[PEN-L:8266]

1997-01-16 Thread PHILLPS
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[PEN-L:8265] RE: Interest rates

1997-01-16 Thread Doug Henwood
At 6:05 PM 1/16/97, DICKENS, EDWIN (201)-408-3024 wrote: And to my mind the theory of interest rate determination is crucial to filling in that lacunae. OK, Tom - so what's the Dickens theory of interest rates? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217

[PEN-L:8261] Re: inflation deflation

1997-01-16 Thread bill mitchell
Lynn Turgeon writes: Passell also concludes that most people seem to win as a result of overall deflation just as most people seem to lose from overall inflation and therefore tend to go along with fighting inflation as a national policy. No wonder there is inertia among Japanese

[PEN-L:8262] Re: Japan as a wave of our future

1997-01-16 Thread Anthony P D'Costa
This is interesting because I was always under the impression that state intervention has been rather high in Japan. Perhaps this intervention does not show up as a budget deficit, but directing the economy to raise aggregate demand has always been a Japanese feature. This has been done largely

[PEN-L:8260] Economists Oppose the Balanced Budget Amendment

1997-01-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Fellow Economists, What follows are a cover letter, text of a petition, and list of initial endorsements. The petition urges the defeat of any amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring a balanced budget. It was written by Professor Robert Eisner of Northwestern University in consultation

[PEN-L:8259] FBI Racism

1997-01-16 Thread Robert Cherry
I am writing an article in which I could use some reference material concerning the racist employment practices of the FBI during the 1980s. Any help would be appreciated. Robert Cherry

[PEN-L:8258] inflation deflation

1997-01-16 Thread JDevine
Lynn Turgeon writes: Passell also concludes that most people seem to win as a result of overall deflation just as most people seem to lose from overall inflation and therefore tend to go along with fighting inflation as a national policy. No wonder there is inertia among Japanese

[PEN-L:8257] Re: The Wrecking Activity Of Imperialism And All

1997-01-16 Thread Robert Malecki
Shawgi writes; See previous and future posts. Check PEN-L archives. If you like I can forward you some material on the necessity for an authentic working class party, what its character should be, etc. At any rate, yes, the advanced elements of the working class must point the way forward.

[PEN-L:8256] Re: Without Modern Communism The Workers And People

1997-01-16 Thread Robert Malecki
Shawgi writes; This does not speak to the point. and This does not speak to the point either. and This, too, does not speak to the point. The Ticking Bomb! In a large sal with every seat filled, a Social Democratc Representative of parliment met with

[PEN-L:8259] FBI Racism

1997-01-16 Thread Robert Cherry
I am writing an article in which I could use some reference material concerning the racist employment practices of the FBI during the 1980s. Any help would be appreciated. Robert Cherry

[PEN-L:8263] RE: Interest rates

1997-01-16 Thread DICKENS, EDWIN (201)-408-3024
Trevor Evans believes that Marx's theory of the interest rate is more or less "complete." As an example of what this means, Trevor points to Marx's rejection of a natural rate of interest. Trevor then speculates that Marx might have a loanable funds type theory of interest rate determination

[PEN-L:8256] Re: Without Modern Communism The Workers And People

1997-01-16 Thread Robert Malecki
Shawgi writes; This does not speak to the point. and This does not speak to the point either. and This, too, does not speak to the point. The Ticking Bomb! In a large sal with every seat filled, a Social Democratc Representative of parliment met with

[PEN-L:8266]

1997-01-16 Thread PHILLPS
([EMAIL PROTECTED] [132.241.3.10]) by for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:48:16 -0600 (CST) by pitbull.ecst.csuchico.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with internal id SAA03881; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 18:48:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 18:48:10 -0800 (PST) From: Mail

[PEN-L:8257] Re: The Wrecking Activity Of Imperialism And All

1997-01-16 Thread Robert Malecki
Shawgi writes; See previous and future posts. Check PEN-L archives. If you like I can forward you some material on the necessity for an authentic working class party, what its character should be, etc. At any rate, yes, the advanced elements of the working class must point the way forward.

[PEN-L:8258] inflation deflation

1997-01-16 Thread JDevine
Lynn Turgeon writes: Passell also concludes that most people seem to win as a result of overall deflation just as most people seem to lose from overall inflation and therefore tend to go along with fighting inflation as a national policy. No wonder there is inertia among Japanese

[PEN-L:8255] Re: Euphoria Is One Of The Main Features Of The Wrecking Which Is The

1997-01-16 Thread Robert Malecki
Shawgi writes! Some communist parties and organizations at this time are behaving as if the counter-revolution, the present period of retreat of revolution is actually a golden opportunity for them to make a headway. How can this be the case? Turmoil in the Swedish CP! (Euro-Communist)

[PEN-L:8262] Re: Japan as a wave of our future

1997-01-16 Thread Anthony P D'Costa
This is interesting because I was always under the impression that state intervention has been rather high in Japan. Perhaps this intervention does not show up as a budget deficit, but directing the economy to raise aggregate demand has always been a Japanese feature. This has been done largely

[PEN-L:8260] Economists Oppose the Balanced Budget Amendment

1997-01-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Fellow Economists, What follows are a cover letter, text of a petition, and list of initial endorsements. The petition urges the defeat of any amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring a balanced budget. It was written by Professor Robert Eisner of Northwestern University in consultation

[PEN-L:8264] BESI Conference

1997-01-16 Thread Helen Kantarelis
** * BUSINESS ECONOMICS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL * * 1997 CONFERENCE * ** ATHENS / GREECE July 18-22, 1997 Hotel Grande Bretagne

[PEN-L:8261] Re: inflation deflation

1997-01-16 Thread bill mitchell
Lynn Turgeon writes: Passell also concludes that most people seem to win as a result of overall deflation just as most people seem to lose from overall inflation and therefore tend to go along with fighting inflation as a national policy. No wonder there is inertia among Japanese

[PEN-L:8265] RE: Interest rates

1997-01-16 Thread Doug Henwood
At 6:05 PM 1/16/97, DICKENS, EDWIN (201)-408-3024 wrote: And to my mind the theory of interest rate determination is crucial to filling in that lacunae. OK, Tom - so what's the Dickens theory of interest rates? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217