[PEN-L:3664] Job Announcementtest (fwd)

1996-04-08 Thread Thomas J. Iverson
Please feel free to post this message in relevant areas: The University of Guam is seeking applicants for a one-year position. Visiting Professor Aug. 19, 1996 - May 23, 1997). Teaching load is 2 preparations, 4 courses, 12 hours each semester. Fall preparation includes 3 sections (max 32

[PEN-L:3665] welfare state voluntary welfare

1996-04-08 Thread JDevine
Ken writes: No doubt I over-reacted to Jim's post and I agree with much of his reply except that I do not think that the increasing welfare state weakens unions but it strengthens them overall. Does the WS strengthen or weaken unions? obviously, the answer can only be answered completely by

[PEN-L:3667] Re: Searching fo...

1996-04-08 Thread D Shniad
I haven't looked at the Cambridge debate for about 20 years, but it seems to me that one of the issues raised therein was the question of production functions and the units to be placed on capital. In other words, what does a production function containing $X of machinery mean? Or am I

[PEN-L:3668] Real face of Minford Stoney (fwd)

1996-04-08 Thread D Shniad
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[PEN-L:3669] Latest Dockers' Charter on-line (fwd)

1996-04-08 Thread D Shniad
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[PEN-L:3670] E;EZLN Communique (To Continental Encounter) Apr 6

1996-04-08 Thread Harry M. Cleaver
This posting has been forwarded to you as a service of=20 Accion Zapatista de Austin. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 09:55:53 -0500 From: Malicia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Marcos' Speech to Encuentro La Jornada, April 6, 1996 MESSAGE OF THE

[PEN-L:3671] Re: the most important issue of the day

1996-04-08 Thread peter_robertson
This is an interesting Idea (Below), but I'm afraid I never suggested, or at least meant to suggest, that people had to be dispossessed before capitalism could exploit them. The point I tried to make was that individuals behaviour is a consequence of the society they live in and that

[PEN-L:3673] Re: Searchin...

1996-04-08 Thread MScoleman
I think Doug is right -- but, even for a capitalist to whom only money matters, adding it up 'right' makes the difference between 'normal' profit and 'mega' profit. maggie

[PEN-L:3674] Graduate Schools in Sustainable Development

1996-04-08 Thread PHILLPS
Pen-lers, I have a student -- a very good student -- who is looking for a university to do a graduate degree in. She is interested in a non-neoclassical approach to environmental economics and sustainable development. She has a particular interest in institutional economics as a framework for

[PEN-L:3675] Web site for Rethinking Marxism

1996-04-08 Thread Blair Sandler
Folks may be interested in checking out the RETHINKING MARXISM web site. You'll find information about the upcoming (Fall 96) International Gala Conference sponsored by RM -- "Politics and Languages of Marxism" -- as well as the contents of all eight volumes, books by people associated with the