[PEN-L] Terming U.S. war machine fascist

Ralph :As to the use of the term fascist, without a definition grounded in material conditions rather than in symptomatic behavior, the term is slippery and mostly devoid of propaedeutic or analytic value. After all, the term was so rapidly diluted in the 30s and 40s that Roosevelt was called

Re: [PEN-L] God's Rotweiler (from Jim Craven)

They claim Ratzinger was coerced into joining the Hitler Youth at 14 (yet the pictures of him show him goose-stepping with a pronounced shit-eating grin.) They also touted as a positive that Ratzinger was a deserter from the Wermacht (he was a shell passer for an anti-craft battery). The

Re: [PEN-L] God's Rotweiler (from Jim Craven)

From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] They claim Ratzinger was coerced into joining the Hitler Youth at 14 (yet the pictures of him show him goose-stepping with a pronounced shit-eating grin.) They also touted as a positive that Ratzinger was a deserter from the Wermacht (he was a shell passer

[PEN-L] DeLong on the invisible hand of the labor market

Employers don't give raises because they feel generous. They give raises because they can afford to -- that is where productivity comes in -- and because they have to do so to attract or keep workers. Profits and productivity, up 4% last year, suggest employers have the money, but don't feel

[PEN-L] query: class consumption function

what's the best source (both theoretically and empirically) on the classical/left-Keynesian/Marxian notion that workers have a higher marginal propensity to consume than do property-owners? -- Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine

Re: [PEN-L] God's Rotweiler (from Jim Craven)

James Devine writes: Whatever the facts, it's a mistake to put too much weight on what the creep did while young. People make all sorts of youthful indiscretions. More important was the lessons he learned. Supposedly, he decided that the only way to respond to Nazi authoritarianism was via

Re: [PEN-L] God's Rotweiler (from Jim Craven)

I wrote: Whatever the facts, it's a mistake to put too much weight on what the creep [the newly minted Pope Benny] did while young. People make all sorts of youthful indiscretions. More important was the lessons he learned. Supposedly, he decided that the only way to respond to Nazi

[PEN-L] Rotweiler: Prison Guards

Increasing global inequalities are not as bad to the less fortunate folk as they are put to be. The American model of fenced rich neighbourhood in the midst of a sea of have-nots that is being promulgated at an increasing rate around the globe is creating many jobs in the private security guard