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Varieties of imperial decline : rearguard success, strategic defeat.
by toni solo; January 02, 2008
from 1920 to 1960, Venezuela was the leading world exporter of oil
and here, through our Caribbean sea passed thousands of boats loaded
with oil: but they left nothing to
Washington Post, Wednesday, January 2, 2008; A13
'House Lust' Hits Home
By Robert J. Samuelson
Down the block from my home, workmen are finishing a new house. It
replaces a bungalow that had measured about 1,500 square feet. The new
home has a covered front porch, two fireplaces and a finished
Robert J. [not Paul] Samuelson writes:
Everyone knows the direct causes of the present housing collapse: low
interest rates, lax mortgage lending, rampant speculation. But the
larger force lies in Americans' devotion to homeownership. It explains
why government officials, politicians and
...and I'm sure not the last time.
http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/080102175233.viu16pqq.html
...and in other news of note, Code Pink, MoveOn, and other anti-war
organizations showed up at the Rose Bowl Parade yesterday and were
booed by people who think that sleeping on the sidewalk for
The New York Times / December 25, 2007
A Question of Blame When Societies Fall
By GEORGE JOHNSON
As I pulled out of Tucson listening to an audiobook of Jared Diamond's
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, the first of a
procession of blue-and-yellow billboards pointed the way to
Jim Devine wrote:
[I likely won't be able to respond to any responses to this missive
until Monday.]
For a critique that is more in line with Jared Diamond's detractors, see
my articles on Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel here:
http://www.columbia.edu/%7Elnp3/mydocs/my_ecology.htm
Also,
Kris Welch interviewed me last week on KPFA. I don't come in until the
last 25 minutes or so. She is a great interviewer and always makes
conversation livelily -- well, as lively as I can be.
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=24012
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California
I am travelling to the econ. meetings. I keep getting Error 623. The
system cannot find the phonebook entry for the site. What the hell is
that?
I can still get email with a unix account because I was already logged
on. I don't know if I will be able to get back on line once I turn off
the
On Jan 2, 2008, at 10:50 PM, Michael Perelman wrote:
I am travelling to the econ. meetings. I keep getting Error 623. The
system cannot find the phonebook entry for the site. What the hell is
that?
I can still get email with a unix account because I was already logged
on. I don't know if I
