Pope Scolds Capitalism in Cuba
By Victor L. Simpson
Associated Press Writer
Sunday, January 25, 1998; 2:29 p.m. EST
HAVANA (AP) -- This communist island is not exactly on
the verge of a free-market explosion, but there was Pope
John Paul II, warning against ``capitalist neoliberalism'' and
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Greetings,
I know there have been several discussions of the best place for a student
to start reading Marx and I thought I keep those posts. But I can't find
them.
So one more time. I am now in the wonderful situation of having a
student who wants to do an independent study on Marxist e
> dear max,
> by referring to dinosaurs and freaks, I was mocking the contemptuous way
> technocrats dismiss their opposition, how they so rudely brush people
> aside. Sorry the irony didn't come out. Don't send my address to the
Rakesh,
I'm sorry to say your irony was lost on me
entirely. I r
Folks,
I friend of mine called me up to tell me: "Did you read today's New York
Times!? Doug Henwood was quoted!"
Ohmygod! Has Pete Pasells been canned? Has Milt Freudenheim gone nuts? Has
Doug Henwood SOLD OUT BIGTIME???
Quick, I first scour the "Week In Review" section, No Doug quote
Dear Fellow pen-l'ers: if any of you are thinking of going or presenting
at the Easterns you may be interested in this: It realtes to the URPE
Imperilied Economy project:
Dear Comrades,
Per our discussion at the ASSA we will be able to have a panel of
proposed new Imperiled Economy papers at
Doug wrote:
> Why then is the U.S. capital/output ratio in a downtrend (I know, I know,
> this is by bourgeois measures) and the employment/population ratio in an
> uptrend?
>
1. Labor is cheap compared to capital. High wages will move this ratio
over time.
2. Computers and other investment h
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Brian Green wrote:
> What I AM saying is that Castro (and
> others in the Cuban leadership) have in the last few years begun to rely on
> the same excuses as rulers elsewhere to justify anti-popular and anti-worker
> legislation - namely, the logic of 'There is no alternativ
Just a quick followup to Bill's comments: I've heard apocryphal stories to
the effect that the Cuban government was encouraging women to prostitute
themselves outside the dollar stores so that visiting foreigners would be
encouraged to purchase imported luxuries for the women. This as a means of
g
>
>As I suspected, Sid and Brian Green are more interested in discussing how
>socialism can be achieved rather than the particular problems of the Cuban
>revolution.
Certainly I am very interested in the particulars of Cuba's current crisis
and reform; and certainly I am interested in concrete a
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Sid Shniad wrote:
> Query: given the outrageous hostility of the States and the enormous
> economic difficulties facing Cuba today, how does allowing (encouraging?)
> increased income differentials (to the point where women are forced into
> prostitution) help address the u
Tom Walker wrote:
>But
>with the increasing organic composition of capital, output becomes less and
>less a function of direct labour.
Why then is the U.S. capital/output ratio in a downtrend (I know, I know,
this is by bourgeois measures) and the employment/population ratio in an
uptrend?
Doug
>>But
>>with the increasing organic composition of capital, output becomes less and
>>less a function of direct labour.
Doug Henwood wrote,
>Why then is the U.S. capital/output ratio in a downtrend (I know, I know,
>this is by bourgeois measures) and the employment/population ratio in an
>uptre
john gulick wrote:
>What do pen-l'ers make of the argument propounded by pro-EMU social democrats
>that w/o EMU global financial markets will discipline expansionary/welfare
>initiatives, and at the very least w/EMU some weak version of EC-wide
>expansionary/welfare initiatives can be achieved, a
Thanks for encapsulating my thoughts on this subject, Jim. The left's
tradition of disagreeing by handing opponents their heads is, IMHO, one of
its enduring weaknesses.
I'd add to your description of the misuse of the term "dialectics", Jim,
the habit of labelling opponents "objectively ..." whe
> I prefer to deal with conjunctural problems, which lend themselves more to
> the historical materialist tradition I work within. I don't ever try to
> answer the question of how socialism can work. I am much more interested
> in, for example, trying to figure out whether in retrospect the Sandin
John Gulick wrote,
>Unless there is a massive increase
>in productivity . . .
Andy Pollack wrote,
>The productivity increase that's been happening for the last few decades
>is what makes possible a shorter workweek movement --
Rakesh Bhandari wrote,
>What is interesting is why productivity g
January 25, 1998
Troubled Waters
An oceanographer delivers a warning on the dangers facing the world's seas.
By THURSTON CLARKE
Can you imagine trying to impress friends and business associates by
ordering, say, breast of eagle in tarragon sauce, or tournedos of panda?
But you would probably
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:59:33 + john gulick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Another question: how do proponents of the 35-hour week in Italy,
>France, and >the Netherlands realistically think it will be possible to
pay workers >who >work only 35 hours for 40 hours' work ? Unless there
is a massi
1. Brian Green wrote: >>Louis, you entirely miss my point - lifting the
blockade is not going the be the death-knell of socialism in Cuba, because
any meaningful socialism is already dead! <<
Louis P. responded: >Either dead or alive... Either black or white... Either
good or bad... Learn to thin
Dennis,
No real disagreement with your comments on things in
the EU, but I would not get too exctatic about Eastern
Europe yet (although I have long touted Slovenia on this
and other lists). The immediate trigger to the decline in
Thailand, "alleged" epicenter of the Asian crash, was the
> Rakesh Bhandari wrote:
>
> >Tom, there has been a lot of talk about this odd coalition against US
> >participation in the IMF bail-out of South Korea, Indonesia, etc. Aside
> >from labor dinosaurs and eco-freaks, so rudely brushed aside by Rubin, who
> >are some of the powerful members this odd
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