[PEN-L] humanistic Japanese capitalism?

, then salaries -- starting at the top. Finally, there are layoffs -- if attrition is not enough to shrink staff. .The matter of flexibility is important,. Mr. Tsurumi said, .but the Japanese notion is to retrain and transfer people within an organization.. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: [PEN-L] Health care cuts

it, please. -- 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] comical Blairi

Cheney is also signing about the great success in Iraq. I have trouble imagining him as comical. -- 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] comical Blairi

ok. poodles are comical. On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 12:54:51PM -0800, Jim Devine wrote: he's criminal. Blair is poodle. On 2/24/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheney is also signing about the great success in Iraq. I have trouble imagining him as comical. -- Michael

[PEN-L] Pharmaceutical Tragedy: boo-hoo for a greedy corporation

in non-small-cell lung cancer drops to $4,400 from $8,800.. -- 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] The Strange Distorions of Cost-Benefit Analysis

not sure how we engage. We're going to have to look at it in a completely different way If there's a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as if it is a certainty in terms of our response, Cheney said. -- Michael

[PEN-L] cheap Japanese credit????

Does anybody have any feel for the quantitative importance of the carry trade, in particular, the role of cheap Japanese credit? I see frequent references to Japan in terms of fueling the private equity firms and the like, but I have never seen any numbers. -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: [PEN-L] Interesting Take on Modeling -- easier to read

, but you have scarcely in your thoughts advanced to the state of Science, whatever the matter may be. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901 www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com

[PEN-L] Interesting Take on Modeling

coefficients it includes, what phenomena it leaves out, and so on. Also, modelers should say explicitly what assumptions they make. -- 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] shadow government statistics

Is this work any good? http://www.shadowstats.com/cgi-bin/sgs/ -- 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] Is the New York Times learning about the economy?

Gene somehow suggests that being wrong has some relevance to one's position as an expert. Being wrong AND being held responsible can be a disqualification, but resposibility only becomes a factor when someone higher up wishes to displace blame to some underling. -- Michael Perelman Economics

[PEN-L] Max Sawicky in Business Week

used the same sort of blackmail when they were in the minority? Is Mitch McConnell really that much smarter than Harry Reid? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[PEN-L] Is the New York Times learning about the economy?

, offering them what they would have earned, then reducing that amount over time. -- 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] obscene and ostentatious wealth

to place orders. The company says seven of its orders from private customers are for Dreamliners, and the other four are for 747-8s, the planned update to its storied jumbo jet. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] Venezuela brain drain?

Please send articles like this in plain text. Thanks. Off to class. -- 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] Monbiot: 9/11 Conspiracism Reaches British Shores

, the prognosis looks bad for this Monbiot fellow. Gibbering idiot indeed! ;-) --ravi -- Jim Devine / The truth is more important than the facts. -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] Query: Automobile commuting miles

for USA commuting miles in automobiles. What I have found is vehicle miles -- which, presumably, includes miles used in other than commuting. Any suggestions? Gene Coyle -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

[PEN-L] The resurgence of finance capital?

this is speculative, but I think it bears watching. -- 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] Happiness of the rich

. Marx does not regard him as bad. The banker is just the character mask of capital, which exploits the working class. -- 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] The Myth of Old Money Liberalism

, Carrol Cox wrote: Sandwichman wrote: What we need is biodegradable money. When it gets old, it'd just be compost. -- 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] Money Sloshing About

... members of the Standard Poor.s 500-stock index alone had more than $2.6 trillion in cash and equivalents at the end of 2006. Stein, Ben. 2007. It.s a Great Country, Especially if You.re Rich. New York Times (11 February). -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

[PEN-L] excellent opportunity

Associate Program is a full-time, year-long program. Associates are employees of the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and receive a competitive wage and benefits package commensurate with experience. We are an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

[PEN-L] Chavez on Lebowitz

it at that but I recommend this good book, booklet to go by its size, but the content is big, .Socialism doesn.t fall from the sky. Hugo Chávez, Aló President No.263, 21 January 2007 -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: [PEN-L] Happiness of the rich

place? It is better than spending it like, say Larry Ellison, on his series of Stanford wives his large yacht, but ... -- 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] How Many Real Estate Agents Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb

February): p. B 6. -- 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 should be announcing capitalism's shortcomings more than the Sun-Times

, it seems like the media is now starting to pick up Dean's information within a couple days. -- 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] more puzzlement for me

% of total income, that's really not surprising. The top quartile has about 60% of income. That's where the presence or absence of prudence is an issue. Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] more puzzlement for me

Where the poor decreasing their dissaving or did they have positive savings rates? -- 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] more puzzlement for me

Agriculture says that labor is in short supply. For some reason, they can't find workers. Presumably Bush wants rural US to support his immigration policy, so they create a labor shortage. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321

Re: [PEN-L] PEN-L orthodoxy

it appropriate to wonder how these things will play out? Is that really orthodoxy to return to the subjects? -- 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] The Wall St. Journal swallows supply side kook aid.

government revenues. Usually, the front-page articles are pretty good. What happened? -- 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 orthodoxy

! Doug -- Jim Devine / The truth is more important than the facts. -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- 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] deep thoughts: explaining the war

-- 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] Puzzled

: 2/3/07 3:31 PM -- Jim Devine / The truth is more important than the facts. -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- 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] deep thoughts: explaining the war

to be . I mean, Iraq is only a part of a larger ideological struggle. But it's a totally different kind of war, than ones we're used to. SO NOW YOU KNOW! -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] Software question

successful in doing this. -- 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] Wanted oily ungreen environmentalists: Good Pay

-- 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] Tom Palley on Oil Prices

-- as they did in 2002, 2004, and 2006. If you are an economist you ask how that is done. The answer is the strategic oil reserve. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[PEN-L] Cutting Inheritance Taxes To Improve Health Care

forward to immortality. -- 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] New SPACE Winter Courses addendena

No need for that! On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 09:23:06PM -0800, Leigh Meyers wrote: I DO feel this way about a certain someone's movie reviews though. Jim Devine wrote: Is there any way to send out these announcements while not sending them to folks (like myself) -- Michael Perelman Economics

[PEN-L] Software question

reading? -- 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] Software question

, January 30, 2007 at 08:29:59 (-0800) Michael Perelman writes: [] Japanese industrial software production [is] so much more efficient than large-scale US production[] What is the basis for this assertion? Bill -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA

Re: [PEN-L] Saudi Officials Seek to Temper the Price of Oil

. -- 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] in defence of inequality increases

economy goods are rationed by price so that the wealthy automatically are privileged in their access to goods. TYLER COWEN isn't just anyone. He's a self-styled libertarian. -- Jim Devine / Doubt is uncomfortable, but certainty is ridiculous. -- Voltaire. -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: [PEN-L] in defence of inequality increases

for this, Jim. The last few paragraphs are surprising, even coming out of George Mason University. That econ department ought to be in a castle from which they could go out at night to suck blood claiming they were benefiting the poor by relieving high blood pressure. -- Michael Perelman

[PEN-L] smashing freakonomics

You have to give some information to read this but it is a wonderful slam on the book. http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss9/art7/ -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[PEN-L] an easier source of the article

http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/papers/freak.pdf -- 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] Record number of region's homeowners are in trouble as economy flounders

The Sacramento Bee has the same story, only for California, not Michigan. -- 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] book cover help

America Part 3. Retribution: How the Takeover Undermines the Economy Part 4. The Impotence of Economics Any suggestions would be are very much appreciated. You might write to me directly. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] book cover help

that was what the extremism in the title was supposed to address. On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:51:16PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: On Jan 25, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: How the Right-Wing Captured America From whom? Was American left-wing before that? Doug -- Michael

Re: [PEN-L] Fwd: State economy and comparable foreign country, from BP blog

I suggested something similar to the publisher earlier. Great minds -- 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] Fwd: State economy and comparable foreign country, from BP blog

sorry. I meant to tell Jim D. that I had suggested an earlier cartoon. On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:20:45PM -0800, Michael Perelman wrote: I suggested something similar to the publisher earlier. Great minds -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA

[PEN-L] Can the Unequal Distribution of Income Save US Manufacturing?

in them, Prof. Greenwald says. in the U.S. is headed toward plants that have no people in them, Prof. Greenwald says. -- 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] EU productivity vs. US

Thanks! Glad to see something on economics! -- 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] Missing in Antiwar Action

the last election was going online for Howard Dean. -- 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] ecstatic in Chile

? chavez has been talking about your book for half an hour, holding it up to the camera and reading out of it. congrats! geo -- 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] Jamie Galbraith on Bernanke

that he thought like this earlier in his career? -- 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] data question

and to get this title. Right now I need a quick source for the trends in hourly wages for workers, ages 16 to 24. Any help will be appreciated. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] Iraq and Afghan Wars: Working and Ruling Classes

Afghan. is off the radar. I have neither heard our leaders or ordinary people that I encounter in my everyday life question that war, which is supposed to be the good war. Have Lee, Woolsey, Kusinich spoken out against that war? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: [PEN-L] Ah-nold

campaign contributions from the nurses' union, while the Austrian Axeman is pressured by their harassment (and justly so). In general, however, the constellation of forces isn't that different. -- Jim Devine / Doubt is uncomfortable, but certainty is ridiculous. -- Voltaire. -- Michael

Re: [PEN-L] Socialism and Islam

not know what to make of it. I know far less about Islam than I do about Catholicism, and I know very little about Catholicism. How can we discuss making common cause with a group with whom we have not explored what we might have in common? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: [PEN-L] George Gilder Saves Social Security: Supply-side Economics Redux

, part of the cost of employing labor. If it didn't help fight inflation, it would encourage greater employment. If social security is financed through the regular income tax, it makes sense. On 1/14/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He wants that the flat tax. Lowering tax rates

[PEN-L] ramblings about development economics

of its windfall into productive public activities. In short, generalizing about economic development is a treacherous affair. -- 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] Corn-based Financial Derivatives Impoverish Mexican Families

to process approximately 11.3 million bushels of corn into approximately 30 million gallons of undenatured ethanol http://sec.edgar-online.com/2001/11/30/950152-01-506143/Section9.asp -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] Corn-based Financial Derivatives Impoverish Mexican Families

: On 1/14/07, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, with population rising and agricultural land being converted, corn-base ethanol does not seem to make much sense as a long-term solution. don't you think that the role of increasing population is less important than the role

[PEN-L] George Gilder Saves Social Security: Supply-side Economics Redux

as opposed to the mere accounting balances of the U.S. economy. Ideally, as part of a flat tax program, we should eliminate the payroll tax altogether. Gilder, George. 2007. Economics Is Not For Actuaries.Wall Street Journal (2 January): p. A 23. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: [PEN-L] George Gilder Saves Social Security: Supply-side Economics Redux

wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: I am always amazed how market fundamentalists are able to use any problem -- real or imagined -- as an excuse to carry out their desired polices, even if they will make the problem worse. ...As a key first step, we need to reduce the payroll tax by at least

[PEN-L] cartels

http://www.bepress.com/jioe/vol1/iss1/6/ This is the URL for a paper on cartels. It includes links for covert government films taken during the lysene conspiracy. It will by of interest to Gene Coyle others with an interest in the ADM case. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Re: [PEN-L] Vzlan nationalizations [was Liberation theology]

I have not had much time to be on the web for the last 2 weeks. I just want to jump in and thank Michael L. for providing invaluable information about Venez., just as Julio and Alejandro have about Mexico. We have others outside of the US, their information would be very welcome. -- Michael

[PEN-L] The New Year at Pen-l

to new people. Let me suggest that beginning tomorrow morning, nobody who has posted over the last week send anything to do list for 24 hours, in the hopes that some lurkers will relent and jump in to the conversation. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico

[PEN-L] The Wall Street Journal on Global Warming

the equation for spring planting; 'pushing the zone' By BART ZIEGLER January 6, 2007; Page P7 -- 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] The Futility of Game Theory: A Murder Mystery

that someone else will teach the class. I wonder how much outrage there would have been if he had been an outspoken leftist. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Professors-Wife-Slain.html?_r=1oref=slogin -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530

Re: [PEN-L] Net neutrality ATT deal

shabby surrender. Gene Coyle -- 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] hit piece on wind

because it exaggerates the reliability problem. On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 10:34:44AM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: On Dec 28, 2006, at 11:10 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: The New York Times just published a hit piece on wind. Hit piece? It said that sometimes the wind doesn't blow so you need

Re: [PEN-L] The farm worker paradox - post your favorite solutions!

thing from it, because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. -- Stephen Colbert. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898

Re: [PEN-L] Query on Financial Instruments

for an issuer. Moreover, as Black-Scholes became widely accepted, it increased market liquidity for the instruments because participants shared common assumptions as to value. Peter Hollings -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] Farm Worker Paradox

the diamond/water paradox, which is solved by dumping the labor theory of value and substituting marginal utility? David Shemano -- 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] Timing Is Everything - US handover of Saddam reported imminent

Does this represent another turning point? -- 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] The farm worker paradox - post your favorite solutions!

cover 2 3. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

[PEN-L] hit piece on wind

The New York Times just published a hit piece on wind. December 28, 2006 The Energy Challenge It.s Free, Plentiful and Fickle Matthew L. Wald I would like to see Gar and others weigh in. I will be traveling tomorrow so will not be able to participate. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

[PEN-L] Rapacious Capital Again

far.* *It may be unrealistic to expect that all of these deals will perform to expectations in the long run Unfortunately, we may discover that the LBO cycle has reached its point of excess only after a proposed deal fails, he adds.* -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: [PEN-L] The strategy behind the surge

should not be surprised. Thanks--in all uncattiness as I can muster--for the discussion Marvin. CJ -- 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] cognative elites?

in other dimensions? -- 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: The origins of trade

honorable: Odessy ix: 253-5. his son also asked, iii, 72-74; see also Thucydides, I. 5.1-2. -- 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: The origins of trade

-- Whom should I *believe*? Marx or Bahro? Still, I thought the first part of Bahro's book was in the best traditions of Marxist thought. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] Query on Financial Instruments

950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610   -- 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] The strategy behind the surge

some help on this front. -- 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 on Financial Instruments

and gambling has accelerated of late. -- -- 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] Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan --- and Rumsfeld?

as president and the sorry Bush-Clinton period would never have occurred. Friedman, Milton and Rose Friedman. 1998. Two Lucky People: Memoirs (Chicago: University of Chicago Press): p. 391. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E

[PEN-L] Falun Gong

Why is China so worried about Falun Gong? Its stance would seem to be consistent with a right-wing image of a communist society, but why would capitalist China feel threatened? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: [PEN-L] After the elections

there were the World Bank and small central banks). He has spent very little time in Academia and not much time in think tank work that wasn't directly linked to power politics. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

[PEN-L] Republican death wish

First Sen Johnson, Now Nick Lamson, DeLay's replacement goes to the hospital. -- 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] Winston Churchill refutes the Brenner thesis

I thought that this thread had ceased. -- 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] After the elections

Orszag is of Brookings roots. On Democracy Now, Robert Fisk took note of how many experts used by the Iraq study group were Brookings boys. One bonus for the Republicans. After tarring Pelosi as left wing extremist, how far will the Dems. dare to roam from the center right? -- Michael

Re: [PEN-L] from the Union of Concerned Scientists

and all materials are readily available online. -- Jim Devine / In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from. -- Peter Drucker. [With such advertising, my career choice was obvious.] -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: [PEN-L] Winston Churchill refutes the Brenner thesis

of Marx's support from Engels, yet Marx emphasized the role of the workers in the British textile industry. Unlike Engels, he did not pay much attention to the fact that many of the workers came because of dispossession in Ireland. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University

Re: [PEN-L] Winston Churchill refutes the Brenner thesis

was to make the invisible threads clear. Both factors, his mine, were at play. On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:28:34AM -0800, Jim Devine wrote: On 12/18/06, Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marx put primitive accumulation in the back of volume 1 because he wanted to emphasize

Re: [PEN-L] Winston Churchill refutes the Brenner thesis

Enough! It will just degenerate from here. -- 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] Winston Churchill refutes the Brenner thesis

My prediction was correct. Now stop this for sure. -- 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] More (Private) Big Brother on the Internet

identifying infringing uses of their content online is increasing. The problem has intensified with the proliferation and increasing usage of sites such as Google Inc.'s YouTube, which lets consumers post video clips. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael

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