Brad, you are not missing anything! I was making a critical comment on
Bates' approach to development. I am assuming we are talking about the same
Bates here (Robert). Regarding his _Markets and States_, I don't completely
disagree with the fact that state-led development had biases towards small
Thanks for this, I've forwarded it to the crashlist but without attribution:
in future do you want me to forward it in your name, or would you like me to
sub you to the List?
Mark Jones
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Thanks for this, I've forwarded it to the crashlist but without attribution:
in future do you want me to forward it in your name, or would you like me to
sub you to the List?
Mark Jones
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I have subbed you to my new list, LongWave2000,
where we will discuss
I had written: Part of the ecological and human crisis is people's
free-market responses to poverty.
Mine Doyran writes:
Are we left with no solutions _but_ free market responses to poverty and
ecological crisis? If not, which is what I get from your post, what can be
the alternative
BTW, is there anyone on this list who has more knowledge on
Mozambique's cashews?
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* Subject: Mozambique cashew challenge to IMF
From: Joe Hanlon ([EMAIL PROTECTED] )
Date: Sun 10 Oct 1999 - 23:24:45 BST
MOZAMBIQUE CHALLENGES
WORLD BANK, IMF
WITH DECISION TO PROTECT
CASHEW NUT INDUSTRY
WILL BANK AND FUND
BLOCK MOZAMBIQUE'S
ADDITIONAL DEBT RELIEF?
By Joseph Hanlon,
Jim wrote:
Economists list three ways of dealing with "the economic problem"
(scarcity), which would include problems such as the way in which the
commercialization of agriculture drives the landless peasants to seek ways
to survive that involve deforestation and farming on steep hills,
I wrote:
Economists list three ways of dealing with "the economic problem"
(scarcity), which would include problems such as the way in which the
commercialization of agriculture drives the landless peasants to seek ways
to survive that involve deforestation and farming on steep hills,
Jim wrote:
No, since the rational calculating machines only take into account the
costs and benefits to themselves. It's very common in economics to point to
the difference between individual rationality and efficiency from a more
social perspective. It's true that economists generally show
Mark Jones wrote:
Doug Henwood wrote:
Hmm, well last I checked, which was year-end 1999, the SP 500 was at
2.9 times its long-term trend price (long-term defined as since
1871). So just going back to the trendline would take the index down
by 2/3, to a Dow-equivalent of 3735. And, as
Doug Henwood wrote:
I think the great bull market (1982-2000?) is
basically over
Bull markets aren't usually followed by plateaux, are they? My infamous bet
with poor Max was also based on a back-of-envelope calculation that the Dow
would logically fall to 3k. BTW, even that would not mean
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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:34:29 -0600 (MDT)
From: Abu Nasr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [What is happening to Samir Amin? regression to global keynesianism?]
Dear Mine
I don't know why this article comes up for discussion now,
The Nation Magazine, May 8, 2000
FREE-MARKET LIBERALISM IS NOW PROCLAIMED A UNIVERSAL MODEL FOR SUCCESS, BUT
THIS BELIEF IS BASED ON A PARTIAL AND LIMITED WORLDVIEW.
The American Ascendancy: Imposing a New World Order
by BRUCE CUMINGS
The turn of the millennium provided yet another occasion
My mother's first cousin was a high-ranking doctor in the Army during the
Korean War. He was also a close friend of John Eisenhower, the Dwight's son.
He was part of the task force to determine whether or not to drop a nuclear
bomb. The reason for not doing so was that the prevailing winds
Brad, you are not missing anything! I was making a critical comment on
Bates' approach to development. I am assuming we are talking about the same
Bates here (Robert). Regarding his _Markets and States_, I don't completely
disagree with the fact that state-led development had biases towards small
actually, true. Bates changed his position in his later works, but I
don't know if dramatically though, to say that rational choice was
already implicit in his early works, so the outcome is not suprising. I
have to dig into pol.eco notes for this..
in any case, i agree on the basics..
Mine
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