Trade theory

1994-02-03 Thread Michael Perelman
I strongly recommend Michael Hudson's new book, Trade, Development and Growth. He rips neo-classical trade theory and shows that early economists such as Sir James Steuart and Josiah Tucker had it right 200 years ago. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA

Greenspan's inflation fears

1994-02-03 Thread Doug Henwood
First of all, never believe anything a Fed chief says; Greenspan is expert at blowing smoke (without even the assistance of a cigar, unlike Volcker). He's been making noises like this for month, but the fed funds rate is still locked at 3%. Until that rises - and it may, in a matter of days or

Fed follow-up

1994-02-03 Thread Doug Henwood
A follow up to my previous posting on the Fed. Rumor has it (and in this case I have it from a highly reliable gossip) that the Clinton adminstration is using its proposed overhaul of bank regulations, which would strip the Fed of much of its regulatory power, as a way of tying the Fed's

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1994-02-03 Thread Doug Henwood
Terry Allen, editor of Cover Action Quarterly, is looking for people to write about the emerging global economic order - the WTO, G7, IMF, and the rest of it. Anyone interested should contact her at 202-331-9763. Doug Doug Henwood [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Left Business Observer 212-874-4020 (voice)

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1994-02-03 Thread INFL000
From: Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler To:all interested parties Conference Panel on "THE CHANGING POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ARMS EXPORTS"