"One of the hangovers from Southeast Asia's boom turned bust is what to do
about the millions of foreign workers who helped make the economic miracle
happen--but who now find themselves political dead weight. Thailand and
Malaysia, once the region's favorite destinations for Indonesians,
Tom thanks for forwarding this informative summary on the intensifying economic
meltdown in East Asia. You wouldn't know that things were getting worse and
worse if you relied on pen-l postings alone the last few days.
John Gulick
Ph. D. Candidate
Sociology Graduate Program
University of
Yes to land rights! No to uranium mining!
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The Zulus a few years ago and the Nubians a few months ago -- both of
them tribes in which gentile institutions have not yet died out -- did what
no European army can do. Armed only with lances and spears, without
firearms, under a hail of bullets from the breech-loaders of the English
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Michael Perelman wrote:
Does anybody have any thoughts on the critique of the IMF by Stiglitz
and Sachs -- that the IMF is creating a deflationary economy to save the
banks?
This is speculation based on no solid information, but the World Bank funds
lots of infrastructure projects that provide
Michael Perelman wrote:Does anybody have any thoughts on the critique of
the IMF by Stiglitz and Sachs -- that the IMF is creating a deflationary
economy to save the banks?
Rakesh asks: There is still faith in the Keynesian panacea?
Though I don't know the content of the SS critique, my guess
At 05:03 PM 1/8/98 +, Jim Craven wrote:
Response: No Bill, you just don't understand, the theoreticians,
backed up with data/theory mining and anecdotes from some of the
"high class" and "educated" sex workers (proletarians) have it all
figured out.
etc.
There is no reason for getting
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 15:34:05 +1100
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To: Tracy Quan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: In a NUTshell
Dear Tracy,
Please forward my comments on to the appropriate list.
Jim Craven wrote:
So of course a few hookers who attempt to sanitize it all with the
title sex
At 04:05 PM 1/8/98 -0800, Bill Burgess wrote:
This is not only too much faith in the equality of buyer and seller in the
market, it is too bleak a view of most (physical and emotional) relations
between men and women to be taken seriously.
It is not the matter of faith in the market, but of
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At 05:39 AM 1/9/98 -0600, valis wrote:
Coming back to a lot of wheel-spinning after ~10 hours offline, I ought to
agree, but it seems that everyone has talked around the core issue of sex-
as-commodity, holding to different points with varying degrees of fervor.
Suppose we retire this volatile
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But just as these privileged few don't speak for
me (also one of the "privileged few" in relative terms) and certainly
do not speak for the part-time teachers or the grounds keepers, so no
hooker from Canberra can speak
Quoth john gulick:
Tom thanks for forwarding this informative summary on the intensifying economic
meltdown in East Asia. You wouldn't know that things were getting worse and
worse if you relied on pen-l postings alone the last few days.
Amen, John, and you could include the American media in
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 00:19:05 +
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From: Dave Riley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Asia Pacific Conference :UPDATE
Discount registration for the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference to end
soon.
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Don't worry. 1998 is just 1989 with the last two digits reversed.
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From:
I lived in Puerto Rico 1983-86 and worked as a Senior Planner for the
Planning Board of the Office of the Governor of P.R. My original
assignment was to work as a project leader restructuring and
examining the input-output system used for planning and forecasting
estimates.
After some time I
As a planner for the City of Berkeley I can attest to the
usefulness of "schmoozing", almost however it is defined. It's
about anything from gossip and meaningful information shared
(i.e., facilitating the integrative coordination of divided
labor), to ladder climbing. But then it's also really
Quoth Michael Perelman without the merest thought of punning:
I don't know about the rest of you, but the arguments seem to be
recycling. Susan's belated mention of gender was the only new thread.
Should we put this one to bed?
Coming back to a lot of wheel-spinning after ~10 hours
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