I doubt it would be worth anyone's trouble to stock up on stamps! You
would have to buy thousands and then what do you do with them to get your
money back? Sell them back to where you bought them from?
Plus there is a little technicality about the shelf life of the adhesive
substance on the back
This article can be found on the web at
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070312/kucinich
Collision Course With Iran
by REP. DENNIS J. KUCINICH
[posted online on February 26, 2007]
President Bush has claimed the Iranian government is supplying deadly
weapons to fighters in Iraq and that those
On 2/26/07, Mark Lause [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a general rule of thumb, academic fads are never radical.
yes, but they introduce all sorts of marvelous new jargon to use and abuse!
(in econ., of course, the fads often involve new kinds of mathematics.)
--
Jim Devine / The truth is more
On 2/26/07, Perelman, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Charles Ponzi began by arbitraging Italian stamps, but then he went on
to bigger things.
as I understand it, that arbitrage was the promised basis for the
returns in his famous scheme. But of course, the actual basis was
selling new shares
February 27, 2007/NYT
Iranian Scholars Denounce Conference That Denied Holocaust
By NAZILA FATHI
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 — A group of Iranian academics, writers and artists
has denounced the Holocaust conference held in Tehran late last year,
calling it a move that endangered peace and hurt the
It started out without the pyramid, but it got out of hand he shifted to the
standard Ponzi format.
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 06:29:45AM -0800, Jim Devine wrote:
On 2/26/07, Perelman, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Charles Ponzi began by arbitraging Italian stamps, but then he went on
to
does anyone know of earlier Ponzi schemes, that Ponzi himself wasn't
involved in? I'd bet that they exist, so that Ponzi's main
contribution was making pyramid schemes famous.
On 2/27/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It started out without the pyramid, but it got out of hand he
On 2/27/07, Robert Naiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This article can be found on the web at
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070312/kucinich
Collision Course With Iran
by REP. DENNIS J. KUCINICH
[posted online on February 26, 2007]
snip
Yet the United States was able to use diplomacy with North
They were shouting impeachment at Clinton something that happened behind
closed doors, didn't hurt anybody and became an international joke.
Bush is publicly more repugnant, it has directly or indirectly killed
thousands in a range of countries and is an international sick joke
menacing world
On 2/27/07, Rui Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They were shouting impeachment at Clinton something that happened behind
closed doors, didn't hurt anybody and became an international joke.
Bush is publicly more repugnant, it has directly or indirectly killed
thousands in a range of countries
from HARPER'S:
An appeals court in Washington, D.C., ruled that the writ of habeas
corpus does not apply to prisoners in the American concentration camp
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Americans celebrated the 275th birthday of George Washington, and
President George W. Bush compared the War on
Yes, it certainly is worth something. Perhaps he should start a blog!
It is heart-warming to know that not all teenagers are more preoccupied
with swopping mobile phone ring tones.
But now, speking of Star Wars, 'artists' are normally associated with the
'left'. So, knowing the impact that
Jim, it is better to send the URL. Graphics overload many mailboxes. Thanks.
Sincerely,
C. Ponzi
Greetings Economists,
On Feb 27, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Michael Perelman wrote:
Jim, it is better to send the URL. Graphics overload many mailboxes.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
C. Ponzi
Doyle;
Web based social sites get around the mail box issue of over load.
Graphics of all kinds, especially I suppose
The Democrats aren't going to impeach anyone, they'd hate to set any
precedents that could come back to bite them on the ass, because for the
most part they are as corrupt as the Republicans.
So y' all just drive your plastic Prius down to the cafe' while there's
still petrochemicals to make the
On 2/27/07, Rui Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, it certainly is worth something. Perhaps he should start a blog!
yes he should. Unfortunately, he's in a boarding school in Connecticut
that has no Internet access (as part of treatment for Asperger
syndrome/mild autism). Actually, it's
Bumbling Ragtag Regiment Achieves Heartwarming Victory In Iraq
February 27, 2007 | Issue 43•09
BAGHDAD—The war in Iraq came to a sudden, complete, and ultimately
heartwarming end after the U.S. Army's hapless 115th Regiment defeated
the insurgent forces in what military observers are terming a
Ponzi's scheme made it to the Supreme Court:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=searchfriend=nytimes.court=UScase=/us/265/1.html.
The case contains a nice summary of the scheme. To this day, litigation
relating to Ponzi schemes is a relatively common part of what
what/who are /is Wild Geese?
there were a few (at least two) films by that name,
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=allq=geese, with quite a cast, this one, for
example
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078492/
Your typical film about former 'Western' (normally British/ American)
soldiers / veterans/
from David's source:
In December, 1919, with a capital of $150, [Ponzi] began the business of borrowing
money on his promissory notes. He did not profess to receive money for investment
for account of the lender. He borrowed the money on his credit only. He spread the
false tale that on his
Jim Devine wrote:
from HARPER'S:
British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that he would bring home
more than 1,600
of the 7,100 British troops in Iraq.
.
That's untrue! Grey propaganda. They aren't going 'home', unless 'home'
is Afghanistan...
More Myths: The UK Withdrawing From Iraq As
Now available in home video, the documentary Jesus Camp puts the
spotlight on rightwing evangelists and the children they have successfully
indoctrinated. All in all, the film has the same kind of chilling effect as
Village of the Damned or any other classic sci-fi film in which children
are
‘’Working Around the Military'’ Revisited
February 27, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Filed under Military and defense, Children and families, Labor
http://www.docuticker.com/?p=11340
‘’Working Around the Military'’ Revisited
Source: RAND Corporation
“Previous studies have shown that military wives — women
Can't sell, so owners give bank the homes
Desperate families walk away rather than lose them to foreclosure.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
http://vh10924.moc.gbahn.net/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C3Date=20070227Category=BIZ03ArtNo=702270375Ref=V2Q=100MaxW=500
Steve Perez /
On 2/27/07, Rui Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
President Bush has claimed the Iranian government is supplying deadly
weapons to fighters in Iraq and that those weapons are being used to
kill US troops in Iraq. This sounds horrific and frightening--and that
is the point. The Administration
On 2/27/07, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
February 27, 2007/NYT
Iranian Scholars Denounce Conference That Denied Holocaust
By NAZILA FATHI
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 — A group of Iranian academics, writers and artists
has denounced the Holocaust conference held in Tehran late last year,
calling it
fyi
Anthony P. D'Costa, Professor
Comparative International Development
University of Washington
1900 Commerce Street
Tacoma, WA 98402, USA
Phone: (253) 692-4462
Fax : (253) 692-5718
http://tinyurl.com/yhjzrm
Greetings Economists,
On Feb 27, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Anthony D'Costa wrote:
fyi
Doyle
Also currency markets are turbulent as well which looks systemic.
Doyle
ah, the PEN-L juices are starting to flow!
ah, the PEN-L juices are starting to flow!
Fuck, after what I've seen since 1987, I am ready to take my $110,000 in an
IRA CD that matures in March and buy a Pacific Rim mutual fund.
--
www.marxmail.org
Greetings Economists,
On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
ah, the PEN-L juices are starting to flow!
:-)
Yes of course we all dance in the streets when something happens.
Let's break out the champaign!!
Tis the season for the left. Ahh What glory, God its so
wonderful
On Feb 27, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Doyle Saylor wrote:
Maybe a recession
later this year.
I think Alan Greenspan said something to that effect just the other
day. I don't know whether that makes it more or less likely.
Doug
On 2/27/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ah, the PEN-L juices are starting to flow!
not mine. Stock market gyrations are boring. I think that the news
should stop reporting the DJIA and SP (etc.) completely -- unless
they change more than 2% in one day. If the stock market were to be
I'll be sure to tell my friends who work at maginally profitable
businesses throughout Santa Cruz that the 'left' is looking forward to
celebrating a recession that would most likely disintegrate their jobs.
No wonder the unions in America are flourishing.
Leigh
Doyle Saylor wrote:
Greetings
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/washington/27cnd-diplo.html
February 27, 2007
U.S. to Join Iraq Meeting With Iran and Syria
By HELENE COOPER and KIRK SEMPLE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 — The United States will join other nations in
high-level talks with Iran and Syria over the situation in Iraq this
Dear URPE Members and Friends,
The Left Forum will take place this year from March 9-11, at Cooper
Union. The theme is Forging a Radical Political Future. Cooper Union
is located at 7 E. 7th St. at 3rd Ave., NYC.
See the Left Forum website for information on the program, speakers,
directions,
Greetings Economists,
On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
I think Alan Greenspan said something to that effect just the other
day. I don't know whether that makes it more or less likely.
Doug
Doyle;
Up to now it has looked like a genuine soft landing. One would expect
some
On Feb 27, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
If the stock market were to be
open 1 day a week, it would serve its purpose for capitalism without
all the useless brouhaha.
No it wouldn't. The whole point of the stock market is to make
private claims on social wealth readily tradable and
Greetings Economists,
On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
The excessive attention that the SM gets reflects the excessive power
of the finance capitalists and wannabes, along with the fetishism of
monetary forms of wealth.
Doyle;
Doesn't the market reflect fears of deeper cycles?
On 2/27/07, Doyle Saylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doesn't the [stock] market reflect fears of deeper cycles?
the stock market reflects expected profits. Those expectations can
reflect fads and the like.
--
Jim Devine / The truth is more important than the facts. -- Frank Lloyd Wright
Doug Henwood wrote:
Yes, the daily gyrations are economically meaningless,
.
Economics as if people don't matter.
There's millions of people throughout America who make purchasing
decisions for home and business, and hiring decisions for small
businesses based on a quick read of the daily
Greetings Economists,
On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Leigh Meyers wrote:
I'll be sure to tell my friends who work at maginally profitable
businesses throughout Santa Cruz that the 'left' is looking forward to
celebrating a recession that would most likely disintegrate their
jobs.
Doyle;
Who
On Feb 27, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Doyle Saylor wrote:
I've pretty much given up thinking a crisis is a left gift from
heaven.
Yay! Our forces are expanding!!
Doug
On 2/27/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ah, the PEN-L juices are starting to flow!
Why not? Hell I can go farther than that: did we see the steadying hand of
the famous Plunge Protection Team at 3:00 pm EST?
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX:.DJI
(On a more sober note,
can anyone think of a good term to describe the post Keynesian
school of Macroeconomics? I wouldn't call it left-Keynesian...
--
Jim Devine / The truth is more important than the facts. -- Frank Lloyd Wright
How about a PEN-L 100 or PEN-L 25? Surely Yahoo or some such site
provides the ability to track a fantasy portfolio? Step up PEN-L'ers.
Choose the top 25 stock picks for the next 5 years (performance on a
yearly basis).
--ravi
On 2/27/07, ravi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about a PEN-L 100 or PEN-L 25? Surely Yahoo or some such site
provides the ability to track a fantasy portfolio? Step up PEN-L'ers.
Choose the top 25 stock picks for the next 5 years (performance on a
yearly basis).
I'd put all my money on a
I buy older mint stamps at 10 per cent below face
value in Canada. I imagine you can probably do the
same in the US. All sorts of people seem to think that
if they hoard mint stamps they will bring a big return
years later. Unless you happen to hoard a few select
values you are more likely to have
Iran.
Who Wins in Iraq?
March/April 2007
Newspaper headlines consistently remind us of the failures coming out of
Iraq. The number of U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives continues to
climb. The deaths of Iraqi civilians far exceed what almost anyone
expected. And insurgent attacks are
Private equity deals are good for the environment! Who knew?
(What's the catch here? Did these guys just buy a lot of positive
press coverage with no substance? Or is there a long-term strategy
here?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-0702270280feb27,0,4125299.column
Tremendously profound meditation on Bernard Fall by Christian Parenti:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070312/parenti
Jim Devine wrote:
does anyone know of earlier Ponzi schemes, that Ponzi himself wasn't
involved in? I'd bet that they exist, so that Ponzi's main
contribution was making pyramid schemes famous.
If I remember correctly the South Sea Bubble acted as a Ponzi scheme --
but my memory is vague.
It was a speculative bubble, but there was no obligation to repay the investors.
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:39:23PM -0600, Carrol Cox wrote:
If I remember correctly the South Sea Bubble acted as a Ponzi scheme --
but my memory is vague.
Carrol
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
On Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 16:53:45 (-0800) raghu writes:
Private equity deals are good for the environment! Who knew?
(What's the catch here? Did these guys just buy a lot of positive
press coverage with no substance? Or is there a long-term strategy
here?)
I think this story is interesting because it strips naked the
pretense that the big enviro group -- in this case NRDC and ED -- are
anything more than corporate fronts.
The president of NRDC, Frances Bienecke (The Yalies, Henwood and
Divine, probably know the Bienecke library at Yale)
On 27 févr. 07, at 10:01, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
From The Guardian:
Ms Royal has said she wants to be president of a mixed-race France,
proposing anti-racism measures such as forcing companies to reassess
their recruitment policies. But last month the Socialist party was
forced to expel one
On 2/27/07, Jean-Christophe Helary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 27 févr. 07, at 10:01, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
From The Guardian:
Ms Royal has said she wants to be president of a mixed-race France,
proposing anti-racism measures such as forcing companies to reassess
their recruitment
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