[interdoc-y2k 17] Modularization vs globalization (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: 11 Dec 98 10:35:18 From: Roberto Verzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [interdoc-y2k 17] Modularization vs globalization I suggested in my earlier message that the shift from a

Debt and Depression versus Keynes and Krugman (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:18:24 -0800 From: John Gelles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: THE CYBERSPACE SOCIETY LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list CYBER-SOC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Debt and Depression versus Keynes and Krugman

Re: FW about Social Technology Page and Mailing List (longerversion)

1998-12-22 Thread Douglas P. Wilson
Michael Gurstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was interested in your page on "social technology" and the absence of > specific references to be found to the term on the Net as evidenced by an > Altavista search. Actually I've been tracking use of the phrase off and on for the past couple of y

Re: "Redefining Progress"

1998-12-22 Thread Steve Kurtz
FYI, Mathis Wackernagel, who with Bill Rees wrote _Ecological Footprint_ and who has continually worked to refine measurement criteria, is joining this org. (San Francisco based). Extremely significant integration IMHO. Steve "S. Lerner" wrote: > > TAX WASTE, NOT WORK - a report published by

Re Tobin Tax Canada Feb '99

1998-12-22 Thread Steve Kurtz
As one who played the derivatives game from 1968-1991, the last 8 years specializing in currencies (but incl commodities, debt, and equities), I see Soros' point. But Pete's argument is correct. If the authorities want to tax all speculative financial transactions, they could do a pretty good job

"the"

1998-12-22 Thread Michael Gurstein
1,568,718,836 is the number of pages in which "the" appears on the WWW, according to a search I conducted on Altavista moments ago... M

Pope lashes capitalists (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 10:11:41 +1100 (EST) From: Matthew Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pope lashes capitalists >Pope fires a salvo against consumerism > >John Hooper in Rome > >THE Pope lashed out at capitalism last week in

FW Website of possible interest

1998-12-22 Thread S. Lerner
TAX WASTE, NOT WORK - a report published by "Redefining Progress" (1997) http://www.rprogress.org/pubs/twnw/twnw_execsum.html "Offers a new approach to fiscal and environmental policy -- a revenue-neutral shift to resource taxes or emission permits -- which holds the potential to strengthen the e

from The Jobsletter No 92 (16 December 1998): Solow on Work andWelfare

1998-12-22 Thread S. Lerner
By permission of The Jobs Letters. >Comments: Authenticated sender is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "vivian Hutchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >"The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >"The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 16 Dec 19

FW: Re Tobin Tax Canada Feb '99

1998-12-22 Thread pete
Colin Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 09:00 AM 12/22/98 -0500, Neva Goodwin wrote: >>A comment on the Tobin tax, which I have always thought was a >>great idea, and I hope it still is -- but I was recently at a >>talk by George Soros in which someone asked him about this. >>He replied that

Re: Tobin Tax Canada Feb 1999 (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Cordell, Arthur: DPP
-- From: Colin Stark To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tobin Tax Canada Feb 1999 (fwd) Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 10:22AM snip... I am no expert in finance (though I do have an MBA) But I totally support the Tobin tax and have done for several years. I recently saw a one-hour p

Case Corp. Job Cuts Grow to 3,400 (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:40:33 -0500 From: Doug Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Case Corp. Job Cuts Grow to 3,400 >From InfoBeat - http://www.infobeat.com . . . . > 08:03 PM ET 12/21/98 > > Case Corp. Job Cuts Grow to 3,400 > > C

Re: Tobin Tax Canada Feb 1999 (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Michael Gurstein
Very interesting observation... I haven't seen anyone else say it quite so clearly...although it has been implied in some of the discussion around the Long Term Credit fiasco. I'm not sure whether that means that Soros thinks that financial transactions of that kind (and by implication, in the e

Re: Tobin Tax Canada Feb 1999 (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Cordell, Arthur: DPP
That is one reason why the bit tax, in some form, might be the better alternative. It is independent of the transaction. It is a simple turnover tax on all interactive digital traffic. Something like a gasoline tax. Arthur Cordell -- From: Neva Goodwin To: Michael Gurstein Cc: Canadian

South-South Initiative (short excerpt)

1998-12-22 Thread Steve Kurtz
This is another indication that tremendous strides are occurring in understanding the linkages between population density and well-being. Steve Population group of 14 nations say they are

Re: Tobin Tax Canada Feb 1999 (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Neva Goodwin
A comment on the Tobin tax, which I have always thought was a great idea, and I hope it still is -- but I was recently at a talk by George Soros in which someone asked him about this. He replied that he had intended to push it in his new book, but that, after looking into it, he concluded that it

Re: FW -- net net baud rate

1998-12-22 Thread Caspar Davis
At 4:07 AM -0500 12/21/98, Tom Lunde wrote: <> > >Now you begin to get an understanding of how Bandler and Grinder's >research >explained the difficulty of increasing net baud rate. Their answer after >studying a number of highly successful people was to state that some >people >have the flexibi

Re: Tobin Tax Canada Feb 1999 (fwd)

1998-12-22 Thread Colin Stark
At 09:00 AM 12/22/98 -0500, Neva Goodwin wrote: >A comment on the Tobin tax, which I have always thought was a >great idea, and I hope it still is -- but I was recently at a >talk by George Soros in which someone asked him about this. >He replied that he had intended to push it in his new book, bu

Re: FW Futurework begins its fifth year

1998-12-22 Thread Thomas Lunde
A relative newcomer, about a year, I too would like to wish all my FW friends the very best. This has become my home base, the list I feel most comfortable on and the discussions of the highest level. I have grown to appreciate Eva, Brad, Jay, Steve, Keith, Ed and Al, but names are just labels,