I have heard that Laura Tyson was part of the renouned Arkansas chicken
clan. Perhaps an interest in animal husbandry explains her philosophy of
labor.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
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according to BUSINESS WEEK (April 11, 1994: p. 20), real wages are
*rising*. "... cheer up: The long earnings drought i#s am
may be over. After adjustying #for inflation, wages and salsaries
in the fourth quarter of 1993 were 0.8% higher than a year earlier."
Of course, "that's based on the
Recently, along with the President of the California
Public Utility Commission and Ralph Cavanagh of
NRDC, I was invited to address the Los Angeles City
Council on the subject of the future of electric
utility regulation. I would be happy to send a copy
of my speech to anyone interested. I can
Dear Penners:
I hope someone reading this can quickly ZAP the answer to me privately (see
below). If you are reading this three hours after it was sent, don't bother
responding.
I need the Address and phone number of NACLA (North American Congress of Latin
America). I can't seem to find any
Hi folks,
As it looks more and more likely that a single-payer initiative will be
on the California ballot this fall, it would be nice to get left
academics moving in a proactive way to defend it on economic grounds.
Is there a list of progressive economists in California who could be
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 12:39:22 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Inflation measurement
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How does the CPI numbers reflect quality increases/decreases in a
product? For example, car engines today have longer-lasting engines and
are 2-3 time better fuel economy; in
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 94 19:34 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Task Force on Central America BC)
To: shniad
Subject: El Salv. unionist killed
March
On Mon, 4 Apr 1994, Jim Devine wrote:
With the single-payer plan, "the government, not individuals,
would decide what health care individuals would receive, and
government would pay the providers of that health care."
The "government" (presumably some quasi-democratic, quasi-medical board)