[PEN-L:181] Re: Re: In Response to Jim Devine's Question

G'day Jim, Mike Boddhi, I'm a Galbraith fan too. And I'm very much with Jim on the mortal cost progressives pay in terms of credibility, solidarity, and potency when we waste ourselves on sectarian name-calling in these tumultuous, bemusing and socially conservative (albeit more defensively

[PEN-L:182] Re: Re: Re: In Response to Jim Devine's Question

C. Schaap, I'm not sure how you mean to apply this quote to the present. Would you focus us a little? peace

[PEN-L:183] urgent appeal for monthly review press

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --4A98167E4C10FB6D762D0026 Dear friends, Since the early 1950s, Monthly Review Press has been publishing some of the best books on the left. From classics such as "Labor and Monopoly Capital" and "Monopoly Capital" to timely works such

[PEN-L:186] James Galbraith on-line Seminar

Dear Pen-lers Seminar on Created Unequal with James K. Galbraith Jamie Galbraith online in a pkt (post Keynesian thought) Seminar October 26 to November 2, 1998. Welcome is the latest of a series of on-line seminars conducted under pkt-seminars. Our current seminar features James Galbraith,

[PEN-L:188] Re: urgent appeal for monthly review press

While you are at it, subscribe to the magazine. Monthly Review magazine is one of the best left journals in the world. And one of the best journals left in the world. We just had a rousing round of debate here with a group who read the issue on the 150th anniv. of the Manifesto. The issue

[PEN-L:189] NY Review article on the economy

Wall Street Blues LEON LEVY and JEFF MADRICK October 8, 1998 Leon Levy started his career on Wall Street as a security analyst and became a partner in Oppenheimer Co., then a small brokerage firm, in 1951. He and his partner, Jack Nash, built the firm into one of the leading brokerage and

[PEN-L:193] Citicorp-Travelers Merger

A bit back I remember some incensed comment about the Citicorp-Travelers Merger. It seems they announced the merger prior to securing approval from Washington regulators; and the announcement was seen as a move to force Washtington's hand. Well, it seem it didn't take much forcing. 5-0 vote

[PEN-L:195] Fidel's Greeting

Last spring someone sent out Fidel's speech delivered as a welcome to the Pope. Does anyone have that handy to send to me very soon, or know where I can get it quickly? - John Exdell, Philosopohy, Kansas State University

[PEN-L:202] Re: Mothers of River City...

Good sleuthing, Doug. I momentarily forgot the maxim that if it's too good to be true . . . it probably isn't. No no no this is a hoax. I confirmed it on the phone with 60 Minutes this morning. The only part of it that's true is that Sawyer was with 60M in 1987. They did no segment with him

[PEN-L:199] Bailing out the big boys

The New York Times has an article suggesting that now the Fed is considering bailing out a bid Hedge fund, Long-Term Capital Among the founders are Merton and Scholes -- winners of the "Nobel Prize" in economics. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA

[PEN-L:201] Re: Re: NY Review article on the economy

Could you supply an exact source? I would like to follow this up. boddhisatva wrote: To whom..., My reaction to Levy's point about Japanese capital investment is that it was true some time ago but not, apparently, today. The Nikkei news service reported that U.S.

[PEN-L:194] Two reports highlight the growth of global

I got this from "http://www.wsws.org/news/" Regards Frank WSWS : News Analysis : Medicine Health Two reports highlight the growth of global poverty and ill-health By Tania Kent 23 September

[PEN-L:192] Re: Re: Mothers of River City...

No no no this is a hoax. I confirmed it on the phone with 60 Minutes this morning. The only part of it that's true is that Sawyer was with 60M in 1987. They did no segment with him or on porno that year. And by denouncing it I'm citing it but what can you do? Doug Tom Walker wrote:

[PEN-L:191] Re: Mothers of River City...

Here's another telltale sign: "Public media should not contain explicit or implied descriptions of sex acts. Our society should be purged of the perverts who provide the media with pornographic material while pretending it has some redeeming social value under the public's 'right to know.'"

[PEN-L:190] BLS Daily Report

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDE72B.00E05E60 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The number of employed youth increased by 2.5 million

[PEN-L:187] Russia: Unemployment rising/Communists desperate for votes

RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 184, Part I, 23 September 1998 RUSSIAN UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASING. Russia's financial crisis is already impacting on the labor market, according to "Kommersant-Daily" on 22 September. The newspaper predicts that between 500,000 and 1 million people across the country will

[PEN-L:184] Re: urgent appeal for monthly review press

I plan to send in $100 myself. Mike Yates, Doug Henwood and Gary MacLennan--all stalwarts of this mailing-list--have all published in MR. It is no secret that I am very close to MR politically and hope to have something published in there one of these days myself. The importance of MR is not