Yugoslav social formations

2000-09-30 Thread Chris Burford
Perhaps illogically, I am far more sympathetic to Mugabe than to Milosevic in their anti-imperialist struggles, despite the fact that both of them are associated with significant human rights abuses. However it was quite clear at the time of the Kosova war that the West was specifically trying

Re: Was Eurocentrism (but might have been West Asian)

2000-09-30 Thread Brad DeLong
apropos the eurocentrism view of scientific, technological and capitalist origins, in a muslim forum i asked this question: "What happened to muslim science?", knowing that it and its accompanying technology were the most advanced in the world during the middle ages. i received a number of

Economics texts on the web

2000-09-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Every month or so I get a note from Rod Hay mentioning a new text that he has added to his web site. He has an extraordinary collection of economics texts. http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/ The collection of marx texts on the web is also invaluable. I also think of Bill Goffe's web

Re: Economics texts on the web

2000-09-30 Thread Eugene Coyle
I agree about the "thanks." Great work. Gene Coyle Michael Perelman wrote: Every month or so I get a note from Rod Hay mentioning a new text that he has added to his web site. He has an extraordinary collection of economics texts. http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/ The

Marc Linder responds

2000-09-30 Thread Michael Perelman
if ehrenberg has nothing on mandatory overtime in his textbook, it's not for lack of interest since he has written repeatedly on the subject. finally: the original listserve reference was to bls daily labor report: it's not bls, but bna (bureau of national affairs). i don't know whether someone

Re: Re: Was Eurocentrism (but might have been West Asian)

2000-09-30 Thread JKSCHW
In a message dated 9/30/00 12:02:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If Martin Luther had come along a century and a half later, there would have been no one in western Europe to develop Copernican physics after the trial of Galileo. It's certainly possible that

Finance after Banks

2000-09-30 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
[full article at http://www.chicago.tribune.com/business/businessnews/article/0,2669,ART-4722 1,FF.html ] Notion of traditional bank becoming obsolete By Melissa Allison Tribune Staff Writer September 30, 2000 The record-setting economy that has lifted personal incomes and enriched the

can you say hedge funds

2000-09-30 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
full article at http://www.chicago.tribune.com/business/columnists/barnhart/article/0,1122,A RT-47225,00.html Hedge funds' popularity in full bloom The stock boom has made more individuals eligible for the unconventional investment partnerships September 30, 2000 The near collapse of the

FSC legislation gets deadline extension

2000-09-30 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
full article http://cnews.tribune.com/news/tribune/story/0,1235,tribune-nation-77489,00.h tml U.S.-Europe deal averts Sunday deadline By Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press September 30, 2000 5:27 p.m. CDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- A last-minute agreement Saturday with the European Union gives

Sweatshop and Underpollution Question

2000-09-30 Thread Michael Perelman
If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in neoliberalism led to greater equality within nations and among nations? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel.

Re: Sweatshop and Underpollution Question

2000-09-30 Thread Brad De Long
If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in neoliberalism led to greater equality within nations and among nations? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel.

Re: Re: Sweatshop and Underpollution Question

2000-09-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Yes, my voice recognition software is not feeling good today. I am typing my response. Brad De Long wrote: If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in neoliberalism led to greater equality within nations

Re: Sweatshop and Underpollution Question

2000-09-30 Thread Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky
En relación a [PEN-L:2542] Sweatshop and Underpollution Questio, el 30 Sep 00, a las 16:37, Michael Perelman dijo: If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in neoliberalism led to greater equality within

Re: FSC legislation gets deadline extension

2000-09-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Does this mean that the US is backing off on bananas? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Paris Conference

2000-09-30 Thread Helen Kantarelis
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PAPERS. The 2001 Business Economics Society International Conference will be held in Paris / France (Hilton Paris Orly Hotel) July 22-26. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one or two papers, chair, moderator, discussant, or observer. The deadline for

The Internet Anti-Fascist: Friday, 29 Sep 2000 -- 4:79 (#472)

2000-09-30 Thread Paul Kneisel
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