[PEN-L:7777] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1996 RELEASED TODAY: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- Nonfarm payroll employment increased in November, and the unemployment rate edged up to 5.4 percent. Payroll employment rose by 118,000, with modest but widespread gains occurring throughout the private

[PEN-L:7793] Fwd: Re: Lakatos on Bacon (fwd)

What ? No monster barring??? maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 96-12-09 11:33:20 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Michael Craven) writes: I just thought I would forward this from Darwin-L for food for thought. "The men of experiment are like the ant, they only

[PEN-L:7783] International dockers 24 hr strike called (fwd)

Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 01:50:27 + Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: LabourNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: International dockers 24 hr strike called Comments: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL

[PEN-L:7795] The Serbian crisis grows

The San Jose Mercury News 7 Dec 1996 UNIONS THREATEN TO JOIN PROTEST, UP PRESSURE ON MILOSEVIC By JULIJANA MOJSILOVIC Associated Press Writer BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Trade unions threatened Saturday to go on strike, escalating the three-week protest

[PEN-L:7797] BLS politics and the CPI

I wrote BTW, Max, just because people on this list criticize neoclassical economics doesn't mean that _all_ neoclassicals are idiots, craven fools, or whatever. We're criticizing the dominant ideology in economics, which often trips off the tongues of economists, not the individuals. The

[PEN-L:7779] Re: Lakatos on Bacon (fwd)

I just thought I would forward this from Darwin-L for food for thought. "The men of experiment are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes the middle course: it gathers its material from the

[PEN-L:7789] re: globalization Krugman

Jim, Krugman sure didn't sound pro-NAFTA in a recent article he wrote for Mother Jones. Given the dramatically large gap between some of the things he says in quotable quote form and the hostility he generates among folks on Pen, perhaps it would be worthwhile for someone to do some systematic

[PEN-L:7799] Re: Larry Summers

As I remember, it was an internal World Bank memo a little over four years ago from Summers who was then head cheese to the then vice-head cheese (can't remember who that was) that got leaked to the press. Summers was not joking. The argument is very simple: People in poorer countries are

[PEN-L:7792] Re: DH on the CPI

Doug Henwood wrote: . . . By the way, one of the commission members, Zvi Griliches, said in his original testimony to the Senate Finance Committee that he was deeply ashamed of his adopted country for hacking away at social benefits. Not ashamed enough, apparently, to withhold his golden

[PEN-L:7796] Larry Summers

I recall that Summers argued that it would be efficient if we exported pollution-producing production overseas. Does anyone have a reference and the specifics of his argument. It came up at Brooklyn College and a colleague told people that he said it in jest which I am sure is not true.

[PEN-L:7778] DH on CPI

My editorial on the U.S. CPI controversy can be found on The Nation's web site, at http://www.thenation.com/issue/961223/1223henw.htm. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web:

[PEN-L:7780] Re: The globalization scam

At 7:27 PM 12/8/96, D Shniad wrote: Doug, please give details of what you're attributing to Krugman. Hasn't Krugman argued that there's little that government can do to improve economic performance? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA

[PEN-L:7784] re: globalization Krugman

In his book PEDDLING PROSPERITY, Paul Krugman defines himself as a "liberal" because he believes in progressive income taxes. I would bet that he also believes in taxes on pollution, too. I would guess that he would agree with the following statement: market failures must be corrected, so

[PEN-L:7785] DH on the CPI

Doug, your NATION article on the CPI is excellent, but where can we find an article that is more specific, i.e., refers to alternative calculations of the CPI (e.g., by the EPI) for oldsters, etc. indicating that cutting the CPI-based inflation rate for political purposes is not only

[PEN-L:7786] Re: Cost of Job Loss

Doug H asks, How did you measure the social wage, Eric? Answer: very poorly, but better than others have done it. Key: the social wage is generally presented as the contribution government programs make to the standard of living of employed workers. Determining the size of the social wage

[PEN-L:7787] Re: DH on the CPI

At 1:10 PM 12/9/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug, your NATION article on the CPI is excellent, but where can we find an article that is more specific, i.e., refers to alternative calculations of the CPI (e.g., by the EPI) for oldsters, etc. indicating that cutting the CPI-based inflation rate

[PEN-L:7788] Re: DH on the CPI

On 9 Dec 96 at 13:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug, your NATION article on the CPI is excellent, but where can we find an article that is more specific, i.e., refers to alternative calculations of the CPI (e.g., by the EPI) for oldsters, etc. indicating that cutting the CPI-based

[PEN-L:7800] Re: Larry Summers

The Economist, 2/8/92, p. 66, and a letter from Summers, on 2/15/92, p. 6. Check with whoever teaches environmental in your department. If they have a copy of my text, Economics and the Environment, there is a long discussion of the Summer's argument, along with the juicy quotes, on pages

[PEN-L:7794] Miners strike in Russia

The San Jose Mercury News December 6, 1996 MINERS' WALKOUT EASES; STRIKE AT NUCLEAR PLANT AVERTED By DAVE CARPENTER MOSCOW (AP) -- A nationwide walkout by coal miners appeared to ease Friday and a strike at a nuclear power plant was averted after authorities paid back wages

[PEN-L:7798] 1997 Summer Employment at the World Bank, Washington, DC

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[PEN-L:7790] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1996 __Nonfarm payroll employment grew by a less-than-expected 118,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged up to 5.4 percent. Employment growth was widespread but modest in November, and the jobless rate increased 0.2 percentage point in the

[PEN-L:7791] Primer on Neo-Liberalism

29 August 1996 WHAT IS "NEO-LIBERALISM"? A brief definition for activists by Elizabeth Martinez and Arnoldo Garcia "Neo-liberalism" is a set of economic policies that have become widespread during the last 25 years or so. Although the word is rarely heard in the United States, you can