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1998-01-20 Thread david burman
On the subject of an 'Alternative Investment Code' Richard Douthwaite argued that 'Net capital flows between countries, or even between one part of a country and another, need to be completely prohibited if we are ever to construct a sustainable world.' I think the time has come to serioiusly

Re: How to stop clear-cutting

1998-01-20 Thread Durant
Wood is one of the few renewable resources, so there is no question about the need to maintain forests. Most irreversible damage is done now in third world countries, I don't think interest rates have a big role to play there. I hate to sound repetitive, but market/profit system and the lack of a

Forests / Energy

1998-01-20 Thread Elinor Mosher
Wood is one of the few renewable resources, so there is no question about the need to maintain forests. Most irreversible damage is done now in third world countries, I don't think interest rates have a big role to play there. I hate to sound repetitive, but market/profit system and the lack of

Re: Hotel tourism, sustainability and work

1998-01-20 Thread Michael Spencer
All this discussion of the economy in general and global finance in particular appears, at least superficially, to somewhat off topic. But too many of us aren't going to find any work that will produce sustance unless some institution with (relatively, at least) a lot of money will give us jobs.

Hotel tourism, sustainability and work

1998-01-20 Thread Richard Mochelle
This note follows from discussion some 10 days ago, which brought me from the shadows of lurk. The discussion points to a practical case study which could be used to focus attention on alternative work futures. On the subject of an 'Alternative Investment Code' Richard Douthwaite argued that '

Let them eat data

1998-01-20 Thread Tom Walker
comments from an anonymous reviewer: " - speaking of data, there is not nearly enough of it in this paper." Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ Know Ware Communications Vancouver, B.C., CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 688-8296 ^

FW Re: Flexible Working / Socialism for Investors

1998-01-20 Thread Tom Walker
Mike Gurstein forwarded two newspaper articles to futurework, "Flexible Working Cuts Costs and Creates Jobs: Wrong on Both Counts" by Simon Caulkin and "Don't Expect Socialism for Investors to Go On Forever" by Kevin Phillips Taken together, the articles mark a watershed for the issues that conc

Socialism for Investors (fwd)

1998-01-20 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:50:07 -0700 From: "Emilie F. Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Socialism for Investors Time for a "transaction tax"? See below. --Emilie F. Nichols Subject: Don't Expect Socialism for Investors to Go

100 OUTSTANDING NIGERIANS 1997

1998-01-20 Thread dan iska
>>> SPECIAL EDITION >>> >>>THE SOURCE Vol. 1, No. 26, October 6, pp3-50, 1997, Lagos >>> 100 OUTSTANDING NIGERIANS >>> >>> >>>None is more than 50 years old. All 100 of them. Each has, by an outstanding achievement > >> >>>or devotion to excellence and enterprise, signifie