: Albania annexes Wall Street
Bre-X Minerals:
In a news release, Bre-X Minerals Ltd. (BXMNF) said:
Here is the home page. It is shaped like a big, thick highlighter. It
connects to the printer port of the laptop.
Fikret Ceyhun wrote:
Michael Perelman:
I mentioned this before, but iris pen makes a pen scanner that you can
take to the library with a notebook computer. It is probably
B. Rosser asks if worker owned industries exploit their workers.
My point was that in a market capitalist economy worker-owned
industries would produce to maximise or at the very least satisfice return
on investment and there is no guarantee that this would correspond with
social needs.
I'm very glad that Paul Phillips decided to return after his short break.
He writes I find it somewhat ironical that we, who rail against the
neoclassical model, accept a neoclassical model to judge the behaviour of
co-ops, socially owned firms etc. The Ward-Vanek model begins with the same
Louis Proyect wrote:
I went to the
Columbia library at lunch and typed them in. As I don't have a scanner,
I mentioned this before, but iris pen makes a pen scanner that you can
take to the library with a notebook computer. It is probably not as
accurate as a flat bed, but I can scan in much
These countries have limited options, and none of them is satisfactory. The
obvious option, further borrowing, is not at all attractive to the debtors
themselves. Additional loans, even if they could be obtained, would quickly
make the debt problem worse. At prevailing borrowing rates, it takes a
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OGONI
The Struggle Continues
by
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1997
Wage data compiled in the first 12 weeks of 1997 show a median
first-year wage increase of 3 percent an hour. In manufacturing
agreements, the year-to-date median wage increase is 3 percent an
hour, and, in nonmanufacturing settlements
Why is Yugoslavia any different? It represents a perversion
of the socialist idea. "Self-interest" was one of the guiding principles of
the original project, a dubious one in light of the original Marxist vision
of "from each according to their needs, to each according to their ability."
This
As foreign powers continue to pledge whatever help Albania needs
to restore its forces of law and order and the political
institutions which are designed to keep the people out of power,
it becomes more and more clear that the main aim of both the
foreign powers and the Government of National
More figures have been released to document the fact that the
capitalist economic system provides no future for the youth.
According to Statistics Canada, one in five youth has never
worked, and their prospects for finding work are worse now than
the situation facing youth when the recession
Peter Phillips:
Dear friends,
After Louis' last piece of venom that attacked, not only me, but
my acquaitances that may (or may not) agree with me, but who have
never heard of Louis Proyet, I must withdraw from further discussion
on pen-l.
Louis: Oh for christ's sake, mellow out. When
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