On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, James Devine wrote:
Anthony P D'Costa writes: The capacity of the "have nots" around the world
to absorb intolerable levels of living is almost infinite from the
perspective of those who "have". While it is a relevant question, bad air or
growth (and structural change),
Fred Weir's recent book (his co-author and the title of the work I'm
currently forgetting) argues that -- as it should be quite clear by now --
the USSR's
"transition" was ultimately led by a bloc of mid- and high-ranking nomenklatura
who knew they could make lots of money and wield lots of power
Living on the US West Coast, I receive the NATION magazine long after
everyone on the east coast. I received the Sept. 29 issue, which was
probably mailed on the 17th or the 20th, on Sept. 26. This means that I get
to enjoy life as if I were in a time machine.
Seemingly weeks after the official
Just to make things more complicated Where I live people bristle when
they hear US folk calling themselves "Americans". Remedies are not simple,
however. Typically, forwards to new books in English acknowledge this
problem and then go on to use "American" anyway since everything else is so
Anthony P D'Costa writes: The capacity of the "have nots" around the world
to absorb intolerable levels of living is almost infinite from the
perspective of those who "have". While it is a relevant question, bad air or
growth (and structural change), more people are caught up with growth and
The capacity of the "have nots" around the world to absorb intolerable
levels of living is almost infinite from the perspective of those
who "have". While it is a relevant question, bad air or growth (and
structural change), more people are caught up with growth and
notwithstanding the
Anyone interested in the issue of welfare reform should check out Barbara
Ehrenreich's article, "Spinning the Poor Into Gold," subtitled "How
corporations seek to profit from welfare reform," in the August issue of
Harper's. It's a dandy.
Sid Shniad
Folks,
Does anyone know who is publishing Bowles Edwards "Understanding
Capitalism?"
Thanks,
Jason
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 25 17:11 PDT 1997
From: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Fall of the USSR
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sid Shniad)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
Dollars and Sense
WHY DID THE USSR FALL?
THE PARTY ELITE, NOT THE MASSES, WANTED
I have a formatted electronic version of this article that Curtis sent me
(the original wasn't formatted). I can send it to Pen or to Rebecca.
Sid Shniad
See July/August _Dollars and Sense_ "Why Did the USSR Fall?" You might take
a look at the topic Big Government vs Privatization in
I'm no expert in this area, but I was mightily impressed by Bill Tabb's
book on Japan. (THE JAPANESE POSTWAR SYSTEM, Oxford U Press) I'm using
it in my intro political economy class for the second year.
Peter Dorman
The author of the book is Jon Halliday, not Fred Haliday. It is called "A
Political History of Japanese Capitalism" and it is indeed well worth
reading.
Marty Hart-Landsberg
On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Louis N Proyect wrote:
Fred Haliday wrote an interesting book on Japan's emerge as a major
Anthony P D'Costa wrote:
Growing unemployment? Where? The S'pore PM wants foreigners to drive
the economy, obviously under a controlled system. The govt is worried
that Singapore's won't be reproducing itself so the govt is getting
educated people together (matchmaking through the internet)!
On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Anthony P D'Costa wrote:
Growing unemployment? Where? The S'pore PM wants foreigners to drive
the economy, obviously under a controlled system. The govt is worried
that Singapore's won't be reproducing itself so the govt is getting
educated people together
On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Romain Kroes wrote:
.. And it can be added that the growth rates associeted to the
"miracle" are widely made of a transferance process of activity from the
former traditional domestic productions to other ones that are now
devoted to export. Such a "miracle" is nothing
Growing unemployment? Where? The S'pore PM wants foreigners to drive
the economy, obviously under a controlled system. The govt is worried
that Singapore's won't be reproducing itself so the govt is getting
educated people together (matchmaking through the internet)! True, the
S'pore economy
James Devine wrote:
My impression is that the "economic miracles" of East Asia, including that
of market-Stalinist China, are based to a large extent on the grossest
abuses of the natural environment (not to mention of workers). Yes, I know
that the UK and US did likewise when they had
Quoth Ellen Dannin:
One of my colleagues who has worked on rights of indigenous peoples told
me that the preferred term was Indians and not Native Americans in the
eastern US as well as elsewhere for decades. He explained to me that the
predominant feeling was that the latter term was
Fred Haliday wrote an interesting book on Japan's emerge as a major
capitalist nation. Although I read it about 20 years ago, the arguments
remain vivid in my mind. The Japanese bourgeoisie made a political
decision to isolate itself from the West, unlike China. The literal
insular character of
It's my understanding that words like African American should not be
hyphenated when they are nouns and should be hyphenated when they are used
descriptively. Ex:
Mayor Giuliani is one of many Italian Americans.
That Italian-American conservative Giuliani is running a very nasty campaign.
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