Hey, Tom - I've read this one! Won't pretend I'm across all of it, but I
certainly felt breathlessly close to something big while I had my beak
buried in it. So what are we talking about? That we should disagree with
Panglosses and those who belabour us with all that a priori difference
stuff?
At 05:33 AM 11/5/00 +, you wrote:
they'll make it a state's rights issue, if they can. unlikely. OR,
they'll uphold rulings that will steadily eke away at the right to abortion
on demand.
This is what they have been doing. There isn't much that O'Connor finds to
be an "undue burden."
At 10:47 AM 11/04/2000 -0500, I wrote:
Some here have said that if Bush gets
the White House, he'll probably have a recession
to deal with right away.
Jim wrote:
what if President Gore has to deal with a recession, especially since he
seems to worship Herbert Hoover's fiscal policy?
Jim
Has anybody looked at the Bernanke/Frank intro. book? I just glanced at
it, but it seems like it might be ok.
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I just got my copy yesterday...
Brad DeLong
I don't think cattle producers are doing well. The prolem is that the meat
packing industry is hightly concentrated. I do not understand the first 2
sentences that you wrote below.
Ken Hanly wrote:
The farm crisis has little to do with free market capitalism per se. The
crisis is partly
kelley said on 11/5/00 7:43 A
poor wording on my part. i got the impression that someone was laboring
under the notion that overturning roe v wade would mean outlawing abortion.
that's not what it would mean, as you know.
When "someone" suggested that disposing of a functional tool would be
What about your text? Will you rely on AS/AD in macro?
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 08:08:08AM -0800, Brad De Long wrote:
Has anybody looked at the Bernanke/Frank intro. book? I just glanced at
it, but it seems like it might be ok.
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At 08:48 AM 11/5/00 -0800, martin schiller wrote:
kelley said on 11/5/00 7:43 A
poor wording on my part. i got the impression that someone was laboring
under the notion that overturning roe v wade would mean outlawing abortion.
that's not what it would mean, as you know.
When "someone"
like a stopped clock, maybe Rifkin is right twice a day
(BTW, here's a novel reason to vote for Al Gore [if you're lucky enough to
be an Amurrican}: he might re-appoint pen-l's Brad deLong as
under-secretary of the Treasury, while maybe Brad learned something from
us! ;-))
At 10:37 PM
In what way is abortion a "proven issue"?
Andrew Austin
Green Bay WI
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Austin, Andrew said on 11/4/00 4:31 P
At 08:54 AM 11/05/2000 -0800, you wrote:
Has anybody looked at the Bernanke/Frank intro. book? I just glanced at
it, but it seems like it might be ok.
I think I know that one. One thing I noticed was that it doesn't showcase
the Frank Cook's theory about winner-take-all markets (if it's
kelley said on 11/5/00 10:10 A
i honestly thought you were laboring under that impression since you
seemed to think that it would be so damaging to the GOP. disposing of the
abortion issue is no big deal. it is something that GOP would *like* to
get rid of. it isn't that much of a tool
Austin, Andrew said on 11/5/00 9:36 A
In what way is abortion a "proven issue"?
The GOP have historically used the issue to draw the christian alliances
into their camp by suggesting that they are the party of pro-life. If the
issue becomes a states rights issue the christian alliances would
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Max Sawicky wrote:
If I was king of the labor movement, I would devote
all electoral resources to Congress. At least for the
time being, the WH is a lost cause.
And, as every schoolchild knows, the executive branch is the
executive committee of the bourgeoisie. The legislative branch is a
Jim, you are correct. That is the current fashion. I think all the books do
that.
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 09:37:19AM -0800, Jim Devine wrote:
At 08:54 AM 11/05/2000 -0800, you wrote:
Has anybody looked at the Bernanke/Frank intro. book? I just glanced at
it, but it seems like it might
Another tool already exists: a constitutional amendment protecting the
unborn. Once several states criminalize abortion (and we could rattle off
several who would move immediately to outlaw abortion), the push for a
constitutional amendment will gain considerable momentum. Plus there is the
need
Just back from the Nader rally in D.C. Paid attendance
was reported at 12,000. The crowd was mostly young and white.
A few observations:
1. Content of the speeches was thoroughly internationalist. They
basically rung every bell in the left repertoire on foreign affairs,
tho I don't recall
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I've been thinking about this for a while (thanks!), and here's what I've come up with:
Betting markets make sense when (a) there are severe problems of incentive
compatibility among analysts, or (b) the problem is essentially one of aggregating vast
amounts of private information. (This
Thanks for the report, Max. Sounds like you're on board...
I think there is a big future for campaign finance reform, and in
retrospect I think the Greens didn't take full advantage of the issue.
Going back in time, here is what I would have advised:
1. Run Nader for president concurrently
Well cattle producers are doing well here. While the packing industry may be
becoming more concentrated, cattle are surely still sold at auction and
bidders compete. Prices for hogs are very high. There is a boom in hog barn
production.
I agree that my first two sentences might be regarded as
Rather than political vouchers, I would if like to see more noncommercial space
in the airwaves. Give candidates of all stripes an opportunity to make their
case to the public for radio and television. Hell, I actually love to see the
spectrum given back to some sort of public control. How can
How do you stop the rich from buying the things at a discount for cash and
giving them to their favorite political group or candidate? --jks
2. Push an approach based on citizen vouchers. Each citizen would receive
a voucher of equal value from the Treasury, financed via taxes. They would
be
Many European countries have public media space of this sort, and it is a marginal
improvement on US practices -- but only marginal. The major parties use their huge
financial advantage for all the other aspects of campaigning and continue to
dominate. Their power is often aided by the
You can't completely. It's a lot like vote-buying in general. You can have
laws, some oversight, and prevent the majority of it. Some will slip through
the cracks though.
If you can make the ideological point that voting for paid political speech is
like voting for political office in the
How do you bar the use of money by 'issue groups'
without contradicting the 1st amendment?
mbs
Thanks for the report, Max. Sounds like you're on board...
I think there is a big future for campaign finance reform, and in
retrospect I think the Greens didn't take full advantage of the
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