Regime change

2003-04-05 Thread phillp2
In case some Americans might wonder why Canada is reluctant to back US imperialism. Paul Phillips Subject:In light of recent remarks by US Ambassador to Canada, Paul Cellucci, it is wor Date sent: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 21:59:02 -0600 In light of recent remarks made by

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: G. William Domhoff replies...The whole thing?

2003-03-22 Thread phillp2
you know Louis, that tenure and job security protects incompetence and laziness among the few. But it also protects those of us who chose to attack the orthodoxy and the mainstream crap. Take away that protection and you destroy us. I have spent my life writing and researching in support of

DU

2003-03-17 Thread phillp2
From: John Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Du Date sent: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:38:32 -0600 DU #124aECONEWS SPECIAL ISSUE FEBRUARY 2003 DEPLETED URANIUM It's dirty, and it's deadly. When

Re: Re: Ocalan - II

2003-03-11 Thread phillp2
As a footnote to Ken's post, at the time the Europeans invaded North America the total aboriginal population in what is now Canada is estimated at approximately 500,000. If that figure is close to correct, then there are now three times or more aboriginals in Canada than there were 500 years

Re: Re: Re: Re: Ocalan - II

2003-03-11 Thread phillp2
Actually, Doug, I don't think you are right. We are in the middle of negotiating new treaties and settling land claims that date from this period and our (European) treatment of the Aboriginals at this time is one of the major factors in the determination of Aboriginal rights. It is, very

Re: peace signs

2003-02-10 Thread phillp2
For those who us who come from the Christian tradition, the obsenity of Bush is that he claims murder, torture and humane degration is part of the Christian tradition. He is obviously of the anti-christ tradition. It is easy for us with a Christian upbringing to criticize, yet understand,

Re: Virus Warning and Help Request

2003-01-26 Thread phillp2
Michael, Our University has anti-virus software that scrubs all incoming and outgoing e-mail for viruses. It notified me that it had intercepted 'your' message and scrubbed the virus though in this case the program said it was a 'worm' (not sure of the difference). The only thing one can

Re: From Toronto Star_Assaults on Public Health Carein

2002-11-05 Thread phillp2
Ken's response on Canadians' reaction to cuts and proposed privatizations of medicare, while I agree with what he said, leaves a lot more unsaid. Let me summarize as briefly as I can. 1. In the early 1990's the federal government cut a lot out of the transfers to the provinces to finance

Re: Bush and Intelligence

2002-10-31 Thread phillp2
Found Poetry from the great leader! Your laugh for today. This is a poem made up entirely of actual quotations from George W Bush. They have been rearranged purely for aesthetic purposes, by Washington Post writer Richard Thompson. MAKE THE PIE HIGHER by George W

(Fwd) For-profit U.S. schools sell off their textbooks

2002-10-30 Thread phillp2
Apprapo of Michael's post: Paul Subject:For-profit U.S. schools sell off their textbooks Date sent: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:34:55 PST Globe and Mail October 30, 2002 For-profit U.S. schools sell off their textbooks By DOUG SAUNDERS Students already have to

Re: RE: Re: the 1898 war on Spain and imperialism

2002-10-30 Thread phillp2
Zimmerman was the US embassador to Yugoslavia at the time of the breakup of the country. The various parties met at Lisbon in Portugal to devise a formula for cantonization of Bosnia on the Swiss model. This was agreed to. Zimmerman, on behalf of the US informed/advised the Muslims

Re: Re: employment

2002-10-08 Thread phillp2
I think I understand a little of what Sabri is getting at -- the intellectual and accepting way we look at the statistics -- seeing them as economic factorum and not as poor, suffering people. What I think he is saying, certainly what I am saying, is ONE is too many. When we remember that

Re: RE: Re: Re: employment

2002-10-08 Thread phillp2
From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:31057] RE: Re: Re: employment Date sent: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:06:30 -0700 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul, can you name

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: employment

2002-10-08 Thread phillp2
Did I say that you were insensitive and did not concern yourself with the context of the unemployment rate? -- a rate which I use every day in my labour and economic problems classes, btw. Nor was I responding to either Doug or Jim's posts but to Sabri's lament. Every month when the U rate

Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: employment

2002-10-08 Thread phillp2
But Jim, As my last post pointed out, when I responded to Sabri's original post your whole discussion about the problems and additions to the U rate was not being considered. My original post was in response to someone (not you) suggesting that because the figures on registered unemployment

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: employment

2002-10-07 Thread phillp2
There are some minor differences in the definition/determination of the rate of unemployment in the various western, industrial countries. Canada's definition (I'm not sure exactly what the difference is) results in a rate that is slightly higher than the US definition, but most conform to

EU Schlerorsis

2002-09-27 Thread phillp2
Several times in recent days Ian and other have posted articles about the abject failure of the EU to deal with its economic problems (and also similar articles about Japan). Many of the posted articles end up referring to the failure of Europe -- and particularly Germany -- to deal with

(Fwd) (Fwd) job in Labour and Workplace Studies

2002-09-22 Thread phillp2
Subject: job in Labour and Workplace Studies The Labour and Workplace Studies Program, Faculty of Arts, at the University of Manitoba invites applications for a full-time tenure-track appointment in Labour and Workplace Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor. Core fields: Labour

Re: Re: US policies partly to blame for 9/11 Canadian PM says

2002-09-12 Thread phillp2
Indeed, a rare voice of sanity from Prime Minister Chretien. Paul Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba Yes in thunder, Prime Minister Chrétien. What a rare voice of sanity among world leaders. Carl

Re: Re: Re: Re: U.S. Eliminated From B-Ball World Championships

2002-09-06 Thread phillp2
There are, of course, Croats and other nationalities who live in Serbia and have for generations (also, the Albanians, not only in Kosovo but in Serbia proper.) Last census data I have is that just over 2 per cent of the Serbia population were ethnic Croats. Over 7 per cent of the Vojvodina

Re: Re: RE: Re: Bushies say NAIRU is 4.9

2002-08-27 Thread phillp2
Date sent: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:41:15 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:29921] Re: RE: Re: Bushies say NAIRU is 4.9 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Devine, James wrote:

Marx Quote

2002-08-21 Thread phillp2
Can anyone off the top of their head give me the quote from Marx referring to British exploitation of India, (about the 'whitened bones' or something to that effect) and where that quote appears? Paul Phillips, Economics, Universityof Manitoba

Re: Re: Re: Marx Quote-to Philip

2002-08-21 Thread phillp2
Thanks Carrol, Thats the quote I want but I don't have a copy of _Capital_ handy. I'm away from my office where my (condensed) copy is. Anyone have a copy handy? Paul ??? Sorry I know no bones except It's in _Capital_ I someplace -- he is speaking of the replacement of

Re: Rodrik

2002-08-21 Thread phillp2
I have resisted several times mentioning Rodrik but his analysis of the impact of globalism (international economic integration) is in many ways far more 'radical' than is Stiglitz's. See his Rodrik trilemma on his web page -- a stimulating and provocative analysis. Paul Phillips, Economics,

Re: Re: economists

2002-08-17 Thread phillp2
From today's Globe and Mail, a poem by Johnn Allemang. Economics for Dummies Too bad he drank his way through school -- He might not look like such a fool, As business titans crash and burn And all Geoge Bush can do is turn The Clock back to that fateful day When his worst foe was not Ken

Re: Re: Re: Re: Rising stock market redistributes wealth?

2002-08-17 Thread phillp2
How much is that in miles? Gene michael wrote: I heard someone refer to 401k's as 201k's, now that they are revalued 251 amd 126 miles Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba

Re: Re: Stalinophobia

2002-08-12 Thread phillp2
Michael, I am not sure I agree with you. Appended is an article about the attempt (by the US) to 'Stalinize' Milosevic. Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba Date sent: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:35:41 -0700 From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: Re: Question on US local government revenues

2002-07-30 Thread phillp2
Date sent: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:43:33 +1200 From: Bill Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:28849] Re: Question on US local government revenues To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Priority:

Re: Vandana Shiva

2002-07-28 Thread phillp2
I am a little disappointed by the whole debate over the Article posted by Louis of Shiva's speech. First of all, like Michael, I thought most of it made a lot of sense. Anyone who has followed the experience of the 'green revolution' (sic) knows about the problems that it has produced and

Re: End to European Coal and Steel Community

2002-07-23 Thread phillp2
It is a triumph of the vision of people like Jean Monnet that markets should be regulated and answerable to the democratic will of the people, and that negotiation and cooperation between capitalist enterprises under this degree of social foresight is progressive. Chris Burford

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: : Market Socialism

2002-07-16 Thread phillp2
Michael, I can't give you the contribution to wage income, but I can give some perspective on how important it was to overall income vis a vis Jugoslavia's overall external financial commitment. Ratios of Worker Remittances to Interest Payments in Yugoslavia's Current Account Year

(Fwd) (Fwd) Tinbergen on shipbuilding

2002-07-16 Thread phillp2
Some time ago someone asked for information on Tinbergen's articles on shipbuilding. I forwarded the request to my colleague who was on sabbatical in the Netherlands and, as he explains, I just got back his response. If this is what was requested, whoever asked for it could let me know

Re: Re: Re: Re: : Market Socialism

2002-07-14 Thread phillp2
Gar in a recent post on Market Socialism and inequality (I accidently erased the wrong post) made the statement that inequality under market socialism would be worse than under planning and used Jugoslavia as an example. Unfortunately for his argument, this is not in accord with the facts.

Re: RE: Re: Repitition and Market Socialism

2002-07-11 Thread phillp2
I would agree with Jim. While Michael may feel that the issue has been debated sufficiently, I am somewhat disturbed by the superficial analysis of market socialism that passes for critical thought on this list. As someone who has worked for the past 15 years in Jugoslavia and, most

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: potlatches

2002-07-11 Thread phillp2
Just a couple of thoughts. Akerlof and Yellen have a gift-exchange model of efficiency wages (Was this one of the ideas he got the pseudo Nobel for?) which is very useful in the institutional analysis of labour markets. What interests me more is the idea (from Polanyi) of 'generalized

Re: RE: inflation

2002-07-05 Thread phillp2
From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:27641] RE: inflation Date sent: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 16:44:57 -0700 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wrote: at some point,

Re: Re: Regional planning and property rights

2002-04-24 Thread phillp2
The American Law on takings is a Frankinsteinian abortion of distorted thinking that is spreading its tentacles beyond the US into other countries by the extraterritoriality of US law. The idea that property rights extends to the incorporation of expected profits in perpetuity is a US

Re: Economics as religion

2002-04-19 Thread phillp2
From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: m [EMAIL PROTECTED], pen-l pen- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:16:51 -0400 Subject:[PEN-L:25197] Economics as religion Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At times

RE: Re: Argentina, Australia and Canada

2002-04-13 Thread phillp2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea, there is a lot of superficial truth in this account, at least as relative to Canada. But there is also a lot of overgeneralization and obfuscation in this account also. Since I have already published several hundreds of pages and articles on this subject

Re: Re: RE: Re: Argentina, Australia and Canada

2002-04-13 Thread phillp2
Michael, I don't know enough about Argentina to do a proper comparison, but a few points on Canada -- since the break with British colonialism in Canada's case was initiated by Britain over the opposition of the ruling elite in Canada. 1. The British were losing money on the Canadian

Re: Argentina, Australia and Canada

2002-04-11 Thread phillp2
Hmmm. Yea, there is a lot of superficial truth in this account, at least as relative to Canada. But there is also a lot of overgeneralization and obfuscation in this account also. Since I have already published several hundreds of pages and articles on this subject, I am not about to

(Fwd) PEF: More on Argentina

2002-04-02 Thread phillp2
This might be interesting to Pen-l-ers. This came from our Progressive Economics Forum. Paul Phillips From: Progressive Economics Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:PEF: More on Argentina Dear PEF Members and Friends; Somehow an article based on the research

Re: Krugman, Globalism and Steel

2002-03-31 Thread phillp2
Ian's posting on Bush's commitment (sic) to free trade and Krugman's comments about antiglobalism brought to mind the following comment by Bruce Little, a business columnist in the Globe and Mail, this past week commenting on the steel and softwood lumber cases. Please note that Little is a

(Fwd)

2002-03-19 Thread phillp2
Pen-l'lers, I had this following query from one of my undergrad students. Any good suggestions? Reply off line to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Phillips I was wondering if you have had time to consider an e-mail that I sent regarding internet sites or sources that I can look for about the

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Yen still overvalued

2002-03-09 Thread phillp2
Peter, The case of Slovenia is, I would suggest, somewhat unique. Since the economy was already a (managed) market economy, it was not necessary to establish the institutions of markets, with the exception of the capital market where the existing capital market had been replaced by a

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Yen still overvalued

2002-03-06 Thread phillp2
Peter, What are you suggesting here? What kind of restructuring are you referring to? As someone who has spent the last 10 years studying and publishing on the Slovenian transition process, I'm mystified at what you are referring to. Paul Phillips, Economics, Universityof Manitoba 2.

(Fwd) Petition against nomination of Bush and Blair for peace

2002-02-26 Thread phillp2
--- Forwarded message follows --- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:23:34 PST Subject:Petition against nomination of Bush and Blair for

Re: RE: Re: on the dollar, debt, credit and inflation

2002-02-18 Thread phillp2
what's kept inflation low in the US has been low oil prices, low raw material prices in general, and the high dollar. JDevine And the excess capacity in manufacturing world wide that has increased competition and prevented the excercize of monopoly pricing. No? Paul Phillips,

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: : Premises, Circularities

2002-02-07 Thread phillp2
Hey, I think this debate is great. I can delete the whole day's posts without reading them and think of the time I save ;-). Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba Doug wrote: As is always the case with these debates, I can't resist the urge to ask - so what? Why is the

Re: : The rate of profit and recession

2002-01-29 Thread phillp2
Jim, The question we were discussing, I thought, was what explains the drop in profits after 1997 (despite rapidly rising labour productivity) and which subsequently resulted in a fall in investment initiating the recession. Your data, at least as I read it, questioned whether the fall in

Re: RE: Re: The rate of profit and recession

2002-01-28 Thread phillp2
Jim, What you suggest here is that the profit rate fell despite a *falling organic composition of capital*. I don't disagree though I would again ask is that because of an improper measuring of productivity growth as I suggested in my earlier post? You suggest this seems to contradict

Re: Re: RE: BLS Daily Report

2002-01-23 Thread phillp2
Michael, It is interesting that last week in Winnipeg there was a 'job fair' where hundreds of American hospitals sent recruiters to entice Canadian (Manitoban) nurses to the US, Texas and North Carolina were particularly prominent. We have just re-introduced a two-year registered nurse

Re: social democracy

2002-01-17 Thread phillp2
Date sent: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:20:27 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:21525] social democracy Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug, My response was not to your post but to

Re: Re: social democracy

2002-01-17 Thread phillp2
Date sent: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:08:44 -0800 From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:21540] Re: social democracy Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By the way, Michael Yates promised to

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: social democracy

2002-01-16 Thread phillp2
Date sent: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:06:39 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:21439] Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: social democracy Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This whole

(Fwd) (Fwd) for Pen PKT?

2002-01-10 Thread phillp2
--- Forwarded message follows --- The Polanyi Institute at Concordia University has announced an upcoming publication that many of you will find very interesting: Economy and Society. Money, Capitalism and Transition. Fikret Adaman and Pat Devine, editors. Black Rose Books, 2001. In

Re: RE: (Fwd) (Fwd) for Pen PKT?

2002-01-10 Thread phillp2
Karl Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:21304] RE: (Fwd) (Fwd) for Pen PKT? Date sent: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:34:52 -0800

Re: BLS Daily Report

2002-01-08 Thread phillp2
Dave Richardson's daily report notes: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2002l The unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage point to 5.8 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced. U.S. payrolls declined by 124,000 in December and have

Re: Re: RE:Re: what's the point?

2001-12-01 Thread phillp2
I don't know why but every post from Jim Devine, or response from Jim, spills over such that I can't read it on my e-mail. Can Jim correct this? (ps. there are several others on pen-l who have this problem though, since I have not been saving their collections on other issues, I have not had

Project for Pen-l

2001-11-29 Thread phillp2
Given the somewhat unfocussed response we have had so far to my suggestion, I am hereby proposing a more directed response. List members who have a specific article/book to recommend write a one or two paragraph summary/abstract complete with URL or bibliographic reference as appropriate.

A project for Pen-L

2001-11-27 Thread phillp2
Michael, (and others) have been lamenting the failure of Pen-l to look at the current economic problems etc. I have a practical (?) suggestion. I teach a course called Canadian Economic Problems and also am frequently called upon to lecture on free trade and its implications, etc. What I

Afghanistan

2001-11-14 Thread phillp2
I have not contributed to the discussion of the war on Afghanistan or on the anti-war protests for a very difficult personal reason. I am appalled by the Taliban oppression of women. I am appalled that the ‘west’ did nothing about it until some militants attacked the bastions of American

Re: Ideology and the Environment

2001-11-04 Thread phillp2
Manitoba did not have a dust bowl because it never suffered the drought to the same extent as the 'great American dessert' including Palliser's Triangle in the Canadian prairies. It is true that this part of Canada was overpopulated relative to the long term agricultural sustainability of the

Re: Re: Re: Ideology and the Environment

2001-11-04 Thread phillp2
Michael, But yes, the climate change did not result from a few hundred or thousand farmers plowing up the soil (though lack of wind breaks may have had a marginal effect) please give me any plausible argument that property rights ***caused*** the drought/depression in agriculture. Any

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ideology and the Environment

2001-11-04 Thread phillp2
Michael, are you arguing that climate change is the result of individual farm practice? I just don't understand where you are coming from. Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba I differ with you on the climate change, but I never supported the article in its belief that

Re: Taking the temperature of the propaganda war

2001-10-28 Thread phillp2
Michael, Could you elaborate a little on what you mean here. What are you referring to as a stacked economic program? Most of all, how will a stacked economic program play if we are going to a deeper recession? Paul Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba. ps. The strike

University of Manitoba on Strike

2001-10-23 Thread phillp2
Pen-llers, et al., This is to inform you that the faculty at the University of Manitoba began a strike yesterday morning (Oct 22) following almost of year of fruitless negotiations with the administration. The issues are more bread and butter than the last strike 6 years ago which was over

Re: Re: Garbanzos for peace!

2001-09-22 Thread phillp2
When western Canada was first surveyed by Europeans for settlement, the surveyor, Captain Palliser, deemed the northern extension of the great American desert not fit for settlement. This area is still known as Palliser's Triangle and is the area currently hit by drought. (This does not

Re: Anti-war movement

2001-09-22 Thread phillp2
of the Bush cabal has led to rises in the price of oil which will further eat into the living standards of struggling workers around the world. The declared war will lead to deaths and injury of workers. It will also lead to further economic hardship and pain. I have a student who wants to

Re: Re: Garbanzos for peace!

2001-09-21 Thread phillp2
Obviously, Andrew doesn't live on the prairies or deal with agricultural issues. Pity. Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba Most of the Great Plains does not need irrigation to produce crops with enormous yields, year after year. There are many problems such as overuse of

Re: Re: Re: Re: Garbanzos for peace!

2001-09-21 Thread phillp2
Well, I just have lived for the past -- well almost 40 years on the prairies -- rode my horses, lived in my rural communtity, etc. cultimated my garden, tendered my pasture, etc, etc. Yea and we had a hell of a time with chemical crop dusters. Yea and we had a real problem with drought. Yea

Former Yugoslavia: The name of the game is OIL! - Karen

2001-05-11 Thread phillp2
Enough Said Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba Former Yugoslavia: The name of the game is OIL! By Karen Talbot The Bush administration, with its spectacular connections to oil and energy corporations, is telling the U.S. people they need more oil, gas and nuclear power

(Fwd) CCPA study: The Roots of Addiction in Free Market Socie

2001-04-30 Thread phillp2
--- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:46:39 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:CCPA study: The Roots of Addiction in Free Market Society Date:

(Fwd) (Fwd) Fwd: No Subject

2001-04-30 Thread phillp2
--- Forwarded message follows --- From: Paul Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:44:09 -0500 Subject:(Fwd) Fwd: No Subject Priority: norma Bush should pull troops

Re: Re: (Fwd) CCPA study:The Roots of Addiction in Free Market Socie

2001-04-30 Thread phillp2
Carrol, The closest thing to the CCPA in the US is the EPI. Paul Phillips Date sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:32:35 -0500 From: Carrol Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Great Plains Depopulation

2001-04-24 Thread phillp2
Ken, I explicitly said beef packing plants and kill operations. The Brandon plant and Neepawa are hog operations, no? Paul From: Ken Hanly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:10608] Re: Re: Re: Re: Great Plains

Re: Structure of Canadian Meat-Packing Industry

2001-04-24 Thread phillp2
Ken, Thanks for posting this. I must admit to being relieved that my 'gut insticts' were not far amiss. It is hard to keep up with reality in so many areas these days. Paul From: Ken Hanly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pen-l [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: Re: Great Plains Depopulation

2001-04-23 Thread phillp2
Ken may correct me, but I think in the Canadian prairie, cattle have been more profitable than crop agriculture, particularly grains and oilseeds. The strongest sector has been pork I believe. The main reason for rural depopulation in Canada has been the development of capital

Re: Re: Re: The case for reparations

2001-04-18 Thread phillp2
Louis wrote: It is not only about African-Americans, it is about American Indians as well. For that matter the same kind of legalistic flim-flammery would apply to Indians as well. How can we give land to the Iroquois unless we can prove that they are 100 percent Iroquois? As a rule of

Re: A late response to Michael's original invitation [was What is going on?]

2001-04-16 Thread phillp2
2) Most of these lists are dominated by posters from the first world. Most posters from the non-english speaking countries are from the first world. One potential reason is that, despite lack of real democracy, these countries are not as repressive as the non-first world countries and

Re: theory practice

2001-04-15 Thread phillp2
(BTW, contrary to Brad's misrepresentation, there are many socialists -- including some on pen-l -- who think it's worthwhile to look before leaping, to think about what socialism might look like.) -- Jim Devine Actually, contrary to Jim's assertion here, it is Michael who has been

Re: Re: Re: Market Socialism [ was Burawoy]

2001-04-12 Thread phillp2
Sabri, I concur with Justin that the NCE version of market socialism is just as flawed as NCE itself and therefore of little use as a model for a real economy, in particular a socialist real economy. I would disagree with Justin that there is no role for planning. Obviously, for instance,

Re: Michael Valpy on Free Trade

2001-04-09 Thread phillp2
Ken, Valpy, a regular columnist with the GM, ran for the NDP in the last federal election. The GM has a few leftish columnists, most noteably Rick Salutin. Paul Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba From: "Ken Hanly" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Re: Economic Development

2001-04-03 Thread phillp2
Date sent: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 17:07:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Timework Web [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:9939] Re: Economic Development Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim, This doesn't directly

(Fwd) Complaint about violation of academic freedom in hiring

2001-04-02 Thread phillp2
I think all North American academics should be aware of this travesty of academic freedom and human rights. Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba --- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:07:59 -0800 To: (Recipient list

Re: Re: ergonomics, etc.

2001-03-25 Thread phillp2
There have been a number of threads recently on Pen-l which reflect the super-nationalist navel gazing of Americans. First, I would ask Brad De Long. If he had a ballot for president that included Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Ramsey McDonald, who would he vote for? Second, I would

Re: Re: Demicans or Repugnocrats (was: ergonomics, etc.

2001-03-25 Thread phillp2
Can Bush be any worse for the rest of the world than Clinton/Gore? If so in what way. Will the civilians of Yugoslavia and Iraq be any less fearful of their lives? Will the peasants of Columbia be more fearful for their lives? Will Canadians fear more for the loss of their jobs, pollution

Re: Re: Re: Re: ergonomics, etc.

2001-03-25 Thread phillp2
Yea Doug, a typical American reply. It ain't us, it is all you foreigners. I am no apologist for Canadian domestic and foreign policy, indeed I have a reputation for the opposite as you might surmise, but I would remind Doug that all these legislative measures were taken as a result of

Re: Re: Re: Re: ergonomics, etc.

2001-03-25 Thread phillp2
Doug, This is repugnant. You have never heard me defending Canadian policy on this list. Furthermore, if you knew what I have been doing, I have been crossing the country speaking and denouncing Canadian policy in this area. Paul Phillips Date sent: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 13:47:23

Re: Re: Re: Re: ergonomics, etc.

2001-03-25 Thread phillp2
Doug writes, A couple of more questions occurred to me while I was in the shower. Do the 32 million members of the U.S. working class who live in officially defined poverty deserve their fate? Or worse? How about the 20-30 million more who live close to poverty? How about the - I'm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Demicans or Repugnocrats (was: ergonomics, etc.

2001-03-25 Thread phillp2
Do you really believe this? I guess this is really what I am complaining about, US intellectual imperialism. Ugh. Paul Phillips From: "Andrew Hagen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Sun, 25 Mar 2001

Re: Re: Bushbaby the economy (world and US)

2001-03-25 Thread phillp2
Of course you could. But why would Americans since they are the prime beneficiary. This is the kind of ... agh never mind. Nevertheless, we can't stop globalization. We can only soften its impact. The traditional economies are everywhere in decline. Better that some people have jobs. In

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Serbia after Milosevic

2001-03-22 Thread phillp2
Barkley and Louis, Just a couple of points. Poland is not the only transitional economy where GDP is higher now than it was in 1989. For Slovenia this is also true. Also, Slovenia has relied far less than Poland on foreign investment. I would also point to the fact that Slovenia has relied

Re: Takings (Canada)

2001-03-06 Thread phillp2
Charles, As I thought, private property is not protected under the constitution but is under common law in Canada. The common law and, I believe statute law (but not constitutional law), requires governments to pay compensation at "market value". Paul Phillips Date sent: Tue,

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: farewell to academe

2001-03-05 Thread phillp2
Thanks Martin, I didn't realize Australia had adopted a version of my suggestion. When was this system introduced? I can see how it can be abused but it is still better than our present system. I had a relative teaching in a US university (private) who was told she could not fail a student

Job Posting

2001-02-09 Thread phillp2
To all those on Pen-l and PKT, I must apologize for misleading many of you when I posted the job opening in History/political economy here at Manitoba. It is, at this stage, open only to Canadians or landed immigrants. If we fail to find a qualified Canadian, only then can we go to the next

Job opening

2001-02-07 Thread phillp2
Some time ago I posted this job opening to both Pen-l and PKT following a discussion about the difficulty of heterodox graduates finding jobs in major institutions. The job market closes in a week or two and we have had 0 (zero) applications. Interesting. Paul Phillips, Economics,

Re: RE: The Economic Policy World Turned Topsy-Turvy

2001-02-03 Thread phillp2
Max (et at) The whole purpose of the Swedish investment funds was that worker profits would go to buy corporate shares that would ultimately lead to -- ulp! -- worker ownership. This was sufficiently upsetting to lead to a corporate (class) uprising to squelch any and all moves to

Re: Re: holy trinity/Yugoslavia in transition

2001-01-27 Thread phillp2
Yoshie wrote: I don't know why Paul Barkley Rosser seem to say there is a possibility of gradual orderly privatization, when Mladjan Dinkic (the economic advisor to Kostunica now central bank governor) is calling for _swift_ privatization. Yoshie, if you read what I wrote, it was

Re: Re: holy trinity/Yugoslavia in transition

2001-01-26 Thread phillp2
Michael, I am disappointed in you. Apparently only US politics is acceptable to this list? We have just had days of multiple posts on the politics of Milken's jail sentence, the political beliefs of Alan, the politics of California power, ad nauseum -- nothing about anything accept

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