[PEN-L] liberal masturbation

in Iraq, so that the US can control the country with bombs dropped from altitudes, just as Clinton was doing without the convenience of bases in the country. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] heterodox economics in the news

(who is continuing with his Iran jihad) represent the negative influence; the new Cheney series demonstrates how it can do some good. It will be interesting to see what Rupert does to the Wall Street Journal. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: [PEN-L] A question on the ethics of complicated econometric estimations

series. After you have hundreds of time series, run thousands of regressions using different combinations. My idea was that with enough diligence one could create a credible macroeconomic model. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321

Re: [PEN-L] A question on the ethics of complicated econometric estimations

and the like). On 7/11/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I was in graduate school in the 1960s, before doing such things with computers was easy -- we were still using punch cards -- I had a project that I imagine myself doing: Take a table of random numbers

Re: [PEN-L] heterodox economics in the news

Pack journalism is old news. But it used to revolve around stories like Senator Vitter, bless his soul. Now, it has spread to areas of little pressing interest. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] heterodox economics in the news

children that they can sell body parts for money. -- David Richerby -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] heterodox economics in the news

Sorry. Even a serious subject can be treated as minor squabbles about personalities. On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 02:18:38PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: that's changing the question. On 7/11/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you think that the article really gave a flavor of what

Re: [PEN-L] A question on the ethics of complicated econometric estimations

seen a statistical model in recent years that is more conclusive than the picture that a scatter diagram gives. A statistical model can be suggestive of new lines of research, but has anyone seen one convincing enough to make a reasonable person change her mind? -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: [PEN-L] A question on the ethics of complicated econometric estimations

the conclusions back to the assumptions. Intuition is pretty much a black-box. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Labor Secretary Chao Disses U.S. Workers

employees must be punctual, dress appropriately and have good personal hygiene, says Chao. They need anger-management and conflict-resolution skills, and they have to be able to accept direction. Too many young people bristle when a supervisor asks them to do something. -- Michael Perelman

[PEN-L] Executive Order 13422-- A Threat to Health and Safety

allows the political staff at the White House to dictate decisions on health and safety issues, even if the government's own impartial experts disagree. This is a terrible way to govern, but great news for special interests.. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico

Re: [PEN-L] Schumpeter and Joan Robinson

, to be somewhat reactionary, her appointment would afford an excellent opportunity. Schumpeter to Conant, December 7, 1936. On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 06:43:22AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: it's hard to believe. Most male academics back then couldn't stand her. On 7/5/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[PEN-L] robinson schumpeter again

innovation (including the commodification of life in the new biocapitalism Sunder Rajan has described). But much of it is hype, nineteenth century labor conditions are making a return, innovation is hardly entrepreneurial but social through and through. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Re: [PEN-L] abortive thought

the fetus declared a human being? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Schumpeter and Joan Robinson

: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press): p. 226. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Turnips and the transition to capitalism

I just sent Lou a copy of The Turnip, The New Husbandry, and The English Agricultural Revolution C. Peter Timmer The Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 83, No. 3 (Aug., 1969), pp. 375-395 this article suggests that the turnip was not quite as revolutionary as some authors suggest. -- Michael

Re: [PEN-L] also from Lenin's Tomb: saving the Enlightenment from the Enlightened

Hayek was a big opponent of the Englightenment. For him, it led to communism, not capitalism. Does aiming at such a distant target [the Englightenment] bring us closer to more immediate goals? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898

Re: [PEN-L] also from Lenin's Tomb: saving the Enlightenment from the Enlightened

It was criticizing enemies of the Enlightenment. I understood that. I just thought that the target was indirect. On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 01:53:06PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: Does aiming at such a distant target [the Englightenment] bring us closer to more immediate

[PEN-L] quit rates

Does the US publish a time series on quit rates. I can only find recent data on the BLS site. Thanks in advance. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Miliband

I enjoyed this phrasing. Where do you think that he wrote it? We found out about middle-class meanness and snobbery . . . about the curious combination of kindness, cunning, ignorance, feigned servility and actual contempt which the unskilled worker class had for their masters. -- Michael

Re: [PEN-L] Overfishing

There are different kinds of efficiency -- short-run and long-run. The native american group can have superior long-run efficiency to the Europeans but still lose out to their superior force. In utilities, a peaker plant is not an efficient producer of base power. -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: [PEN-L] Overfishing

is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. -- James Baldwin -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] A question about list policies

-- not because of him personally, but because of the list ecology. Other times, debates continue with just a couple of people -- on and on, with no one else involved. I try to put a damper on those. On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 11:32:05AM -0400, ravi wrote: On 26 Jun, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Michael Perelman

Re: [PEN-L] Overfishing

not answer a simple question without stooping to ad hominem insults? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Overfishing

This is getting too nasty to continue. You are talking past one another. Let's drop it. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Greenspan Put Simplified

Doug, how much do BIG banks earn from lending out their deposits compared to all their fees? Don't low interest rates mean that Greenspan promised not to remove the punch bowl? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] a neoliberal manifesto

be created in order to attain the highest degree of efficiency. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Overfishing

., that before we talk about it, it should be defined. On 6/26/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is getting too nasty to continue. You are talking past one another. Let's drop it. -- Jim Devine / Bong Hits 4 Jesus. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

[PEN-L] The Wall Street Journal, Greenspan, Milken, and the Next Bubble

as beneficial for consumers -- some of which no doubt have lost their homes. So, perhaps we should take Journal's warning to heart, and be leery of the impending consequences are bursting bubble. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898

Re: [PEN-L] Overfishing

If Jim and Paul think that this can be carried on productively, then we should go for it. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] replies to Julio and Michael

(and only just beginning my headaches with math). -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Akerlof vs. Sargent

. He rummages other social sciences order to inject some realism back into economics. I understand my own sense of isolation within the discipline; I wonder how George must feel. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] Akerlof vs. Sargent

and Janette (his wife and the current president of the San Francisco Fed)in the real world. Both are beautiful people. You do not have to be Marxist to have genuine concerns about the current state of the world, as George and Janette prove. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Re: [PEN-L] Grad Student Pop Quiz: 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know

What is this for? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Rampage Across Athens

If you mean Leigh, I think he is overdoing it. On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 03:12:39PM -0400, Marvin Gandall wrote: Does PEN-L have a daily limit on individual posts? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

[PEN-L] How the Unions Wrecked Ford

. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Gore Vidal/Independent Institue

I just saw that he was on the Board of Advisor for the Independent Institute -- a pretty right wing outfit, although they oppose militarism. Is that association with Vidal surprising? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] Illiterate uses of the phrase ad hominem

Please do not respond like this, even if it is not an ad hominem. On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 11:25:53PM -0500, Carrol Cox wrote: Leigh's arguments are not worth attacking. Let them lie and stink. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898

[PEN-L] The Purported Queen of the Social Sciences

in the whole thousand page volume (actually, there were two references to facts, both in footnotes). Rather, the authors build economic theory in axiomatic fashion, making assumptions on the basis of intuitive plausibility or consonance with the principles of rational action. -- Michael Perelman

Re: [PEN-L] stranger than fiction!

Libby was being mistreated by the court.) -- Jim Devine / The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. -- James Baldwin -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] Peak Ethanol

OK. Now the dems have discovered energy independence lies in clean coal. why does everyone pretend that there is a magic bullet? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] quotation du jour

I sat next to him for a lunch at a conference. He seemed like a very nice person; he did not come across as a typical economist at all. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] Overfishing

folks invaded. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Overfishing

article continues to be read. The intended lesson is supposed to be that no reasonable alternatives to the market exist. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] British farming and market imperatives

I hope that Lou has not set off a whole new Brenner discussion. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Benchmarks

? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Human Relations, Homeland Security, and Walmart

think of the amount of inventory that Wal-Mart keeps track of, or how UPS keeps track of packages, that's the direction we're going next year. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[PEN-L] marxism lesson in 30 seconds

I picked this up from Lou Proyect's Marxism list. It is priceless, as any good value theorist would say. http://www.iamawlodge1426.org/toonville3.htm -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] Rampage Across Athens

them. -- Jim Devine / if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now. -- Bob Dylan Sam Shepherd. Ditto... Leigh -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] Fwd: [PEN-L] ?National Refugee Day? In America

Answering just ramps the stuff up. On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 12:41:33PM -0700, Leigh Meyers wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Leigh Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jun 20, 2007 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] ?National Refugee Day? In America To: Michael Perelman [EMAIL

Re: [PEN-L] Fwd: [PEN-L] ?National Refugee Day? In America

This is the way to be sure to start a flame war. You start out answering ... then bring in Doug. This has to stop. On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 02:11:57PM -0700, Leigh Meyers wrote: On 6/20/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Answering just ramps the stuff up. OK.. I just

Re: [PEN-L] National Refugee Day In America

was referring to Leigh Meyers' employer as creep, not Leigh himself. So, if I am right, unless LM's employer is on PEN-L ;-), Jim D has been misunderstood! --ravi -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] ?National Refugee Day? In America

Come on. I am trying to calm this down. On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 05:48:17PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: Don't worry - if it involves Leigh, I never get involved. On Jun 20, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: This is the way to be sure to start a flame war. You start out answering

Re: [PEN-L] Rampage Across Athens

will beat his keyboard into a plowshare, along with his how many people has your theorizing ever fed self-righteousness, makes discussion a real waste of time. - Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5

Re: [PEN-L] Industrial society and its discontents

We aren't going to be communicating sensibly, are we? On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:31:13PM -0400, sartesian wrote: Class, property, the social organization of labor are the issues. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] Rampage Across Athens

Please be more respectful of our commander in chief. On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 02:53:06PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: will there ALWAYS be idiots who believe that blowing things up is a way to solve problems? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: [PEN-L] PEN-L Digest - 17 Jun 2007 to 18 Jun 2007 (#2007-172)

another thing to say that the market is possible and functions only because these relations are present and form, in a sense, the substratum of market exchange.” (p.8, http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/sociology/papers/callon-market-test.pdf) Ann -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

[PEN-L] chanelling Walras

knowledge of neoclassical theory. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Scooter Libby love letters

Don't forget Alan Dershowitz. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] US corporate assets

, an amount so large it could cover this year's Medicare budget. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] PEN-L] human capital, productivity, terrorism

5768274/0212 5777231 http//:centrointernacionalmiranda.gob.ve [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Peak oil warning

reserves in a time when those reserves are dwindling. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] peak oil vs. fish

. The problem seems to be that the nebulous force called the left has not been able articulate a strategy. As a result, the warm and fuzzy idea of salvation via carbon trading has an obvious attraction. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530

[PEN-L] greenspan and subprime loans

without undermining the desired availability of subprime credits. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] corporate jets again

subsidies like those that benefit Bandon Dunes are not counted in those figures and may be even larger. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] human capital, productivity, terrorism

to fail in their mission, and are more likely to cause increased casualties when they attack. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] calling patrick bond

Patrick, is the South African strike as powerful as it sounds? Please let us know. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] good gintis

their supply goods a certain collection points and picking up their demand goods at other collection points. In no sense, then is the market of general equilibrium theory akin to the markets in which agents engage in real competition and exchange. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

[PEN-L] more on Mehrene Larudee

http://www.lanr.blogspot.com/ -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] query: economist's attitude toward theory of the second best

; the second was in a brief description of a book on economics and religion. QED??? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Finklestein former pen-l member denied tenure

http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/11/finkelstein -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Finklestein former pen-l member denied tenure

No, but Mehrene Larudee was. The school dumped both of them. On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 08:22:34AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: Finkelstein was a former pen-pal? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] Finklestein former pen-l member denied tenure

Small Catholic schools were one of the last refuges left. On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 08:29:11AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: jesus h. christ!!! the ideological noose tightens... Michael Perelman wrote: No, but Mehrene Larudee was. The school dumped both of them. -- Jim Devine / if there's

[PEN-L] Chinese environmental sensivitity

Five-year Plan period, which is of great gap with the accounting result. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] land question in vzla--- a compulated article from an opposition paper today [SPAM?]

Watt due ewe mean? On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 05:38:18PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: Not spam, but barely comprehensible. I assume compulated means translated by a computer. It's worse than Michael's voice recognition software. Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

[PEN-L] more private equity woes

to be weaker than anticipated, which would delay its debt reduction. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] global warming

to have a grasp of the subject. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Upper Income Savings

rose 66% from 1996-2006, vs. 28% for the CPI. Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] my week with the conservatives

in describing groupings of people who share a common idiom and who find it profitable to disagree with one another. Even though some of them have no interest whatsoever in Marx, they went out of their way to make my argument stronger. All in all, I was very impressed. -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: [PEN-L] Altruism: hardwired

I understood that climate change made the competition for food more severe. On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 10:23:40PM -0500, Carrol Cox wrote: SOMETHING happened 40,000 years +/- ago, something big. The invention of language seems a reasonable hypothesis. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: [PEN-L] Immigration = fetishism of labor + globalization

the exact opposite of Cringely's claims. The true picture is probably somewhere in between. -raghu. On 5/27/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both are relatively short, regarding how IBM is screwing up in its outsourcing and probably risking the long-term survival

Re: [PEN-L] gintis on pen-l

I enjoyed Michael Yates' message, except that I do not think of Bowles and Gintis as a single entity. I have corresponded with Bowles a bit in recent years. His politics are now ours, but he has not struck out at lefties in the same way that Gintis did. -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

They are called the Chicago boys, but some of my classmates from Berkeley did dispicable things. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what it means and how to defeat it

Devine wrote: UCB sent a hit squad to Indonesia, no? On 6/3/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are called the Chicago boys, but some of my classmates from Berkeley did dispicable things. -- Jim Devine / Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti. (Go your own way and let

Re: [PEN-L] another query: free trade heresies

been twacked as a result. What are their names? (Maybe it's only one guy.) -- Jim Devine / Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti. (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel

[PEN-L] Robert Frank on Teaching Economics

This is very interesting http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/01/frank -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Carbon offsets, Carbon Trading, and Other Nonsense

landfill gas into electricity to power 944 homes. We would have done this project anyway. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] critique of Gintis

I liked the older Gintis better. It is sad that he can be so critical of others, yet seemed to act as if he were a poor kid getting bullied by the pen-l ruffians when he was here. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] critique of Gintis

not for some time now. On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:58:05PM -0400, Julio Huato wrote: Is Gintis a PEN-L member? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] critique of Gintis

ask him if you want. On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 08:16:33PM -0400, Julio Huato wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: not for some time now. I would put things *very differently*, but -- to be blunt -- I tend to agree with the gist of his dismissal of post-autism. It's a big step backwards

[PEN-L] University of Chicago Question

I recently heard that each department has to show that it is financially self-sufficient. It seemed unlikely that even Chicago would go that far. Is my source correct? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] locus of rev [was: What Marx meant by primitive accumulation}

I think this thread is finished. Thanks. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] To Michael Perelman

You are right. On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 09:53:40AM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: Jim Devine wrote: a lot of that exploitation (looting of the New World, Africa, much of Asia forced-labor colonies, etc.) isn't non-class as much as non-capitalist. Michael Perelman, please shut this down

Re: [PEN-L] To Michael Perelman

. Michael Perelman, please shut this down. Especially when I read something as wrongheaded as this. I am doing everything I can to prevent myself from writing a furious response. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898

Re: [PEN-L] favorite quotes from the NATION article.

Chris also interviewed Jim Devine. He told me that he got a lot out of it, but may it was on too high a level of Nation readers. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[PEN-L] Little Investment, Lots of Speculation

$4.5 billion of its stock in 2006, vs. $2.6 billion the prior year. Overall, the industry spent $52.4 billion on buybacks last year, nearly double the amount in 2005. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] What Marx meant by primitive accumulation

We put this one to sleep. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] What Marx meant by primitive accumulation

Judging from the comments I received off list, we can put this subject to bed. Thanks to everyone who participated in this discussion. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[PEN-L] [Fwd: Poisonous Articles For IPR in Korea-US FTA]

_ _http://www.mofat.go.kr/mofat/fta/eng/e46.pdf_ Confirmation letter (Online Piracy Prevention) - _http://www.mofat.go.kr/mofat/fta/eng/e45.pdf _ -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530

Re: [PEN-L] What Marx meant by primitive accumulation

as incidental, and Brenner's to ignore them entirely. This is Eurocentrism plain and simple. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

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