In a message dated 98-02-07 14:58:21 EST, you write:
But what about the reputation of
mathematicians and computer whizzes as emotion-free nerds?
Seriously, though, do you have a reference for this research?
Walter Daum
CCNY/Math
Sorry Walter, these both came from news programs I was
Today, 2/8/98, the Sunday L.A. TIMES book review section has a review of
Doug Henwood's WALL STREET, a symposium on the COMMUNIST MANIFESTO with the
lead essay by Eric Hobsbawm, a review of David Noble's THE RELIGION OF
TECHNOLOGY by David S. Landes, reviews by Robert Heilbroner Christopher
Since it is quite likely that the Workers World Party is the largest
"Marxist-Leninist" group in the USA today, it is of some consequence that
its founder Sam Marcy died last week at the age of 86. Marcy's childhood
was spent in a Russian shtetl, where extreme poverty forced his parents to
dress
friends,
I just read the last issue of Left Business Observer. There are excellent
articles on the Asian crisis, the U.S. economy, and much more. Worth a look and
a subscription! Before Harry Magdoff and Paul Sweezy got so old, Monthly Review
used to feature such articles in the "Review of
James Devine wrote:
a symposium on the COMMUNIST MANIFESTO with the
lead essay by Eric Hobsbawm
A good day for Verso in LA, evidently. This no doubt is a spinoff from the
150th Anniversary edition of the CM that Verso's publishing in the spring,
with an intro by Hobsbawm. I haven't seen the
mentioned by Jim Devine is reachable at the extension /HOME/NEWS/BOOKS/.
Here are a few choice pieces.
Sunday, February 8, 1998
Bull and Bear
WALL STREET: A
Doug,
I think that you are overreacting here to phraseology.
Yes, I realize that "interacting particles" can sound
pretty awful, miniscule even. But as noted these agents
react to each other and learn from and about each other.
There is nothing in the approach that says the agents have
Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote:
Doug,
You are interested in analyzing capitalism aren't you?
It's a system isn't it?
Also, you are one of the most intrepid and capable
data wonks in cyberspace. Why the sudden horror of data?
Look, I have nothing against analyzing society
Rob Schaap wrote,
And anyway, am I right in thinking the whole notion of the accelerator (or
has this notion too been consigned to the dustbin of history in academic
economics?) inextricably links the two (for however one might wish to link
them, linked they most certainly must be)?
The author
Lovely post as usual, Tom,
On one point though:
4. In what sense are "creating wealth" and "creating jobs" alternative foci
for government?
And anyway, am I right in thinking the whole notion of the accelerator (or
has this notion too been consigned to the dustbin of history in academic
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