Shawgi,
I reject the idea that we are engaging in a "purely academic discussion"
when we discuss "economic determinism". In fact, I don't think we need to
provide a detailed defense of why we are not engaging in "purely academic
discussion". (If others wish to do so, I'll be reading--altho I'm
Peter Burns wrote:
> I've read in several places that the real value of AFDC
> payments has declined by 46 percent since 1970, and that
> even when food stamps are added, the combined real value
> has gone down 26 percent. Since 1970 out-of-wedlock
> births have increased by over 75 percent
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> Max, if I get a mill, let's do lunch. maggie
Hell yes. That would be some lunch to look
forward to. With or without the mill.
Max
Max, if I get a mill, let's do lunch. maggie
A warning: the discussion on "rights" CAN easily degenerate into an
argument about efficiency. Locke used the caveat about the private
appropriation of land having to leave enough for others only as a first
step in an overall argument to justify the unlimited accumulation of
wealth. He simply swit
Eric writes:
>More shocking is this: I believe most ASers are really closet
>humanists but don't want to say this. I think most of the ASers
>desire socialism because they think that socialist man/woman
>will be more like the ideal person ASers desire to help create.
>
>Oddly enough, the previous
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What upset me the most was that my ss#, which is supposed to be used for tax
> purposes only, is being illegally used by an online network to which I have
> never subscribed!!! I mentioned to the lexis person that tracking people by
> ss# is ille
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> As suggested by an earlier post, I called Lexis at 1-800-543-6862. Indeed, I
> gave the young woman who picked me up my ss# and she read me back my name,
.. . .
> never subscribed!!! I mentioned to the lexis person that tracking people by
> ss# is illegal and she we
Eric asked whether there is
>any other work seeking to measure the extent/growth of
>decommodification in other countries? (Alternatively, is
>there any other work that measures the size/growth of the
>"social wage" in countries outside the United States?)
Here are the contents of the Internatio
This is sort of an aside, but something Steve just said overlaps with some
issues I've been thinking about lately. Since the observation is brief I'll
note the overlap for what it's worth.
In response to Eric, Steve writes:
[...]
>Then the question arises, just as Eric seems to be asking, why
Dear Femeconers and pen-lers;
As suggested by an earlier post, I called Lexis at 1-800-543-6862. Indeed, I
gave the young woman who picked me up my ss# and she read me back my name,
phone number, current address, previous address, and birthdate. My 'previous
address' was one I doubt even exists
I still think that a significant portion of the rise in 'illegitimate' child
birth is a fact of more accurate reporting. (leaving aside the idiocy of
calling any child birth illegitimate. after all, does this mean the child
was not born?)
maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I thought people might be interested in this. maggie
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I thought that femecon subscribers should be aware that Lexis is m
Yet, after yearsof thinking about such things, there doesn't appear to be
an answer beyond: socialist class processes are an end in themselves for
>aesthestic reasons (ASers can't say what the effect of these
>"beautiful" class processes will be on the rest of society: the
>effects could be "ba
Esping-Andersen in two books argued for the importance
for democratic socialist programs of the "decommodification"
of workers. Decommodification means that workers are increasingly
able to gain access to their standard of living independent of
wage labor.
Bowles and ** (Crisis of Liberal D
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> birth rates or illigetimacy. A crucial fact here is that
> the real value of AFDC awards has been declining since the
> mid-70s. This fact is conveniently overlooked by the Murray
> crowd who are all blaming recent increases in illegitimate
> births on high AFDC awa
I've read in several places that the real value of AFDC
payments has declined by 46 percent since 1970, and that
even when food stamps are added, the combined real value
has gone down 26 percent. Since 1970 out-of-wedlock
births have increased by over 75 percent.
The obvious co
>
> >Do folks have opinions on the best short piece-- magazine article-- which
> >summarizes the likely impacts of the welfare dismantling legislation Bill
> >signed?
>
> There are several good analyses of the legislation on the Urban Institute
> web site (www.urban.org). While there, take a loo
In response to Eban's inquiry, I note that there
was an excellent review article in the _Journal of Economic
Literature_ several years ago by Robert Moffitt about
incentives and the welfare system. My memory is that he
found no relation in the literature between AFDC awards and
birth rates
Antonio Callari writes,
> . . . from within the overdeterminist perspective, there is no
> more and no less of a difficulty with justifying one's option for a
> socialism than there is from within the still traditional left perspective.
I believe there is a GREAT problem for the reasons I explain
Caution: long message
Eric Nilsson raises many interesting issues, one of which is about the
relation between overdetermination and the/a theory causation (Ajit also
addresses this issue). The emphasis in the discussion on this particular
question, however, itself biases the discussion against th
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Antonio Callari wrote:
> I can't resist: why is shawgi tell participating in this "purely academic"
> discussion? [not that I see it as such; but just to take it on his terms].
> Antonio callari
Actually, my question was: is this notion "economic determinism" part of
yet
I can't resist: why is shawgi tell participating in this "purely academic"
discussion? [not that I see it as such; but just to take it on his terms].
Antonio callari
>Thanks for the input Paul, but you left one question sort of unanswered:
>is this notion of "economic determinism" part of yet anot
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Ajit Sinha wrote:
> Though Shawqi Tell's questions are to Paul Zarembka, I'm taking liberty to
> respond simply because it has been put on the net.
>
> At 11:44 AM 8/12/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >Paul, a few questions: is this notion of "economic determinism" something
>
At 12:26 PM 8/12/96, Eban Goodstein wrote:
>Do folks have opinions on the best short piece-- magazine article-- which
>summarizes the likely impacts of the welfare dismantling legislation Bill
>signed?
There are several good analyses of the legislation on the Urban Institute
web site (www.urban.
The Indonesian military government is continuing its campaign of
terror against the people. As reported in the first post,
on July 27, an Indonesian armed force of over 2000 police backed by
the military attacked the offices of the Indonesia Democratic Party
(PDI) headed by Megawati Sukarnoputri
The new Prime Minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, has made it
clear that attacks on the Palestinians and their national rights
are not going to cease.
He is refusing to fully lift the border restrictions to allow
Palestinians to return to their jobs in Israel. To date the Israeli
governm
>Gil, could you explain your statement that
>
>>Marx *consistently* and *unambiguously* states that
>>usury and merchant's capital prior to the era of the
>>capitalist mode of production, *when extended directly
>>to small producers*, created surplus value.
>
>Edwin Dickens
>
It's explained in de
Though Shawqi Tell's questions are to Paul Zarembka, I'm taking liberty to
respond simply because it has been put on the net.
At 11:44 AM 8/12/96 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Paul, a few questions: is this notion of "economic determinism" something
>which is taken up by the working class, something whic
>Subject: Richard M. Goodwin
>
>Dear friend,
>I regret to report that Richard M. Goodwin passed away on August 6th
>at 1:00 AM in the University Clinic in Siena.
>As an economist, Dick will be remembered for his path breaking
>contributions to the theory of economic fluctuations a
Thanks for the input Paul, but you left one question sort of unanswered:
is this notion of "economic determinism" part of yet another purely academic
debate?
Clarification: is the road to science a hard one to climb for workers
only, or others as well? And does this mean that the notion of "
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Shawgi, In response to your queries,
On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, SHAWGI TELL wrote:
> Paul, a few questions: is this notion of "economic determinism" something
> which is taken up by the working class, something which was given rise to
> by the working class, or is it part of another purely academic d
>Further, the notion of overdetermination has a second side: it
>posits that all aspects of society have "equal" weight in that all
>processes play a part in constituting all other processes. This
>claim of "equal weight" also has no clear justification. We
>certainly could have an essentialist ve
James Michael Craven wrote:
>
.. >A Special Issue of Focus (Vol 18, No. 1 - Institute for Research on
Poverty
> >- Univ. of Wis.-Madison - http:///www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/) outlines what has
> >been occurring regarding welfare under the emerging new federalism.
> >Research projects, analyses of cert
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