[PEN-L] [Fw.] Call for Papers: MENA Economies, Past Perspectives and Future Challenges, Brussels, June 2-4, 2005

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the international conference Middle East and North African Economies: Past Perspectives and Future Challenges will take place in Brussels, at the Free University of Brussels, on June 2-4, 2005. The conference is co-organized by the Middle East

Re: [PEN-L] Anger management

- Original Message - From: Carl Remick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... [Union Pacific Chief Engineer Grenville] Dodge ... staked out a new town ... [to] be a Union Pacific division point, with a machine shop and watering tanks, a depot, dining room and hotel. A brand new military post would set up

Re: [PEN-L] Dialectics/Phil of Math

- Original Message - From: andie nachgeborenen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Platonists would say that numbers and the relations between exist independently of us in something like the way that distant galaxies do, or this one did before we were here. These are abstract entities, not physical

Re: [PEN-L] Dialectics/Phil of Math

- Original Message - From: andie nachgeborenen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Totally specious slippery slope. Angels and cherubs do no work in our best theories of the universe. If they did I would have no problem with them. As it is, it's said that, when Emperor Frederick the Great responded to

[PEN-L] nomadic capital

http://www.uscc.gov/ [full report] COMMISSION ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF A COMMISSIONED STUDY CONDUCTED BY CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS ON THE IMPACT OF PRODUCTION SHIFTS TO CHINA ON U.S. JOBS [CLICK HERE TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE] (PDF VERSION) Today the Commission

[PEN-L] military Ricardianism and Pork Central

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/30/business/30contracts.html September 30, 2004 Pentagon Spends Without Bids, a Study Finds By LESLIE WAYNE WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 - More than 40 percent of Pentagon business, a total of $362 billion, has been awarded on a no-bid basis over the last six years,

Re: [PEN-L] fiscal, materiel crisis at the US War Department

Former Air Force Buyer Sentenced By Renae Merle and Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, October 1, 2004; 1:27 PM A former high-ranking Air Force procurement official was sentenced to nine months in federal prison today after she admitted that she had lied to federal prosecutors

[PEN-L] Privatizing the Amazon?

Sawing the wood for the trees A Brazilian plan to protect the Amazon through sustainable logging sounds like a great idea, but opponents claim it amounts to privatisation of the rainforest, writes Clare Davidson Clare Davidson Friday October 1, 2004 The Guardian In one decade an area of forest

[PEN-L] Caste and underemployment in India

Untouchables in new battle for jobs India's lowest class raises its sights from the gutter Randeep Ramesh in Ahmedabad Sunday October 3, 2004 The Observer 'I couldn't get the bank job I wanted. When my father died I took his job as a sweeper' Flanked by green cricket fields where he once

[PEN-L] NR mutual funds

Energy Exception Oil's Ride Has Investors Asking How Long By Justin Blum Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 3, 2004; Page F01 Rising oil prices may be a drag on the economy, but they have been a boon for natural resources mutual funds. During the third quarter of 2004, funds in that

[PEN-L] tax relief for hamburger manufacturers

Proposal Seeks Wider Tax Cuts For Industries By Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 1, 2004; Page E01 A compromise draft of a major manufacturing tax cut has dropped virtually all restrictions on the definition of a manufacturer, cutting taxes instead for any company

[PEN-L] UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2004

http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=5228intItemID=3236lang=1mode=toc TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2004 Date of publication: 16/09/04 Table of contents Foreword Overview Downloads: Overview [PDF, 14pp., 286KB] Part One Global Trends and Prospects Chapter I The World Economy:

[PEN-L] Debt relief?

[wtf? if any group can do the forgiving it's the citizens of the HIPC's who've been screwed since...pick a date, any date..] http://www.iht.com/articles/541758.html At IMF, U.S. bows to pressure to forgive debt Elizabeth Becker NYT Monday, October 04, 2004 WASHINGTON With public pledges

[PEN-L] Turkey/EU

It's the economy, stupid The real problem about Turkey joining the European Union isn't religion, but the potentially devastating impact on Turkish jobs and output Richard Adams Tuesday October 5, 2004 The Guardian The debate over Turkey's membership of the European Union has so far focused on

[PEN-L] Airbus/Boeing: headin' for the WTO corral

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/ea4b2a3a-179b-11d9-9ac5-0e2511c8.html US files WTO case against Airbus subsidies By FT Reporters Published: October 6 2004 14:43 | Last updated: October 6 2004 15:02 World Trade Organization AirbusThe United States on Wednesday filed a World Trade Organisation

Re: [PEN-L] Corporate Personality Doctrine

- Original Message - From: Kenneth Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] I want to make something clear, here, for others: I am not asking for cheat notes. I can handle myself in life. I am asking about the foundational elements of law (I think I even mentioned the philosophical base) in a manner

[PEN-L] hold up costs and rent seeking

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/09/politics/campaign/09cong.html October 9, 2004 Clashes Over Two Bills Scrap Congressional Plans to Recess By CARL HULSE WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 - Congressional plans to recess until after the Nov. 2 elections were scuttled Friday when lawmakers clashed at the last

[PEN-L] France: get back to work and quit griping!

[Cue the Sandwichman.] [Financial Times] France is urged to cut 'work deficit' By Peggy Hollinger and John Thornhill in Paris and Tobias Buck in Brussels Published: October 18 2004 22:00 | Last updated: October 18 2004 22:00 Michel Camdessus, the former head of the International Monetary

[PEN-L] World growing bearish on US?

Bearish on Uncle Sam? As Foreign Investment Shows Decline, Economists Keep Watch By Jonathan Weisman and Ben White Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, October 19, 2004; Page E01 NEW YORK -- On Sept. 9, as it must frequently do, the U.S. government turned to Wall Street to raise a little cash,

Re: [PEN-L] World growing bearish on US?

- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a very important development, perhaps lending support to Herb Stein's dictum that if something is unsustainable, it cannot go on for ever. My personal favorite snip: The U.S. dependence on

Re: [PEN-L] Forget climate change, that's the least of our worries

- Original Message - From: Eubulides [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ In the long run, we're all underwater anyway. ] Forget climate change, that's the least of our worries, say Nobel winners Economists brought together by controversial scientist say money would be better spent on Aids, water

Re: [PEN-L] Flipping Coins (Open Letter to Former Nader Supporters; If Bush Wins, Blame David Vest)

- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is the contradiction. People can be concerned, but real issues are not being honestly addressed; eg Iraq. = You need to let go of the notion that politics is about honesty, ever. It's about lies and

[PEN-L] $ politique

[Golly, no mention of intra-firm-network trade, again...] [New York Times] October 22, 2004 Is It Time to Stem Asia Deficits With a Weak Dollar? By FLOYD NORRIS WHAT has gone wrong in the American economy in the last six months? That is not something being discussed on the campaign

Re: [PEN-L] $ politique

- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lowering the value of the dollar could also increase interest rates in the US -- deflating the bubble -- cause crises elsewhere as the international financial system destabilizes, esp. in Asia. == What bubble?

[PEN-L] farewell, co-determination?

Chill enters cosy German boardrooms Industry chiefs want to consign to history British-inspired era of co-determination David Gow in Brussels Monday October 25, 2004 The Guardian About 50 leading German business executives will this week draw up plans for radical changes to the system of

Re: [PEN-L] a critique of Enviro-Econ

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] [this may be of interest. I am not endorsing it.] Reprinted from : http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/000CA750.htm 22 October 2004 The dismal quackery of eco-economics The notion that economic growth has to be

Re: [PEN-L] Yukos question

- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] She is in France, I am pretty sure. The article is important for much more than the Russians scandal, because it offers a glimpse into the difficulty of controlling international capital. I wish more people on the list would

Re: [PEN-L] borrowed time?

[this is the second installment..] For Ohio's jobless who receive no dole, this is a referendum on the welfare state Bush v Kerry: Battle for the economy David Teather and Larry Elliott in Cleveland Tuesday October 26, 2004 The Guardian Theressia Gresham's unemployment cheques stopped

[PEN-L] new frontiers in jurisprudence

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8963eb0a-25c7-11d9-81d9-0e2511c8.html Activists' hands tied for 7 years by Jonathan Birchall in New York Financial Times Published: October 24 2004 22:04 | Last updated: October 24 2004 22:04 Some of the protesters wore tiger suits; others wore brightly coloured

[PEN-L] hedge funds regs.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hedge27oct27,0,968023.story?coll=la-home-business Hedge Fund Regulation Is Ordered A divided SEC votes to impose new oversight on the fast-growing and often risky investments. By Jonathan Peterson Times Staff Writer October 27, 2004 WASHINGTON - A divided

Re: [PEN-L] hedge funds regs. Fw: Today's GAO Reports - October 27, 2004

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports: REPORTS 1. Financial Market Preparedness: Improvements Made, but More Action Needed to Prepare for Wide-Scale Disasters. GAO-04-984, September 27. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-984 Highlights -

[PEN-L] externalities and MsAs

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_45/b3907057_mz011.htm NOVEMBER 8, 2004 NEWS: ANALYSIS COMMENTARY Melting Away Steel's Costs When financier Wilbur L. Ross Jr. got into the steel industry three years ago, he didn't have to spend much. Shopping the nation's bankruptcy courts, Ross

Re: [PEN-L] externalities and MsAs

[gotta love Mittal's approach to creative destruction!] US puts steel into trade war Charlotte Denny and Ian Black in Brussels Wednesday March 6, 2002 The Guardian President Bush was on the brink of triggering a full-scale transatlantic trade war last night with the announcement of tariffs of

[PEN-L] F.M. Scherer on Averting the Vaccine Shortage

Now posted on www.antitrustinstitute.org: October 29, 2004 Could the U.S. Government Have Prevented the Flu Vaccine Shortage? An Industrial Organization Perspective In a press release accompanying AAI Working Paper #04-03 by F.M. Scherer, AAI President Albert Foer discusses policy considerations

[PEN-L] the catfish wars redux

[Federal Register: November 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 211)] [Notices] [Page 63507-63510] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr02no04-28] --- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade

[PEN-L] Oil: investment/arbitrage

Oil Companies Resist Investment Business Model Counts on Crude In $20 Range By Justin Blum Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 3, 2004; Page E01 As oil prices have been hovering near record levels, oil company executives have been running their businesses as if prices will sink.

[PEN-L] Eurogloom on growth

Europe losing growth race, says report David Gow in Brussels Thursday November 4, 2004 The Guardian The EU is in danger of being relegated from the economic super-league because of its failure to match the US and Asia in growth, productivity, innovation and competitiveness, a high-level report

[PEN-L] all tax shelters are not created equal

All Tax Shelters Are Not Illegal, Another Court Tells IRS By Albert B. Crenshaw Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 4, 2004; Page E02 For the third time in less than a month, the government this week lost a multimillion-dollar case in which a federal judge concluded that a deal that

Re: [PEN-L] morality politics

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a previous message, I cited Robert (not Wilhelm) Reich's view that the Dems - or the anti-Bush people in general[*] - should embrace moral argument (as opposed to policy-speak) and Michael Perelman agreed. We must be conscious

Re: [PEN-L] Social Security

- Original Message - From: Daniel Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] How about, since this is Appeal To The Religious Week, just saying that gutting SS is a pretty poor way to Honor thy Father and Mother? dd === Here's the website for the Association of Christian Economists. You

Re: [PEN-L] Social Security

- Original Message - From: David B. Shemano [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would suggest that this is problematic, because while it would be democratic for current workers to agree to tax themselves to transfer assets to the currently retired, it is anti-democratic to bind future generations to tax

Re: [PEN-L] Social Security

- Original Message - From: Daniel Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] David wrote: I would suggest that this is problematic, because while it would be democratic for current workers to agree to tax themselves to transfer assets to the currently retired, it is anti-democratic to bind future

Re: [PEN-L] Social Security

- Original Message - From: David B. Shemano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Again, to generalize, I distinguish capital investments (roads, schools, bridges, military, etc.) and other types of public goods which have cross-generational benefits. The costs of public goods that have cross-generational

Re: [PEN-L] Social Security

- Original Message - From: paul phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael, My argument is not only moral, it is also technical and personal. Yes we must have a moral compass, but we also must have a technically sound plan. This is why I quote Keynes who pointed out that intergenerational

[PEN-L] airlines, again......

United Seeks Further Labor Cuts By Anna Johnson Associated Press Writer Friday, November 5, 2004 CHICAGO -- United Airlines is moving to obtain another $725 million in labor concessions and eliminate employees' traditional pensions as it seeks the financing to come out of bankruptcy. A day

[PEN-L] EU question FSC tax pork

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/business/worldbusiness/06trade.html November 6, 2004 Europe Still Unhappy With U.S. Tax Subsidy By ELIZABETH BECKER WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 - Just when lawmakers thought a thorny tax dispute was behind them, the European Union raised objections on Friday to parts of

[PEN-L] the EU: a new stagflation?

Europe risks getting in a right state Larry Elliott Monday November 8, 2004 The Guardian Taxes are too high. The labour market is too cushy. Too much nannying is sucking the risk out of people's lives, stunting innovation. Europe, according to the CBI's president, John Sunderland, has to change

Re: [PEN-L] Social Security

- Original Message - From: dshemano [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am willing to agree that socializing the cost reduces the resentment, but isn't that simply another way of saying people prefer the illusion they are getting a free lunch? However, basing public policy on hiding costs can be

[PEN-L] Today's GAO Reports - November 8, 2004

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports: REPORTS [..] 2. Financial Regulation: Industry Changes Prompt Need to Reconsider U.S. Regulatory Structure. GAO-05-61, October 6. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-61 Highlights -

[PEN-L] new frontiers in government secrecy

[Federal Register: November 8, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 215)] [Notices] [Page 64803] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr08no04-110] --- DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 4886]

Re: [PEN-L] new frontiers in government secrecy

- Original Message - From: Paul Baer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone translate this? I.e., what was actually embargoed? --pb == At least part of it has to do with not publishing from where/who they are buying up materials or the people who have the know how to make wmd's

Re: [PEN-L] new frontiers in government secrecy

The below is that great defender of Democracy, Orin Hatch, on Section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act: http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.DetailPressRelease_id=198Month=10Year=2000 Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to join you in this

Re: [PEN-L] Social Security

- Original Message - From: David B. Shemano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just so I am clear, why would social security be treated as a form of savings? Worker Peter is taxed, which money is sent to Retired Paul, who presumably expends the money on consumption. Why would the net effect be any

[PEN-L] Dubya's America: fascism or puritanism?

Puritanism of the rich Bush's ideology has its roots in 17th century preaching that the world exists to be conquered George Monbiot Tuesday November 9, 2004 The Guardian If Bush wins, the US writer Barbara Probst Solomon claimed just before the election, fascism is possible in the United States.

[PEN-L] the libertarian argument regarding Social Security

[From the Cato Institute: The full paper is at the bottom of the link] http://www.socialsecurity.org/pubs/ssps/ssp-32es.html February 17, 2004 The 6.2 Percent Solution: A Plan for Reforming Social Security by Michael Tanner Michael Tanner is director of the Cato Institute's Project on Social

Re: [PEN-L] Social Security

- Original Message - From: David B. Shemano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just as one example, social security was created in the Depression as insurance, in the sense that the government was insuring you against the unlikely possibility that you might actually reach 65 and retire. Comparatively, 75

[PEN-L] NAFTA and GMO's

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37992-2004Nov9.html U.S. Genetically Modified Corn Is Assailed NAFTA Report Calls Grain a Threat to Mexico; Administration Disputes Study By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 10, 2004; Page A02 A scientific panel of

[PEN-L] GAO Report on Key National Indicators System Options

GAO REPORT SPELLS OUT OPTIONS FOR A SYSTEM OF INDICATORS TO HELP NATION ASSESS ITS POSITION AND PROGRESS Washington, D.C., November 10 In a report issued today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) sets forth options for Congress to consider in establishing a system of key national

[PEN-L] the political ecology of nanotech.

EPA Backs Nanomaterial Safety Research Activists Say $4 Million Is Far Too Little for Studies By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 12, 2004; Page A23 The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $4 million in grants to study the health and environmental risks posed by

[PEN-L] law and economics

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1100136999310 Courts on the Edge of Financial Crisis Latest crunch could cause a dire impact, say judges and scholars Marcia Coyle The National Law Journal 11-12-2004 Imagine a federal judicial system in which courthouses are open every other week, there is

[PEN-L] the Pentagon fancies becoming the God of war

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/13/technology/ November 13, 2004 Pentagon Envisioning a Costly Internet for War By TIM WEINER The Pentagon is building its own Internet, the military's world wide web for the wars of the future. The goal is to give all American commanders and troops a moving

[PEN-L] Wilbur Ross

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/11/14/fair_or_not_wilbur_ross_played_the_capitalist_game/ ECONOMIC LIFE Fair or not, Wilbur Ross played the capitalist game By Charles Stein, Globe Columnist | November 14, 2004 On the surface, the story of Wilbur Ross and the steel industry looks

[PEN-L] Airline workers in the US fight back

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/199916_airlinestrike17.html Wednesday, November 17, 2004 Strike threat by flight attendants' union Airlines warned not to use bankruptcy to scrap contracts By LYNNE MAREK AND MARY SCHLANGENSTEIN BLOOMBERG NEWS The Association of Flight Attendants,

Re: [PEN-L] Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

- Original Message - From: Patrick Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] I am NOT at all surprised by his Shamanic interests. One day I will right an ethnography of the American Caucasian tribal pursuit of native wisdom. These kinds of seekers are a dime a dozen in Ecuador and much of the

[PEN-L] is economics a science, revisited

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/ Is economics a science, revisited I wanted to comment on Brian's excellent past post on this issue. When the question is raised it usually bogs down pretty quickly into the dreariest sort of outdated Popperian philosophy of science (we make falsifiable claims!

Re: [PEN-L] in hock to the Chinese

- Original Message - From: Martin Hart-Landsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting discussion. I guess the question for me is what is at stake in this dance between Chinese and U.S. leaders?. Let us assume that the Chinese can in fact move in and out of the bond market to give the U.S. a

[PEN-L] a call to the privatize the electoral process!

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4046n=1 U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) called for an end to big government overseeing the election of big government. [snip]

Re: [PEN-L] IMF chief calls for action on falling dollar

http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2004/20041119/default.htm Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan At the European Banking Congress 2004, Frankfurt, Germany November 19, 2004 Panel discussion: Euro in Wider Circles I am pleased to join my central bank colleagues in appraising an

[PEN-L] the end of the left....

The only show in town The left, as history knew it, is dead - and it will not be reborn Martin Jacques Saturday November 20, 2004 The Guardian The spectacle of a Labour prime minister becoming the water-carrier, mouthpiece, bed-fellow and intimate of the most rightwing president of the United

Re: [PEN-L] the end of the left....

- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Pollack others: How did the Right discuss its future right after Goldwater's defeat? What sort of narrative did they offer. Since Ian sent this story from the Guardian, I would like some information on 2 other

[PEN-L] China and the future of forex dynamics

Flying high - but will it float? Its economy rampant, China could soon bow to global pressure and free its currency, writes Heather Stewart Sunday November 21, 2004 The Observer 'China is a sleeping giant. And when she awakes, she shall astonish the world.' The truth of Napoleon's warning, made

Re: [PEN-L] Growing Chinese economic influence

- Original Message - From: Marvin Gandall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, the Jews and the Scots have also been prominently mentioned. :) I'm still looking to meet the capitalist - of any nationality - who doesn't want to get the best possible price for his or her product, or the worker who

[PEN-L] Dr. Doom on the $

US risks a downhill dollar disaster Larry Elliott Monday November 22, 2004 The Guardian George Bush's foreign policy is simple: don't mess with America. The same, it appears, applies to economic policy as well. On Friday, the dollar fell sharply against the euro. That was unsurprising, since the

[PEN-L] the further Enronization of US Gov. accounting

Republicans Finding Ways To Account For Overhaul Social Security Change Expensive in Short Term By Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 23, 2004; Page E01 Republican budget writers say they may have found a way to cut the federal deficit even if they borrow hundreds of

[PEN-L] Catfish wars redux

[Federal Register: November 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 226)] [Notices] [Page 68302-68303] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr24no04-32] --- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Foreign

[PEN-L] WTO/Byrd Amendment backlash

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13607-2004Nov25.html WTO to Act on Punitive Tariffs Friday, November 26, 2004; Page E02 The World Trade Organization today is expected to approve authorization by the European Union, Japan and five other governments to place tariffs on U.S. goods, a

[PEN-L] Toys/China

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mattel26nov26,0,6068421.story?coll=la-home-headlines Behind Barbie's Smile: Sweat, Fear, Resignation Thousands of workers suffer in sweatshops, despite Mattel's efforts to police factories. By Abigail Goldman Times Staff Writer 4:39 PM PST, November 25, 2004

Re: [PEN-L] No Sharing

- Original Message - From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Sharing: http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/11/no-sharing.html - Speaking of which, there's an interesting dialog between the libertarian legal theorist Richard Epstein and Duke Law Prof. James Boyle on open source

Re: [PEN-L] No Sharing

- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Epstein is the godfather of the Federalist Society. He is core theory about takings was considered to be too radical for Robert Bork and Charles Fried, Reagan's Solicitor General. - Seems to have made its way into

Re: [PEN-L] spam

- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was just looking at an article on MaxSpeak by Tom Walker regarding spam. It raises the question for me. Advertising is considered legitimate enterprise. Spam is not. Pop-up ads are considered legitimate. Lots of

Re: [PEN-L] No Sharing

- Original Message - From: Perelman, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] And Oregon as well. My former roomie, who works for Clackamas County Gov. in OR, says one of the paradoxes of the new law is that *removal* of the 'smart boundary' regs. around places like Portland etc. would lower

[PEN-L] Oil: prices and investment

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-drill28nov28,0,4759950.story?coll=la-home-business Oil Spending Drips Even as Profits Gush Fear of a sudden, steep price drop has companies wary of committing cash to exploration that could take several years to start paying off. Some of the funds are going to

[PEN-L] Feds want to track university students

[somewhere/when in hyperspace, J. Edgar Hoover is drooling with envy] http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/29/education/29college.html November 29, 2004 Federal Plan to Keep Data on Students Worries Some By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 - A proposal by the federal government to create a vast

[PEN-L] ASEAN free trade bloc

HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: Business Nov. 29, 2004, 7:11AM World's biggest free trade bloc created in Asia Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos - Southeast Asian nations and China signed an accord today to create the world's biggest free trade area by removing

Re: [PEN-L] the Incredibles

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] The existence of science reflects the resistance by scientists. But increasingly much of that has been co-opted by science-for-profit schemes, as in the pharmaceutical industry, or by science-for-war schemes. Except that

Re: [PEN-L] the Incredibles

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't know about unbeatable. It's true that capitalism drives to control all skill, to destroy worker-controlled skills, i.e., to deskill labor (following Marx Braverman). But workers develop new skills. So the class struggle

[PEN-L] Saudi Arabia to increase oil production

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=588138 Saudis to soothe oil fears with 37% production boost By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent 30 November 2004 The current oil price boom is significantly different from the politically driven price spikes of the 1970s, Saudi

Re: [PEN-L] capital as an unbeatable telos/dream

I was responding to issues raised in the thread, which had *multiple* participants. Please don't overinterpret everything I write as responding directly to *you*. Jeebus - Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004

[PEN-L] new frontiers in auction theory

Wednesday, December 1, 2004 · Last updated 11:04 a.m. PT Paris Hilton stapler leads auction at $1K THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- $1000 for a stapler? No, it's not holiday shopping madness, but an online auction for a Paris Hilton autographed stapler. Office retailer Staples is holding a

[PEN-L] the political economy of internet2

December 02, 2004 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1202/p13s02-stin.html The tangled Internet: Is it time for a new one? By Gregory M. Lamb | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor By some counts, the Internet turned 35 years old this fall. But far from entering middle age, it

[PEN-L] WTO: who's next at the helm?

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4fb4770a-4406-11d9-af06-0e2511c8.html Nomination from Uruguay starts race to head WTO By Frances Williams in Geneva Published: December 2 2004 02:00 | Last updated: December 2 2004 02:00 The race for the top job at the World Trade Organisation got under way yesterday,

Re: [PEN-L] Robert Brenner versus Chris Harman

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] naturally? In my edition of CAPITAL, there was a sort of normal growth of merchant capital and money-lenders' capital in the interstices of feudalism. But the complete development of capitalism was imposed by force, i.e., the

Re: [PEN-L] Robert Brenner versus Chris Harman

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] nothing is unnatural about violence. But _in context_, i.e., the idea that capitalism develops naturally in the bowels of feudalism, it seemed the opposite of what was being described as natural. -- I just don't

Re: [PEN-L] natural laws.

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wasn't the one who introduced the term natural here. But it can make sense in context. (Hardly any word's meaning can be understood out of context. Few words have any meaning out of context.) One context that may be familiar

Re: [PEN-L] natural laws.

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ian writes: Gotta say I love the use multiple uses of . Well, it's referring to others' language, so quotation marks seem quite appropriate. (I wouldn't use the word natural the way Marx did, by the way.) I could say a

[PEN-L] Scarcity of What and for Whom?

Review of: Michael Perelman, The Perverse Economy: The Impact of Markets on People and the Environment (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), 224 pages, hardcover $55.00. http://www.monthlyreview.org/1204hudson.htm

[PEN-L] the contradictions of the national [in]security State and free trade [oh, and racism too...]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30078-2004Dec2.html U.S. Free-Trade Deals Include Few Muslim Countries By Paul Blustein Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 3, 2004; Page E01 The war on terrorism was high on the mind of U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick as he

[PEN-L] Iraq

[Federal Register: December 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 231)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 70177-70178] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr02de04-102] Presidential Documents [[Page 70177]] Executive Order

[PEN-L] Bhopal anniversary

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Re: [PEN-L] Your power is turning our darkness to dawn...

- Original Message - From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ian writes: That is the model Steve Jobs and others held out for the current cybertarians back when Apple was getting started. One look at Microsoft and Electronic Arts as well as the Silicon Valley mesoeconomy and it's fair to

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