[PEN-L:11050] FW: Re: Texts in Comparative Systems

1997-06-26 Thread Bove, Roger E.
-- From: Bove, Roger E. To: pen-l Subject: RE: [PEN-L:11047] Re: Texts in Comparative Systems Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 3:47PM I've used HBJ's 'Comparing Economic Systems' by Zimbalist, Sherman and Brown, but it hasn't been revised since the 2nd edition of 1989. If any of

[PEN-L:11048] Re: K/Y ratios

1997-06-26 Thread Michael Perelman
I have been away. I think that I have the answer to the low K/Y ratios. Production is getting less capital intensive. In the last century, capital intensive production [railroads, steel] was important. Today, we think of computers. Computers have a low K/Y ratio, but they depreciate fast.

[PEN-L:11047] Re: Texts in Comparative Systems

1997-06-26 Thread BAIMAN
Friends, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions on books or other materials for a Comparative Systems course. I last taught this course with a set of articles reflecting my own perspective at the time but am looking for a more comprehensive and systemic overview - a kind of radical text

[PEN-L:11045] Solidarity with the Western Australian workers (fwd)

1997-06-26 Thread D Shniad
INTERNATIONAL MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY The General Secretary Western Australia Trades and Labour Council (WATLC) By e-mail to: Dear Comrades, The South African Municipal Workers Union stands with you in solidarity against the anti-worker legislation that has just been passed in

[PEN-L:11043] RIght to Know Nothing Legislation (fwd)

1997-06-26 Thread D Shniad
===Electronic Edition . . . RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT HEALTH WEEKLY #552 . . ---June 26, 1997--- . .

[PEN-L:11041] Re: Attachment

1997-06-26 Thread D Shniad
How about sending a plain text version?

[PEN-L:11039] Re: M-G: Attachment

1997-06-26 Thread Karl Carlile
KARL : If this attachment is successful wil plese let me know. On 26 Jun 97 at 18:21, Karl Carlile wrote: Comrades: Hopefully attached is a first portion of an old Yaffe articl written about 1975 and published in Revolutionary Communist. Yours etc.,

[PEN-L:11037] Attachment

1997-06-26 Thread Karl Carlile
Comrades: Hopefully attached is a first portion of an old Yaffe articl written about 1975 and published in Revolutionary Communist. Yours etc., Karl

[PEN-L:11036] Attachment

1997-06-26 Thread Karl Carlile
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[PEN-L:11034] Doug's Paradox for K/Y ratios

1997-06-26 Thread Fikret Ceyhun
Fikret Ceyhun wrote: One other possible explanation for low capital output ratio in the United States is that K/Ys are correlated with Marx' concept of the organic composition of capital. When organic composition of capital is low then the rate of profit is high, assuming that the rate of

[PEN-L:11032] Cato publishes speeches and essays of Czech prime minister Klaus

1997-06-26 Thread Doug Henwood
For those of you not lucky enough to be on Cato's PR list. This press release is a model for stuffing smug cliches into such a small place. Doug Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 12:11:52 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Robin Hulsey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:11030] Re: Nike hullaballoo in Vietnam

1997-06-26 Thread William S. Lear
On Thu, June 26, 1997 at 03:10:02 (-0700) Louis N Proyect writes: From Gabriel Kolko's new book "Vietnam: Anatomy of a Peace": ... Louis, can you tell us if the following "synopsis" of Kolko's book, published on the Amazon.com page for ordering it, is accurate?: In his penetrating analysis

[PEN-L:11033] ***NEBRASKA SENATOR EATS EXCREMENT***

1997-06-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
By a 7-2 vote the CDA is history, but be not complacent, folks: while that law is dead, people like Ollie North and Louie Freeh are still alive. valis Occupied America "Necessity

[PEN-L:11038] Attachment

1997-06-26 Thread Karl Carlile
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[PEN-L:11049] Re: Texts in Comparative Systems

1997-06-26 Thread Bove, Roger E.
I've used HBJ's 'Comparing Economic Systems' by Zimbalist, Sherman and Brown, but it hasn't been revised since the 2nd edition of 1989. If any of the authors are out there - how about a revision! And please put France back in or replace it with EU! Roger

[PEN-L:11051] Re: Morgan Stanley on class war

1997-06-26 Thread JayHecht
Doug, Send'em to me! Thanks Jason

[PEN-L:11035] Attachment

1997-06-26 Thread Karl Carlile
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[PEN-L:11042] Self-Promotion

1997-06-26 Thread Max B. Sawicky
If Henwood's going to advertise I won't fail to either. My journalistic diatribes can be found at: http://epn.org/sawicky All civil or humorous comments appreciated. === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:11040] Re: Doug's Paradox for K/Y ratios

1997-06-26 Thread Doug Henwood
Fikret Ceyhun wrote, at the end of an illuminating post: 4. Comparing the US with other OECD countries. If the statistics cited are true in the long run, that is, K/Y for the US is lower than her counterparts in competition, then the explanation lies in the Leontief Paradox mentioned earlier by