On Sep 13, 2007, at 12:06 AM, Michael Perelman wrote:
The Sacramento Bee reports the giant California Public Employees'
Retirement System
is planning to use some of its money to invest in infrastructure,
which is, of
course, privatized infrastructure.
On 9/13/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey, remember Calpers was at the forefront of the shareholder
revolution, pushing downsizing and outsourcing (not directly of
course, but that was the result). When I interviewed their chief
investment officer about 15 years ago and asked him
On Sep 13, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
On 9/13/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey, remember Calpers was at the forefront of the shareholder
revolution, pushing downsizing and outsourcing (not directly of
course, but that was the result). When I interviewed their chief
On 9/13/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's not just the PF's charter - it's the law. That's why there's
only so much you can do with pension fund socialism, ha ha. But it
would have been interesting to hear this dude reflect on the irony.
He didn't even try.
he was a hired gun,
[from the cultural studies listserve. Sorry for crossposting, but
this seemed like a document that would be of interest to people on
these lists. I'd be interested in comments people have on it. I
mentioned on the other list that I think the cost/benefit approach to
this is hiding much more
On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
On 9/13/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's not just the PF's charter - it's the law. That's why there's
only so much you can do with pension fund socialism, ha ha. But it
would have been interesting to hear this dude reflect on the
Actually, I was thinking of your work when posting this, but I did not have the
reference.
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 08:51:04AM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
On Sep 13, 2007, at 12:06 AM, Michael Perelman wrote:
The Sacramento Bee reports the giant California Public Employees'
Retirement System
They are just following the rules of ethical investing
according to Milton Friedman!
Is there any attempt by the union membership to
exert any control over the investment process so that
this sort of thing does not happen?
Cheers, ken hanly
--- Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sep
Some of the state employees are union members, but not all. Some would want to
follow Friedman, but others not.
PERS has resisted investing in bad places (Sudan) and in bad products
(cigarettes),
so it is not consistent.
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 07:57:05AM -0700, ken hanly wrote:
They are
On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:57 AM, ken hanly wrote:
Is there any attempt by the union membership to
exert any control over the investment process so that
this sort of thing does not happen?
There are attempts, but U.S. law is very strict on what can be done.
People who've worked on those sorts of
On 9/12/07, Shane Mage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or, as Trotsky put it:
Everyone acts differently when tickled by a feather. When touched
by a red-hot poker they all behave identically.
Is a play on Tolstoy's line that all happy families are alike but each
unhappy family is unhappy in its
Shane Mage wrote:
add 6-dialectical
-All action by a biological organism is individual action, interaction between
concrete environmental situations and concrete individually distinctive
propensities.
-All groups of individual organisms act, in a statistically average way,
according to
Greetings Economists,
On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
That's right, but individualisms
assume we are all different.
Doyle;
I would presume individualism really is about how connection works.
The legal apparatus in capitalism of course protects capitalists as
individuals. And
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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/13/3806/
The War Party: Democrats Lie to Prolong Iraq; Reporters Go Along
by Ted Rall
Americans don’t know how their government works. Democrats, in control
of Congress, are taking advantage of our ignorance to continue the Iraq
War. Which brings up
Is a Jewish Glasnost Coming to America?
Despite a Backlash, Many Jews Are Questioning Israel
By Tony Karon
First, a confession: It may tell me that I hate myself, but I can't
help loving Masada2000, the website maintained by militant right-wing
Zionist followers of Rabbi Meir Kahane. The reason I
Some one I rely on for discussion of peak oil.
Gene Coyle
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On Sep 13, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Eugene Coyle wrote:
Some one I rely on for discussion of peak oil.
Gene Coyle
Maybe he doesn't rely on anyone...
On 9/13/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Sep 13, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Eugene Coyle wrote:
Some one I rely on for discussion of peak oil.
Gene Coyle
Look at the tiny photo.
Gene Coyle
On Sep 13, 2007, at 1:57 PM, The Buffalo In Da' Midst wrote:
Maybe he doesn't rely on anyone...
On 9/13/07, Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Sep 13, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Eugene Coyle
On 9/13/07, Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Look at the tiny photo.
No tiny photo in my copy. Maybe stripped out.
In the first couple years after the invasion, he adds, one of the
'good news' stories was always the number of cell towers built and
phones sold.
TPMuckraker (They've got muck. We've got rakes.)
Y Kant Ryun Crockr Do Economiks
By Spencer Ackerman - September 13, 2007, 3:31 PM
I don't have half
Sorry for the misguided attempt. I'll remove the mysterious photo
which none of you are receiving anyway.
Gene Coyle
On Sep 13, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
Eugene Coyle wrote:
Look at the tiny photo.
Did this message pass through some content-removal filter?
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If it's on the web, send a link.
On 9/13/07, Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry for the misguided attempt. I'll remove the mysterious photo
which none of you are receiving anyway.
Gene Coyle
On Sep 13, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
Eugene Coyle wrote:
Look at the tiny
Gene, can you tell us the point? whose picture is it? (some hippie
with a guitar?)
On 9/13/07, Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry for the misguided attempt. I'll remove the mysterious photo
which none of you are receiving anyway.
Gene Coyle
Jim Devine / Segui il tuo corso, e lascia
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Last Updated: Thursday, 13 September 2007
Child mortality 'at record low'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6992401.stm
[Millions of lives have been saved by immunisation, Unicef says]
Fewer children under the age of five are dying, thanks to immunisation
On 9/13/07, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
whose picture is it? (some hippie with a guitar?)
Moi?
http://www.leighm.net/images/me_sm2.jpg
Yeah, something like that, but a bit more personal.
Let me propose this. So as to not burden the list, I will forward it
to those who request it of me -- off list is probably better. And
I'll start by sending it to you in a few minutes.
Gene
On Sep 13, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
This morning on the electronic NY Times there was a report that a US
ally, a Sunni Arab leader, Sheik Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi has
been killed in Anbar province. Bush met the Sheik on his recent
visit, and the Times showed a photo of a grinning Bush shaking hands
with him.
The photo
[I said the other day to our libertarian friend that you could comb
the U.S. press for anything as remotely critical of Israel as you see
in Ha'aretz. Here's a nice example from our friends across the sea.]
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/
20070831rubinsteinapartheid.html
Ricks is the Washington Post reporter who wrote Fiasco. As the title
implies, it is about the war in Iraq. He posted numerous times during
the course of Bush's speech. His last entry is telling:
Posted at 9:24 PM ET, 09/13/2007
You and What Army?
Sen. Reed said that sticking around in Iraq for
[Here's a LAT story about political repression against (get this) a
liberal! As far as I know, he's never even mentioned Israel. It's
unclear as yet exactly what forces pushed the University of
California-Irvine's chancellor to fire him. Maybe it's the old John
Birch Society influence down there
What does it mean when controversy becomes forbidden? Don't they have
a name for such a state?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
michaelperelman.wordpress.com
California has two very active unions -- the Nurses and the Prison
Guards -- each uses a different form of politics and a different form
of caring. The nurses have done heroic work in forcing Governor
Arnold to allow for sufficient staffing of hospitals. They have won
significant political
I thought Bob Dornan was gone.
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901
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On 9/13/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What does it mean when controversy becomes forbidden? Don't they have
a name for such a state?
Orange County.
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Jim Devine / Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti. (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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