Re: The absurdities of trade law II

2004-01-29 Thread Eubulides
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17501506 New Federal Outsourcing Restrictions Reflect Anti-Offshore Outsourcing Sentiments Jan. 27, 2004 Service providers say the rule will have little impact, because offshore outsourcing is unusual at the federal level. They're

Re: The absurdities of trade law III

2004-01-29 Thread Eubulides
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FA30Df05.html Sting in the tail of US outsourcing ban By Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI - While a new United States federal law banning the outsourcing of government contracts will not seriously hurt Indian companies, it will certainly affect trade negotiations at

Soviet Children's Picture Books, Etc.

2004-01-29 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Soviet Children's Picture Books from the Twenties and Thirties: http://www.iisg.nl/collections/sovietchildren/ Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era: http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/russian/ * Stories for Little Comrades Revolutionary Artists and the Making of Early Soviet Children's

LGBT human rights declaration

2004-01-29 Thread Diane Monaco
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Lee Badgett Sent: Thu 29-Jan-04 4:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LGBT human rights declaration Dear Friends, Family Colleagues, In March 2004, 53 nations will sit at the United Nations in Geneva to discuss, argue, vote and then publicly declare if

Skewering Roy Neel

2004-01-29 Thread Louis Proyect
On the Nation Magazine website, you can read an attack on Dean's new campaign manager by David Corn: So it's Dean's right to boot Trippi. What warrants criticism is his decision to put his campaign in the mitts of a Washington insider. Neel, a former Al Gore aide, was head of the U.S. Telecom

Re: intermediate microeconomics textbook...

2004-01-29 Thread Devine, James
How about Duncan Foley Tom Michl's book on growth theory? Growth and distribution / Duncan K. Foley and Thomas R. Michl Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999 or Thomas Palley on Post-Keynesian Macroeconomics? Post Keynesian economics : debt, distribution, and the macro economy /

Millions to exhaust unemployment benefits in poor hiring climate

2004-01-29 Thread Diane Monaco
Millions to exhaust unemployment benefits in poor hiring climate By Leigh Strope, Associated Press, 1/29/2004 09:56 WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly 2 million people are expected to exhaust their state unemployment benefits in the first half of the year without access to more government aid or a regular

rosie scenario?

2004-01-29 Thread Devine, James
January 29, 2004/New York TIMES ECONOMIC SCENE The Trend of Vanishing Tech Jobs By VIRGINIA POSTREL [a self-styled libertarian] ANY American computer programmers complain that they're losing their jobs to lower-paid workers in India. The trend toward foreign outsourcing has become a political

UN boss blasts Europe's migration policy

2004-01-29 Thread Diane Monaco
29.01.2004 - 15:09 CET UN boss blasts Europe's migration policy EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has used his acceptance of an EU human rights prize to launch a scathing attack on Europe's attitudes toward migration and asylum. Addressing the European Parliament today (29

CAFTA text

2004-01-29 Thread Eubulides
The USTR released the CAFTA text today: http://www.ustr.gov/new/fta/Cafta/text/index.htm

Re: intermediate microeconomics textbook...

2004-01-29 Thread Gil Skillman
Diane, Three choices are: Walter Nicholson's calculus-based text, called Microeconomic Theory or Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (he has another, non-calculus-based intermediate text as well), Hal Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, and Binger and Hoffman, Microeconomics

Theory of the leisure class - Paris Sombart, or new fashion ideas in interior design

2004-01-29 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
Sombering Paris, by Peter Janssen Although still only a few years old, the new century has not offered us a lot to be cheerful about, and it doesn't look like this will change quickly either. The message is somber, but the French trendwatchers duo Brigitte Fitoussie and Christophe Pillet consider

China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread michael a. lebowitz
I don't know if you could say that the 'Marxists' were entirely marginalised. At an official conference of Marxist economists in Beijing less than two years ago, I was struck by the vigour with which the assembled Chinese Marxist economists were discussing the law of value--- in particular, how

Re: China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread Louis Proyect
Michael Lebowitz wrote: I was struck by the vigour with which the assembled Chinese Marxist economists were discussing the law of value--- in particular, how to demonstrate that utility yields value and the capitalist is a productive worker. This is ironical, right? Louis Proyect Marxism list:

Re: China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread jjlassen
Louis, I believe it's the situation that's ironic. michael's assessment is right on the mark. Jonathan Michael Lebowitz wrote: I was struck by the vigour with which the assembled Chinese Marxist economists were discussing the law of value--- in particular, how to demonstrate that utility yields

Benefits of Subsidies

2004-01-29 Thread Sabri Oncu
Here is an article for my economist friends: http://www.ncpa.org/iss/sta/2003/pd121103b.html And this is the original academic work: http://dsl.nber.org/papers/w9844.pdf Sabri

Re: China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread eatonak
Michael Lebowitz wrote: I was struck by the vigour with which the assembled Chinese Marxist economists were discussing the law of value--- in particular, how to demonstrate that utility yields value and the capitalist is a productive worker. This is ironical, right? Louis Proyect Marxism

Re: China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread Stephen Philion
Michael Lebowitz wrote: I was struck by the vigour with which the assembled Chinese Marxist economists were discussing the law of value--- in particular, how to demonstrate that utility yields value and the capitalist is a productive worker.Lou asked: This is ironical, right? --nope, jonathan

Re: China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread Devine, James
Mike L writes: the assembled Chinese Marxist economists were discussing the law of value--- in particular, how to demonstrate that utility yields value and the capitalist is a productive worker. so there's a move from Marxism to Saint-Simonism? Jim D.

Re: China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread k hanly
Well if Marxism is the official ideology of the Communist Party of China and the Party embraces capitalists the ideology must follow suit. If Marxists want to retain their jobs they have to show creative adaptation! That is a law of value of some sort... Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message

China's new Marxist left?

2004-01-29 Thread michael a. lebowitz
Steve comments: This is ironical, right? --nope, jonathan is right, that is exactly what michael saw and heard. I heard and saw the same time and again in the Marxist journals and conferences. In fact, I sat in on a meeting of the editorial board of the now defunct (I think?) magazine of the

new frontiers of profit......

2004-01-29 Thread Eubulides
New oil fields and tax gain help Exxon hit record profit Terry Macalister Friday January 30, 2004 The Guardian ExxonMobil, the world's biggest stock-listed oil group, yesterday wiped away some of the pessimism surrounding its business by unveiling $17bn (£9.4bn) annual profits - the biggest in

re China's new Marxist left?

2004-01-29 Thread Stephen Philion
Michael L. wroteI think that journal was called "Pursuit of Truth" and no longer exists. --right, that's the one. On the other hand, there must be currents within currents in China. Eg., the paper I gave at the Beijing Conference talked about how commodity exchange (while not to be

Re: China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread Grant Lee
I was struck by the vigour with which the assembled Chinese Marxist economists were discussing the law of value--- in particular, how to demonstrate that utility yields value and the capitalist is a productive worker. This is ironical, right? I would be one of the last people to defend the

Re: China's new Marxist left

2004-01-29 Thread eatonak
I was struck by the vigour with which the assembled Chinese Marxist economists were discussing the law of value--- in particular, how to demonstrate that utility yields value and the capitalist is a productive worker. This is ironical, right? I would be one of the last people to defend the

Re: new frontiers of profit......

2004-01-29 Thread Michael Perelman
Is the Exxon Valdez verdict final or will it be appealed? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: new frontiers of profit......

2004-01-29 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is the Exxon Valdez verdict final or will it be appealed? === It'll be appealed. Ian