>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:30:31 -0700 (PDT) >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >To: (Recipient list suppressed) >From: Michael Eisenscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: New EPI Reports; Comment on Billionaires/Poverty >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >EPI in collaboration with the Women's Research and >Education Institute will be releasing the following >reports on Labor Day: > >"Nonstandard Work, Substandard Jobs: >Flexible Work Arrangements in the U.S." > >The authors are: Arne L. Kalleberg, Edith Rasell, >Ken Hudson, David Webster, Barbara F. Reskin, >Naomi Cassirer, and Eileen Appelbaum. > >and > >"Managing Work and Family: >Nonstandard Work Arrangements Among >Managers and Professionals" > >The authors are: Roberta M. Spalter-Roth, >Arne L. Kalleberg, Edith Rasell, Naomi Cassirer, >Barbara F. Reskin, Ken Hudson, David Webster, >Eileen Appelbaum, and Betty L. Dooley. > >Summaries will be available on the EPI web site >(EPINET.ORG). The full reports cost $12 each. > >PLEASE DO NOT e-mail me to obtain these items. >For further information on ordering, send e-mail to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >or regular mail to: > >Economic Policy Institute >Publications/Fulfillment >Suite 1200 >1660 L Street, NW >Washington, DC 20036 > > >--------------------------------------------------- >Subject: Re: 10 Billionaires Could Wipe Out Poverty (Comment Received) > >For purposes of 'wiping out,' 'out-of-poverty' was defined in the Report as >per capita income equivalent to $1 daily - an immense improvement for most >of Africa & China. > >For folks with bigger ambitions - like 'equality' - if US per capita income >were to grow no more than 3% annually, it would take less than FOUR >CENTURIES for Ethiopian per capita income to equal ours if theirs doubled >annually. At least we're doing our part. > >It takes more than talk of a 'global village' - or fair labor standards' >trickle-down - to raise children's CHANCES (not even standard) of living in >'developing' countries. >
