[PEN-L:10970] Re: 1997-06-20 Press Briefing by McCurry, Steinberg and Summers

1997-06-21 Thread Doug Henwood
The White House wrote: DEPUTY SECRETARY SUMMERS: At about 5:30 a.m. this morning, an agreement was reached between Russia and the Chairman of the Paris Club on principles for Russia's accession to the Paris Club. What the hell is going on here? The Paris Club is for creditors, and Russia is a

[PEN-L:10973] Re: Morgan Stanley on class war

1997-06-21 Thread Hank Leland
Try http://www.ms.com/GEFdata/digests/latest-digest.html Gordon Taylor wrote: The URL given led me to a dead end. It has either changed or is wrong. However, by using some cyber-sluething, I was able to come up with a URL that led to the article in question. The URL

[PEN-L:10974] Re: Morgan Stanley on class war

1997-06-21 Thread Doug Henwood
Gordon Taylor wrote: The URL given led me to a dead end. It has either changed or is wrong. However, by using some cyber-sluething, I was able to come up with a URL that led to the article in question. The URL is:http://www.ms.com/GEFdata/digests/970620-fri.html#xtocid126332 I just cleared my

[PEN-L:10975] Re: K/Y ratios

1997-06-21 Thread Tavis Barr
I guess it could mean one of two things: (1) Capital intensive firms in the US somehow are really more productive; (2) Relative to other countries, the US has had more productivity gains through speed-ups than through mechanization. Is this a trick question? Curious, Tavis On Fri, 20 Jun

[PEN-L:10976] Re: K/Y ratios

1997-06-21 Thread Doug Henwood
Tavis Barr wrote: I guess it could mean one of two things: (1) Capital intensive firms in the US somehow are really more productive; (2) Relative to other countries, the US has had more productivity gains through speed-ups than through mechanization. Is this a trick question? Not at all. I

[PEN-L:10977] Re: K/Y ratios

1997-06-21 Thread blairs
First, off-the-top, shallow proposal: the rate of exploitation is higher? Given the higher social wage elsewhere, this would make sense, no? Sorry if the subject heading seems racier than it turns out to be... Anyway, what, if anything, does it mean that the U.S. has the lowest capital/output

[PEN-L:10972] Re: Morgan Stanley on class war

1997-06-21 Thread Gordon Taylor
The URL given led me to a dead end. It has either changed or is wrong. However, by using some cyber-sluething, I was able to come up with a URL that led to the article in question. The URL is:http://www.ms.com/GEFdata/digests/970620-fri.html#xtocid126332

[PEN-L:10971] Re: Morgan Stanley on class war

1997-06-21 Thread Doug Henwood
Karl Carlile wrote: What is the url of this website Doug? I should have done this the first time around. The Morgan Stanley articles are at http://www.ms.com/GEFdata/digests/970620-fri.html. Doug

DEBATE ISSUE #3: OUT SOON!!!

1997-06-21 Thread FRANCO BARCHIESI
Fed-up with neoliberalism? GEAR is putting your life in the low gear? Co-determination doesn't excite you? Then why don't you try *** D E B A T E *** Voices from

[PEN-L:10969] Re: K/Y ratios

1997-06-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I hope you ultimately have an answer to that question, Doug. Though not quite sure that I really understand the concept, I looked for interesting correlations. All I could find was that Ireland and the Netherlands, next lowest to the US in the list, are also becoming service economies. Does

[PEN-L:10968] Re: Morgan Stanley on class war

1997-06-21 Thread Karl Carlile
What is the url of this website Doug? Karl I've just snagged two articles from the Morgan Stanley webiste, one by Jim Fralick in London on the "tyranny of the middle class" (the disturbing tendency of particuarly the Euro-m.c. in