At 11:02 AM 7/22/97 -0700, you wrote:
I am not in disagreement with your argument for the reproduction of the
power elite (the bosses like to surround themselves with the types like
themselves), but I still can argue that the pecking order, competitiveness
and kindred characteristics of the
Now that the US is getting rid of affirmative action, i.e., discrimination
in favor of those who have been getting the short end of the stick for
centuries, is it going to get rid of the Small Business Administration
(discrimination in favor of "entrepreneurs"), the tax break for mortgage
Carla Feldpausch just completed her PHD thesis,"The Political Economy
of Chaos: Multiple Equilibria and Fractal Basin Boundaries in a Nonlinear Envir
onmental Economy" with Walter Park (American University), Barkley Rosser
(James Madison Univerity), and Robert Blecker (American University) this
What time is Costanza's brown bag at EPI? I'd like to come.
Wojtek writes: In essence, formal deduction was considered a vastly
inferior to intuition form of knowledge [induction], until modern times,
when it became a tool of natural sciences perceived as successful.
Both attitudes are full of BS. Why can't induction and deduction be used
together, as
FYI
Shawgi Tell
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 11:08:42 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [PEN-L:11405] Re: Sustainable Development, Complexity theory,
What time is Costanza's brown bag at EPI? I'd like to come.
12:30 till about 2
Subject: "signs of the times"
The following are actual signs seen across the good ol' U.S.A.
At gas eateries through the nation: Eat here and get gas.
At a Santa Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a
glass container.
In a New York restaurant:
On Wed, July 23, 1997 at 13:07:52 (-0700) Doug Henwood writes:
A Cato Institute press release. Note the authors' employer - State Street
Advisors, a large portfolio manager.
So, who is going to write a point-by-point rebuttal to this, aside
from Doug, who has a pretty good start of one in _Wall
In a message dated 97-07-23 09:26:05 EDT, Anders writes:
Corporate hierarchies don't look the way they do simply because of the
inherent needs of capitalism or because they are "reproducing the power
elite": they are gendered in a way that fits how Western society
constructs maleness.
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Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- The Japanese Sankei Shimbun, on June
This came today from the IBT Communications Dept. with requests to circulate
widely. A strike at UPS could become the next major national battleground
for organized labor, with implications far beyond the membership of the
Teamsters and the package delivery industry. Let's not let this one go a
In our discussion on the automobile, Michael Perelman mentioned Jane
Holtz Kay's _Asphalt Nation_. James Q. Wilson has an article in the
latest _Commentary_ expounding on the joys of the car, slamming Kay in
the process.
Bill
Jim Devine writes:
Both attitudes are full of BS. Why can't induction and deduction be used
together, as complements? And why can't adduction play a role? (Adduction,
often spelled "abduction" (which sounds more fun), refers to figuring out
"answers to specific questions so that a satisfactory
In a message dated 97-07-23 09:26:05 EDT, Anders writes:
Corporate hierarchies don't look the way they do simply because of the
inherent needs of capitalism or because they are "reproducing the power
elite": they are gendered in a way that fits how Western society
constructs maleness. That's
Jay Hecht wrote:
"In fact, it was quite evident that the hospital practice at this
particular Big 6 succeeded because the women supplanted the incompetent
males!"
This can be explained in a simple Becker (neoclassical) manner: Prior to
the hiring of women, incompletent males were hired.
Good Folks,
I've been reading these missives, while observing my younger daughter who
just turned 1. I watch her play with a truck and then cuddle her doll. I
don't know where she learned to do either, but it probably comes from
external and internal influences.
Now on the other hand, her
Jim Devine wrote, And why can't adduction play a role?
(Adduction,
often spelled "abduction" (which sounds more fun), refers to figuring out
"answers to specific questions so that a satisfactory explanatory 'fit' is
obtained" using both induction and deduction, according to David Hackett
A Cato Institute press release. Note the authors' employer - State Street
Advisors, a large portfolio manager.
Doug
July 22, 1997
Objections to Social Security privatization don't withstand scrutiny
"The most common criticisms of a market-based retirement system are
unfounded," says
Robin Hahnel wrote:
Carla Feldpausch just completed her PHD thesis,"The Political Economy
of Chaos: Multiple Equilibria and Fractal Basin Boundaries in a Nonlinear
Envir
onmental Economy" with Walter Park (American University), Barkley Rosser
(James Madison Univerity), and Robert Blecker
Jim Devine wrote,
And why can't adduction play a role? (Adduction,
often spelled "abduction" (which sounds more fun), refers to figuring out
"answers to specific questions so that a satisfactory explanatory 'fit' is
obtained" using both induction and deduction, according to David Hackett
At 09:22 AM 7/22/97 -0700, Jim Craven wrote:
Maybe, just maybe, this discussion needs to be widened and deepened.
Plato once noted that "those who seek power are invariably the least
fit to wield it." No doubt the positions of power under capitalism--
and other systems--are largely dominated
At 06:20 AM 7/23/97 -0700, Anders Schneiderman wrote:
As sociologists and historians have shown, when women have dominated
positions of power over time (which is pretty rare), they are just as
capable of creating nasty hierarchies. However, their hierarchies are
differently structured--just
At 02:56 AM 7/23/97 -0700, you wrote:
It's relevant that Keynes doesn't condemn, here, the use of mathematics
in economics (as for him, he rather liked to have recourse to them up to
tautology), but that he implicitly accuses the lack of a conceptual
basis in economics, so much so that "the back
From: Anders Schneiderman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:11397] Sustainable Development, Complexity theory, and
Economics
I'm starting a new research project, and I need to get up to speed on the
latest thinking about sustainable development. Anybody have any reading
On Wed, July 23, 1997 at 06:21:02 (-0700) Anders Schneiderman writes:
I'm starting a new research project, and I need to get up to speed on the
latest thinking about sustainable development. Anybody have any reading
suggestions (particularly things I can find on-line, since the libraries in
Dear Penlrs,
I'm starting a new research project, and I need to get up to speed on the
latest thinking about sustainable development. Anybody have any reading
suggestions (particularly things I can find on-line, since the libraries in
Syracuse are fairly limited)? I'm trying to use ecology /
Dear Penlrs,
I'm starting a new research project, and I need to get up to speed on the
latest thinking about sustainable development. Anybody have any reading
suggestions (particularly things I can find on-line, since the libraries in
Syracuse are fairly limited)? I'm trying to use ecology /
It's relevant that Keynes doesn't condemn, here, the use of mathematics
in economics (as for him, he rather liked to have recourse to them up to
tautology), but that he implicitly accuses the lack of a conceptual
basis in economics, so much so that "the back of the head" is nothing
but a rough
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