Query: Parents-children income relationship

1997-11-14 Thread Fellows, Jeffrey
Anyone have good references on the relationship between the incomes of children and their parents. Said differently, are their any good empirical pieces on intergenerational class mobility? Jeff Fellows Prevention Effectiveness Fellow Division of Violence Prevention NCIPC, CDC Atlanta, GA

Re: Anyone Know Ed Herman's E-Mail Address

1997-11-14 Thread Michael Perelman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Book announcement

1997-11-14 Thread Jim Davis
In said book, Caffentzis ("Why machines cannot create value, or, Marx's theory of machines") notes that the significance of the Turing machine is that, with a few notable exceptions, any mental activity can in theory be automated. Whether the technology is yet available to automate a given task,

anti-Microsoft campaign

1997-11-14 Thread john gulick
What's this I see/read ? Nader teams up with millionare high-tech executives to condemn Bill Gates and the Microsoft monopoly ? The CEO of Sun Microsystems issues a ringing defense of the "night watchman" state, one of its functions being trust-busting (the others being national defense, civil

Re: Working-class kitsch

1997-11-14 Thread tom wood
On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, John Gulick wrote, in part: Here in S.F. where I live, young white men who _look_ like Michael Moore's stereotyped depictions of the working class (bowling shirts, tattoos, into car repair, etc.) are rarely themselves from a working-class background, hold working-class

Re: anti-Microsoft campaign

1997-11-14 Thread Louis Proyect
I am on a mailing-list devoted to the conference which just ended. The spleen directed at Bill Gates from Linux, OS2, Mac enthusiasts would put any sectarian leftist to shame. Fascinating stuff. I'll crosspost something of interest if it comes my way. Louis P. At 01:07 PM 11/14/97 +, you

Iraq Opposes U.N. Resolution

1997-11-14 Thread Shawgi A. Tell
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf pointed out on Wednesday that U.S. military planes had violated Iraq's air space 984 times since October 29. The U.N. has not explained how these incursions into Iraqi airspace are part of "U.N. inspection" of Iraqi arms production facilities.

help - on livable wage campaigns -Re

1997-11-14 Thread Tim Stroshane
Berkeley will shortly propose that the City study the feasibility of a living wage ordinance. I would appreciate receiving your testimony before the Chicago City Council, Mr. Baiman. Thanks. Tim Stroshane City of Berkeley Housing Department 2201 Dwight Way, 2nd Floor Berkeley, CA 94704

Vetting the Mighty Sixth

1997-11-14 Thread valis
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Dennis R Redmond wrote re Iraq, in part: -- what's a Government for, if not to create markets for the capitalists it serves? Anyone got any figures on proposed U.S. military spending for the 1997-2002 period, and how much [of] that goes directly to the contractors? No

Russia in the Fall of 1997 (fwd)

1997-11-14 Thread Michael Perelman
Forwarded message: Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 21:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "LYNN TURGEON, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ECONOMICS, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, [EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: POST-KEYNESIAN THOUGHT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Russia in

Re: Commerce Clause Question

1997-11-14 Thread Eugene P. Coyle
When and in what case did the Supreme Court expand the commerce clause of the Constitution to overrule state regulation of corporations? Can somebody point me to a good discussion of that issue, particularly as it relates to the effort to give the World Trade Organization authority to overrule

Re: U.S. Continues To Reserve Right To Attack Iraq

1997-11-14 Thread Dennis R Redmond
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Shawgi A. Tell wrote: After the vote in the Security Council to impose travel restrictions on Iraqis responsible for non-compliance with UN Resolutions (see item on p. 3) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson told reporters, "The message has been clear.

Re: Book announcement

1997-11-14 Thread Dennis R Redmond
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Hsin-Hsing Chen wrote: ...But the idea of the FMS is NOT "laborless production system" in today's business-school textbook. Instead, it is even more "labor intensive," in terms of the importance of human intervention in the production process, than the comic-book version

U.S. Continues To Reserve Right To Attack Iraq

1997-11-14 Thread Shawgi A. Tell
After the vote in the Security Council to impose travel restrictions on Iraqis responsible for non-compliance with UN Resolutions (see item on p. 3) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson told reporters, "The message has been clear. Iraq must comply or face consequences. We are

Re: michael moore

1997-11-14 Thread Gil Skillman
Hi, Ellen. Good response. Gil I sent the following letter to the Nation, regarding Michael Moore's piece. --Ellen Frank OK, Michael. If we're going to start down this road of name-calling and downright cantankerousness, maybe you and the little lady from Sears

michael moore

1997-11-14 Thread T1EFRANK
I sent the following letter to the Nation, regarding Michael Moore's piece. --Ellen Frank OK, Michael. If we're going to start down this road of name-calling and downright cantankerousness, maybe you and the little lady from Sears should think on this.

Anyone Know Ed Herman's E-Mail Address

1997-11-14 Thread JayHecht
Folks, Does Ed Herman have an e-mail address? Jason

Re: Commerce Clause Question

1997-11-14 Thread William S. Lear
On Fri, November 14, 1997 at 08:00:01 (-0600) J Cullen writes: When and in what case did the Supreme Court expand the commerce clause of the Constitution to overrule state regulation of corporations? Can somebody point me to a good discussion of that issue, particularly as it relates to the

Re: Book announcement

1997-11-14 Thread Hsin-Hsing Chen
++ A robot can build a car. But a robot cannot buy a car... The explosion in the development of computer- and robotic-based manufacturing is seeing the rapid expansion of laborless production systems. Robots can NOT (presently)