[PEN-L] Stephanie Coontz colloquium

http://chronicle.com/colloquy/2005/05/marriage/ Join a http://chronicle.com/colloquy/2005/05/marriage/live, online discussion with Stephanie Coontz, a historian at Evergreen State College and the director of research and public education for the nonprofit Council on Contemporary Families, about

[PEN-L] Looming extinction of the bluefin tuna

NY Times, May 3, 2005 Tracking the Imperiled Bluefin From Ocean to Sushi Platter By ANDREW C. REVKIN For sushi aficionados, the essence of the Atlantic bluefin tuna is its fat-laced, butter-soft belly meat, called toro. For the long-liners, purse seiners, harpooners, trappers and fish farmers who

[PEN-L] Shopping cart Darwinism

May 3, 2005 Ugly Children May Get Parental Short Shrift By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Parents would certainly deny it, but Canadian researchers have made a startling assertion: parents take better care of pretty children than they do ugly ones. Researchers at the University of Alberta carefully observed how

Re: [PEN-L] Shopping cart Darwinism

who decides who's ugly and who's not? Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? Ugly Children May Get Parental Short Shrift By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Parents would certainly deny it, but Canadian researchers have made a startling assertion: parents take better care of pretty children

Re: [PEN-L] query: class consumption function

I have a new book coming out in July, Manufacturing Discontent, which might relate to Gene's question. Here are two short sections: _Planned Obsolescence_ The economy dissipates enormous energy in creating a steady stream of new products, most of which, like the finlets and

[PEN-L] Newspaper readership among young is declining

NY Times, May 3, 2005 Newspapers' Circulation Still Going Down By ERIC DASH Newspaper circulation continues to tumble. The industry reported yesterday a 1.9 percent drop in daily circulation, and a 2.5 percent decline on Sundays, over the last six months, compared with the period a year ago. The

Re: [PEN-L] Newspaper readership among young is declining

Newspaper circulation continues to tumble. The industry reported yesterday a 1.9 percent drop in daily circulation, and a 2.5 percent decline on Sundays, over the last six months, compared with the period a year ago. The weak numbers for 814 daily newspapers, reported by the Audit Bureau of

Re: [PEN-L] Shopping cart Darwinism

Jim Devine wrote: who decides who's ugly and who's not? Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? Did you ever read Hamermesh's stuff on beauty the labor market? There was surprising agreement among a panel of raters on who was attractive and who wasn't. Apparently there's less variation

Re: [PEN-L] Shopping cart Darwinism

Hammermesh is interesting. What fascinates me is that the standards change over the years. Social biology would suggest a relatively unchanging standard, but heavier women used to be held to be beautiful. Of course, the standards vary by culture. My wife tells me that she knew some Samoans,

[PEN-L] visions of ugliness (was: Re: Shopping cart Darwinism)

but it's cultural to a large extent, no? don't most people in Africa like Black people, even when the craziness about blondes is taken into account? I've read about literature that says that people are more likely to marry those who look like their close relatives (and other people they are

Re: [PEN-L] query: class consumption function

From: michael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... I should add that although material goods may not be a guarantee of happiness, one particular type of commodity may be an exception in its ability to ward off unhappiness -- at least consumers seem to think so. In particular, many people turn to

Re: [PEN-L] query: class consumption function

for awhile, Winchell's Donuts used Homer Simpson as their poster boy, saying Donuts made me what I am today. JD On 5/3/05, Carl Remick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Let's not neglect those who share Homer Simpson's pursuit of happiness:] May 3, 2005 Kick the Doughnut Habit, and Make Your

Re: [PEN-L] query: class consumption function

From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] for awhile, Winchell's Donuts used Homer Simpson as their poster boy, saying Donuts made me what I am today. [John Belushi got there first many years ago. From Saturday Night Live transcripts:] Little Chocolate Donuts Anouncer.Marv Albert [ open to John

Re: [PEN-L] query: class consumption function

On Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at 10:04:51 (-0700) michael perelman writes: ... Hemlines rise and fall in order to make people dissatisfied with last year's wardrobe. ... Didn't hemlines become shorter and men's pants tighter during WWII to conserve fabric? Bill

Re: [PEN-L] query: class consumption function

One thing that the textbook blather about consumer sovereignty typically forgets is that if there are economies of scale, individual consumers have little say. Each item has to belong to one of a limited number of styles. Truly individualized clothing (say) is pretty costly. Hemlines rise

Re: [PEN-L] May Day 2005 in Caracas: the revolution advances

great report! Are people conscious of the problem of co-management being instituted only for the more elite workers, leaving the rest in the dust? (something like that happened in revolution-era Algeria.) -- Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine

[PEN-L] A call for Mr. Dickens

Thanks to Jim Devine and Tom Walker for creatively inspiring me to write the article below. Seth http://www.counterpunch.org/sandronsky05032005.html May 3, 2005 Calling Mr. Dickens Towards Debtors' Prisons? By SETH SANDRONSKY Sacramento, California The bankruptcy reform bill that President Bush

[PEN-L] Buffett culture

Maybe he should stick to strumming the uke. Now he is helping to finance Sam Nunn's movie according to today's Wall Street J. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[PEN-L] watch this

2 Minute Movie: Wage Peace: Online movie tells the truth. http://afsc.org/iraq/movie.htm

Re: [PEN-L] Shopping cart Darwinism

Maybe it's not so much that the ugly kids are mistreated as that the mistreated ones get uglier. the Sandwichman --- Carl Remick wrote: May 3, 2005 Ugly Children May Get Parental Short Shrift By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Parents would certainly deny it, but Canadian researchers have made a

Re: [PEN-L] Shopping cart Darwinism

Not so much Ugly is as ugly does but Ugly is as ugly gets done to? Dan Scanlan On May 3, 2005, at 3:58 PM, tom walker wrote: Maybe it's not so much that the ugly kids are mistreated as that the mistreated ones get uglier. the Sandwichman --- Carl Remick wrote: May 3, 2005 Ugly Children May Get

Re: [PEN-L] Shopping cart Darwinism

It's self-evident that it's a dialectic: parents mistreat ugly kids, who then become uglier, which encourages parents to mistreat them more -- forming a vicious circle with no beginning and no end, though eventually the ugliest kid gets selected President by the Supreme Court. On 5/3/05, Dan

Re: [PEN-L] query: class consumption function

On 5/3/05, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for awhile, Winchell's Donuts used Homer Simpson as their poster boy, saying Donuts made me what I am today. JD --- The Winchell's-Simpson connection is via Frank Zappa, who wrote and sang about WDs in a couple of tunes

[PEN-L] Millions More Movement: Economic Justice for all.

10 Years After Million Man March, Conveners Announce the Millions More Movement (BAW, 05-02-2005) May 2, 2005 Millions More Movement Press Conference WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - A far-reaching national leadership coalition including the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Willie F.

[PEN-L] economic draft an ill wind

Army Recruiters Say They Feel Pressure to Bend Rules By DAMIEN CAVE New York Times It was late September when the 21-year-old man, fresh from a three-week commitment in a psychiatric ward, showed up at an Army recruiting station in southern Ohio. The two recruiters there wasted no time signing him

[PEN-L] nanophilanthropy, Canadian style

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050503/RTICKITEM03/TPBusiness/Canadian BUSINESS TICKER Lazaridises donate another $17.2-million to U. of Waterloo By SIMON AVERY Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Page B14 Mike Lazaridis, above, the founder, president and co-chief executive

Re: [PEN-L] May Day 2005 in Caracas: the revolution advances

At 14:32 03/05/2005, Jim Devine wrote: great report! Are people conscious of the problem of co-management being instituted only for the more elite workers, leaving the rest in the dust? (something like that happened in revolution-era Algeria.) Thanks. A friend tells me, though, that the best part

[PEN-L] ACTS OF RESISTANCE

These are titles from a conference that bring back memories. Day 1 Imperialism and the nation-state Theme I Transformation of politics: Can the nation-state resist? Institutional dismantlement of the developmental state and prospects for representative democracy New forms of imperialist