[PEN-L:6859] Reforming/replacing the Feds...

1996-10-23 Thread Thad Williamson
Can anyone direct me to existing proposals to reform, reconstitute, restructure, abolish, etc., the Federal Reserve System? Is this something taken up in your new book, Doug? thanks much, Thad Thad Williamson National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives (Washington)/ Union

[PEN-L:6860] Growth Industries At The U.N., Destruction In Chechnya And ,

1996-10-23 Thread SHAWGI TELL
Growth Industries at the U.N. - Figures released by the United Nations show that disaster relief costs approximately $8 billion per year. A growing number of countries have asked the U.N. for assistance in recent years. The United Nations responded with financial and

[PEN-L:6861] Re: puzzle

1996-10-23 Thread Doug Henwood
At 7:26 PM 10/22/96, Michael Perelman wrote: 3) relatively stable profits Rising, even. RATES OF RETURN ON CAPITAL IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR from OECD Economic Outlook, June 1996, table A25 197919891995 U.S.16.017.318.3 Japan 14.415.8

[PEN-L:6862] Re: Reforming/replacing the Feds...

1996-10-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Thad Williamson wrote: Can anyone direct me to existing proposals to reform, reconstitute, restructure, abolish, etc., the Federal Reserve System? This is a particular political interest of mine, though I'm no monetary economist. See EPI's book on financial reform. See also Jane D'Arista's

[PEN-L:6863] Re: Reforming/replacing the Feds...

1996-10-23 Thread Robert Pollin
You might want to check on the proposals in G. Dymski, G. Epstein,and R. Pollin (me), "Transforming the U.S. Financial System," 1993, M.E. Sharpe. Regards, Bob Pollin At 09:07 AM 10/23/96 -0700, you wrote: Can anyone direct me to existing proposals to reform, reconstitute, restructure, abolish,

[PEN-L:6864] Re: Reforming/replacing the Feds...

1996-10-23 Thread Doug Henwood
At 9:07 AM 10/23/96, Thad Williamson wrote: Can anyone direct me to existing proposals to reform, reconstitute, restructure, abolish, etc., the Federal Reserve System? Bob Pollin, are you here? See Gary Dymski, Gerald Epstein, and Robert Pollin, Transforming the U.S. Financial System (ME Sharpe

[PEN-L:6865] Re:

1996-10-23 Thread Blair Sandler
Someone mentioned that Eudora can filter out mail, though perhaps the shareware version I use is not up to this task. Sandy, I believe this is the case, though as I don't use the shareware version I'm not sure. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6866] FW: BLS Daily Report

1996-10-23 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1996 RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.8 percent in September. The increase, attributable to both rising petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices, followed a modest 0.1 percent gain in September. In contrast, the U.S. Export Price Index,

[PEN-L:6867] reform or revolution? revisited

1996-10-23 Thread Blair Sandler
Okay, folks: here's a question that in various forms has been debated (including on this list) over and over and over and Suppose one is teaching intro econ to "typical" (?) university students, which means mainstream range of conservative, and some liberal ideas, including many who will

[PEN-L:6868] Satanism and Capitalism

1996-10-23 Thread Jim Westrich
Satan's still behind the baby Jesus but getting closer: ". ..according to a recent study by the National Retail Federation, Halloween has now officially shot past Mother's Day and Easter to generate more commercial revenue than any other day on the calendar except Christmas. " From

[PEN-L:6869] Re: revolutionary ecological fiction

1996-10-23 Thread Blair Sandler
Thad wrote, Because, I would argue, if you're a firm operating in a market system on a for-profit basis, you'll be under pressure to either grow or die in most instances. You'll also have strong incentive to pass of ecological costs on to the community. And unless you radically undercut the

[PEN-L:6870] Re: reform or revolution? revisited

1996-10-23 Thread bill mitchell
Suppose one is teaching intro econ to "typical" (?) university students, which means mainstream range of conservative, and some liberal ideas, including many who will either in school or later go into "business." Do you (I'm asking for your personal opinions here) teach that corporations *must*

[PEN-L:6871] The Politics and Languages of Contemporary Marxism (conference

1996-10-23 Thread Blair Sandler
RETHINKING MARXISM is sponsoring a gala conference this December (12/5 Thursday afternoon to 12/8 Sunday mid-day) as titled above in the subject header. It's been announced on this list previously, but the web site now has the full schedule and I thought folks might be interested in taking a

[PEN-L:6872] GM-CAW agreement

1996-10-23 Thread Blair Sandler
I'm having a deja vu: in their "job security" agreement with GM, the CAW agree to let GM cut jobs if (1) productivity increases; (2) technology changes; (3) market share declines; or (4) a product line is discontinued. It's not clear to me what the CAW gained, especially since GM is also allowed

[PEN-L:6873] Re: GM-CAW agreement

1996-10-23 Thread SHAWGI TELL
On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Blair Sandler wrote: I'm having a deja vu: in their "job security" agreement with GM, the CAW agree to let GM cut jobs if (1) productivity increases; (2) technology changes; (3) market share declines; or (4) a product line is discontinued. It's not clear to me what the