[PEN-L:12509] Re: Malaysia: Wall Street is to Blame

I'm still reeling from Friday's WSJ. See p.A2, "Rubin Says Global Investors Don't Suffer Enough." Rubin, the creator and chief propagandist of the Mexico bailout, is now noticing that by socializing losses, bailouts encourage the large portfolio flows that destabilize financially-open

[PEN-L:12510] Cuba: Communist Party Membership Growing

The number of people joining the Communist Party of Cuba is continuing to grow. Statistics published in the daily edition of Granma, the official organ of the Party, show that over thirty percent of Party members have joined in the past five years. The number of Party members has increased

[PEN-L:12512] FW: BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1997 Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits decreased by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 306,000 in the week ended Sept. 13, the Labor Department reports (Daily Labor Report, page D-8)_The number of Americans filing new claims for

[PEN-L:12515] Re: happy American toilers

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lies! Lies! Sample Bias! I'd like to know the breakdown by age, income, etc. Every year they do surveys of all the employees at my workplace, and: a) the people making good salaries are "satisfied" and b) everyone else is not! I have a strong suspicion that whatever

[PEN-L:12514] Re: Malaysia: Wall Street is to Blame

Robert Rubin probably now represents the "left" wing of the Clinton Administration. He was also the strongest sceptic on welfare "reform". -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 916-898-5321 916-898-5901 fax

[PEN-L:12518] M-I: Nazism in power (fwd)

We are having a pip of a debate over on Spoons about the Goldhagen book which blames anti-Semitism predating Hitler as the cause of the Holocaust. I am trying to provide a Marxist counter-analysis. You may find this post which deals with the Nazi relation to big business interesting. Louis P.

[PEN-L:12519] Re: Just how does Wall Street rule?

DOUG ORR wrote: My question: since corps don't get their capital from the stock market, why are they so entirely focused on the value of their outstanding stocks? Why does Wall Street rule? To start with, they're the owners. In the Golden Age, they didn't act like owners, but in a Bronze or

[PEN-L:12523] Re: Malaysia: Wall Street is to Blame

Any chance you can upload the article, Colin? Sid Shniad I'm still reeling from Friday's WSJ. See p.A2, "Rubin Says Global Investors Don't Suffer Enough." Rubin, the creator and chief propagandist of the Mexico bailout, is now noticing that by socializing losses, bailouts encourage

[PEN-L:12527] East Timor Arbitrary Detention (fwd)

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:36:40 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: East Timor Arbitrary Detention EAST TIMOR HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE 124 Napier St Fitzroy 3065 Australia PO BOX 1413 Collingwood 3066 Australia Tel: 61 3 9415 8225 Fax: 61 3 9416 2746 E-mail:

[PEN-L:12528] Best place to spot dictators (fwd)

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 19:17:13 -0700 Reply-To: ETAN-ALL [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Best place to spot dictators From this week's Georgia Straight annual "Best of Vancouver" survey: BEST PLACE TO SPOT DICTATORS University of

[PEN-L:12530] Re: Malaysia: Wall Street is to Blame

Sid Shniad wanted to see the WSJ article on Rubin. I loved entering the search phrase - "rubin suffered" - sort of like "Jesus wept." Doug The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition -- September 19, 1997 Rubin Wants Investors to Suffer When Emerging

[PEN-L:12531] Re: nature of culture

On Mon, September 22, 1997 at 07:42:32 (-0700) William S. Lear writes: When the racist University of Texas Law professor Leo Graglia ... That's "Leno", not "Leo". Letting my ears type for me again... Bill

[PEN-L:12534] Non-business as usual?

I am amazed at the lack of interest shown by all, not only the list's indefatigable anthropologists, in the UN's easy acceptance of a billion dollars from a media tycoon whose further ambitions are likely not limited even to this solar system. I always assumed, without any coaching from the

[PEN-L:12535] Help with course on poverty and discrimination

I have just been informed that I will be teaching an undergraduate course on the economics of poverty and discrimination. It will be in the Econ dept, but will have no prerequisites, so we can attract students from other depts. I taught this course many years ago, and used Schiller's book on

[PEN-L:12540] Fwd: Grim anniversary for MORDECHAI - 11 years in isolation

- Forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fredrik S. Heffermeh) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 97-09-22 11:39:18 EDT ** * Fredrik S. HEFFERMEHL

[PEN-L:12539] Re: Cultural Practice and its critique

RTw 09/22 0919 Indian woman arrested for sacrificing child Copyright, 1997 Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved. The following news report may not be republished or redistributed, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Reuters Ltd. PALIGUNJ, India, Sept 22 (Reuter) - A

[PEN-L:12538] re:culture

Thanks Ajit for the historical information. Yet I think your conception of culture is strictly descriptive in that it breaks down the term "culture" into a multiplicity of currents, thus disallowing any comprehensive theoretical assessment. Colin follows the same strategy. The idea is to

[PEN-L:12537] Malaysian Tigers, Rentier Poachers

On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Louis N Proyect wrote: Asia's Economic Tigers Growl at World Monetary Conference By DAVID E. SANGER HONG KONG -- After a decade of persuading nations to open their financial markets, American officials at a tense conclave in Hong Kong have run into a wall of

[PEN-L:12536] Challenging corporate rule

The Council of Canadians and the International Forum on Globalization in collaboration with the Polaris Institute present GLOBAL TEACH-IN Challenging Corporate Rule: A Citizens' Politics for the 21st Century November 7-9, 1997 University of Toronto Who's really in charge of this country

[PEN-L:12533] MAI and Cdn Liberals

_The Manitoban_, U of M's student rag, ran a story last week on MAI. Here's an excerpt: "Edwards [Canada's Assitant Deputy Minister for Trade and Economic Policy] admits that, to date, there have been no public consultations, but he doesn't feel they were necessary because 'we have, over the

[PEN-L:12532] Re: nature of culture

Just 3 notes re culture and critique. Ricardo writes: Yet the same people who say this have no hesitation castigating western culture for its "possessive individualism", "consumerism", "ethonocentrism" , and so on. 1. Edward Said (e.g. _Culture and Imperialism_) argues that in fact

[PEN-L:12529] John Sessions Memorial Award (fwd)

To all librarians working with the labor community! ---or with labor collections! Nominations are being sought for the JOHN SESSIONS MEMORIAL AWARD. This award recognizes a library or library system which has made significant efforts to work with the labor

[PEN-L:12525] re:culture

Date sent: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 00:48:02 -0700 (PDT) Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ajit Sinha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:12506] Re: nature of culture Ajit writes: I find myself closer to

[PEN-L:12526] Toward a general strike in Israel (fwd)

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 14:44:52 +0200 Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Eric Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Toward a general strike in Israel For the latest on the escalating

[PEN-L:12524] Re: Malaysia: Wall Street is to Blame

This is all very nice, but I didn't hear Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad complaining too loudly while the capital was flowing in. If you're going to ride the tiger Doug

[PEN-L:12522] Re: happy American toilers

At 11:14 PM 9/19/97 -0700, Maggie Coleman wrote: Bravo, spoke like a brilliant statistician!~ one question though, what are "symbol manipulators?" maggie coleman Most subscribers to this listserv and, for that matter, internet users will fit. wojtek sokolowski institute

[PEN-L:12520] Re: travels

Michael, If you can give me some idea about when you will be in the L.A. area, I would like to try to get you on campus for a talk -- I can probably get a few dollars as well, plus that old free lunch. For your wife, too. We have a hotel restaurant school here with a nice restaurant. I have

[PEN-L:12521] Re: POMO on Social Classes

Maggie and all, Please, please, please -- whoa. I didn't mean to start a conflagration here. My intent was simply to suggest that we -- myself included -- sometimes don't pay enough attention to what has already been written. I have a great deal of respect for all your postings and look

[PEN-L:12517] Re: happy American toilers

The recent issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives reports on a survey that indicates that people in the U.S. think that the economy is doing worse [including unemployment] than it really is. I think that these surveys are not particularly trustworthy. To some extent, people merely report

[PEN-L:12516] EPI Trade Reports; Clarification

The new NAFTA reports I advertised in my previous post are free of charge and can be downloaded or printed directly from our web site. They are there now. No need to e-mail EPI for copies unless you don't have access to the web. If you need to send e-mail, the address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:12513] New NAFTA Reports from EPI

New from EPI: NAFTA's Casualties: Employment Effects on Men, Women, and Minorities" NAFTA and the States: Job Destruction is Widespread" (Includes state-specific numbers) Both by Jesse Rothstein and Robert E. Scott. For more information, check our web site, EPINET.ORG For information on how

[PEN-L:12511] Public television again

Here is another PBS story. The Merrow report aired yesterday by the local PBS station in Maryland takes aim on the Philadelphia school "reform." The story boils down to the following: a white lawyer cum minister is appointed by the mayor as the school superintendent to reform the ailing school

[PEN-L:12508] Re: nature of culture

On Mon, September 22, 1997 at 00:48:02 (-0700) Ajit Sinha writes: I think the whole idea of having a "right" to critique or rather criticize other cultures from 'outside' is a bit problematic. If cultures are a living things, then you have got various currents in a

[PEN-L:12507] Malaysia: Wall Street is to Blame

September 22, 1997 Asia's Economic Tigers Growl at World Monetary Conference By DAVID E. SANGER HONG KONG -- After a decade of persuading nations to open their financial markets, American officials at a tense conclave in Hong Kong have run into a wall of resistance as angry Asian leaders

[PEN-L:12506] Re: nature of culture

At 09:05 19/09/97 -0700, you wrote: Clearly you're committed to dodging this, especially with these weird repeated assertions that the "real" issue is something else, a prefabricated duality you have set up around "ethnocentrism." So I'll stop asking. What is at stake here, at least for me, is

[PEN-L:12505] Privatization at the California State University System

Our Chancellor, Barry Munitz, once right hand man of the despoiler, Charles Hurzitz, is about to sign over all of the computer and satellite network system of the 19 campus system to a cosnurtium of large private companies. I only know the faintest details since everything has been shrouded in