[PEN-L:308] Sad NPR note

Earlier today Dr Joel Rogers, MacArthur Fellow, New Party co-founder and universal activist, fell asleep on a popular Wisconsin call-in show. At least it sounded that way to me. Remote, incoherent muttering was his only response to the last two or three questions addressed to him. This report

[PEN-L:307] Re: One quarter of one point

Max Sawicky wrote, news reaction down here to the Fed action was enthusiastic. The local news played up the move for all of its economic benefits to average folks. You can spend more, you can afford a new house, etc., and all this will come pretty soon. Yeh sure, and I s'pose the

[PEN-L:306] The Voice of the Cockpit

"Good evening, frequent hi-fliers, this is your program, MS Rickenbacker, welcoming you aboard Long-Term Airlines flight 120-B, bound non-stop from Houston to Jacksonville. We will - trust the overworked team of anonymous Third Worlders that debugged me - be cruising well above Hurricane

[PEN-L:305] World financial calamity -- a narrow miss, for now; NoamChomsky Speech on Web

The Globe and Mail Wednesday, September 30, 1998 Column One THE SMART MONEY GOT STUPID How John Meriwether and his whiz kids blundered badly and almost caused a world financial calamity. Andrew Willis With a report from

[PEN-L:303] IN FOCUS: An Enforceable Social Clause

Foreign Policy In Focus: An Enforceable Social Clause October 1998 Vol. 3, No. 28 Written by Terry Collingsworth, General Counsel, International Labor Rights Fund Edited by Tom Barry (IRC) and Martha Honey (IPS) Key Points o The failure of sustainable economic growth to take hold in

[PEN-L:302] Contest and Job Announcements

Please pass along the following announcements to anyone who may be interested. Thanks. Tom Schlesinger Financial Markets Center Call for Papers: Reengineering the Federal Reserve System The Financial Markets Center sponsors an annual contest for papers on the subject of central bank

[PEN-L:301] What's in a name?

Long-Term Capital, Ltd. is an ironic name for a company that specializes in highly leveraged derivatives. It's proof, I guess, of a kind of humourous aknowledgement among the players in this last hand of the capital game that it is, indeed the LAST HAND. Anything goes because the casino is about

[PEN-L:300] One quarter of one point

While Walker laughs himself silly up there in the great white north, the news reaction down here to the Fed action was enthusiastic. The local news played up the move for all of its economic benefits to average folks. You can spend more, you can afford a new house, etc., and all this will come

[PEN-L:299] BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1998 Is the jobs engine starting to sputter? asks Business Week (Oct. 5, page 40). ... Manufacturers that rely heavily on export markets have been feeling the pinch for a year. But now, as the spreading malaise from the emerging-market turmoil begins to

[PEN-L:298] Russia: Stranger Things Have Happened

It seems the paternalistic Federation of Independent Trade Unions (FNPR) and its silent partner (the Communist Party) have made a deal that, as a result of pressure from the rank and file against the dominance of the Communists the FNPR will nominally lead the 7 October Day of Action. No promises

[PEN-L:297] FW: Mahatir Demonstrates an Alternative Asian Solution

-Original Message- From: Technology Transfer in International Development [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jay Hanson Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 7:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Asia pulling out of MacWorld? It looks as though Asia is going to be

[PEN-L:295] Re: Re: German SDP II

Results from the election campaign in Germany - published on Friday 25th September - in NEUE EINHEIT The election campaign is over and an incredible flood of phrases has come down on the people. Most people are considering if they are to

[PEN-L:309] IMF Sees Global Bust As Possible

IMF Says Global Recession Possible By Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer Wednesday, September 30, 1998; 5:47 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Worldwide economic turmoil has cost millions of jobs and more than $600 billion in output -- the equivalent of a country the size of Canada shutting down