[PEN-L:12255] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: In June 1997, there were 1,113 mass layoff actions by employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number

[PEN-L:12256] Comp.Econ.Sys. course bibliography

I have just updated a bibliography on socialist economics that I sent out to pen-l'ers in 1991, suitable for use in courses on, e.g., Comp. Econ. Sys. I'll be happy to e-mail the new version (about 200-titles) to pen-l'ers on request. Cheers -- Eric Schutz

[PEN-L:12257] Ruth NYPD - clarification

According to an editorial in the last (Sep 22) issue of The Nation, Messinger endorsed a police demand to arm themselves with hollow-point bullets -- a military-style weapon that inflicts massive damage to human body. Contrary to what I suggested in my previous missive, the article does not say

[PEN-L:12260] Re: slurs

I'm all in favor of politeness (unless I'm speaking truth to power, something I don't do enough of), and of empirically-accurate terminology ("chair" rather than "chairman"). But I think that there's too much sensitivity floating around the left and liberal communities. I can't see how "Buddha,

[PEN-L:12262] Re: Comp.Econ.Sys. course bibliography

Bill Lear said that he would help to set up a pen-l web site. This would be an ideal application of that site. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 916-898-5321 916-898-5901 fax -- From: James Devine [EMAIL

[PEN-L:12261] GOP Leaders Boycott Clinton Event

GOP Leaders Boycott Clinton Event By Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer Thursday, September 11, 1997; 6:27 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing an open rebellion in his

[PEN-L:12264] Fwd(2): Protests may make Suharto may jam out on APEC

Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 13:48:35 -0400 Subject: Fwd(2): Protests may make Suharto may jam out on APEC Source: CP/AP Protests might keep Indonesian leader away from Asia-Pacific summit JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's president might not attend an Asia-Pacific leaders' summin in

[PEN-L:12265] slurs

Among other things, I said I think the current mood of excessive sensitivity is piss-poor progressiveness, a substitution of changing terminology and language for changing social reality. I highly prefer the attitude of "you call us freaks, so we'll use the term ironically to refer to ourselves"

[PEN-L:12270] Re: Comp.Econ.Sys. course bibliography

The Economic History Association has a great web site with compilations of course outlines. Jason

[PEN-L:12263] Re: Slurs

At 11:17 AM 9/11/97 -0700, Doug Henwood wrote: Michael Eisenscher wrote: I know this apology is sincere, but I am bothered by your choice of words. It is not just a matter of offending Buddhists or Asians, it is the principle of feeding off of racial or ethnic or religious stereotyping that is

[PEN-L:12271] Re: Comp.Econ.Sys. course bibliography

I still have in my possession an August 1973 draft (Comments invited) bibliography by Jim Campen with the title: A Structured and Partially Annotated BIBLIOGRAPHY of Materials relevant to Constructive Thinking About SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVES FOR AMERICA. 84 pages. Price 35 cents [+40 cents postage]

[PEN-L:12269] Re: Slurs

Ho hum. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ knoW Ware Communications Vancouver, B.C., CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 688-8296 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: HTTP://WWW.VCN.BC.CA/TIMEWORK/

[PEN-L:12268] paparazzi Greenspan

Last Friday there was a speech by Alan Greenspan at a dinner party for the Center for Economic Policy Research at Stanford. Surprisingly, the speech can be accessed on the web (with other speeches/papers by Greenspan and others) at: http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/info/sys/people.html dhm

[PEN-L:12267] Remarks Of Robert Bell

Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA)-- Robert Bell, Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control at the White House National Security Council, on September 5 said "Korea is the one place in the world where the cold war has not ended" and "There has to be in the treaty to ban anti-personnel

[PEN-L:12266] Re: Comp.Econ.Sys. course bibliography

As many of you know we're trying to put together a collection of URPE Reading lists which we also want to put on the URPE Home Page - I think we would be glad to link this to pen-l (or vice-versa) depending on what gets done first! Best, Ron URPE Midwest Rep.

[PEN-L:12259] Re: Comp.Econ.Sys. course bibliography

Eric Schutz writes: I have just updated a bibliography on socialist economics that I sent out to pen-l'ers in 1991, suitable for use in courses on, e.g., Comp. Econ. Sys. I'll be happy to e-mail the new version (about 200-titles) to pen-l'ers on request. what we need is a pen-l FTP or gopher

[PEN-L:12258] Re: Slurs

Michael Eisenscher wrote: I know this apology is sincere, but I am bothered by your choice of words. It is not just a matter of offending Buddhists or Asians, it is the principle of feeding off of racial or ethnic or religious stereotyping that is at issue. Can someone explain to me just how

Re: [PEN-L:12255] FW: BLS Daily Report

I just had an idea about the job tenure debate, prompted by this latest BLS report (thanks!). Perhaps the churning has increased primarily in the primary sector, where hanging on to your job is more important, and in which there have been traditional expectations of greater tenure. If churning

[PEN-L:12254] Re: New Democrat got her ass kicked

In a message dated 97-09-10 15:15:14 EDT, you write: Sharpton quickly pointed out that no one has ever asked Rudy about the narrowness of *his* base, emphasizing that he got more white votes than Rudy did black votes. Messinger couldn't make a point that sharp if her life depended on it.