Pen folk,
COuld someone help me refute this stuff. I take it to be part of the right
wing hype about the 'failure' of social security? But the thing about the
senators throws me. I wonder if this isn't an internet scam mailing?
Fwd: Want to get pissed?". [2001/02/01 19:46]
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The USSR quite sensibly backed off from nuclear war with the US over
Cuba--Khrushchev, unlike Kennedy, having more brains than testosterone. The
bet, not a crazy one, though wrong, in putting missiles in Cuba, was that
the US would respond sanely without
why worry about "surpluses that dont pan out"? who cares about ten years down
the road now? of course they wont pan out when the economy goes into recession,
incomes fall and tax revenues fall. the question is whether the surpluses will
disappear from "automatic stabilizers", i.e. due to rising
For all practical reasons, now may be worst than then
for ex-soviets and third-worlders simply because this
is a uni-polar world where there is no shelter from
those who practice the art of imperialism. Also,
Social welfare measurement that are based in some
measure on the Russell's paradox "at
Broder's a dork.
It would be much simpler to have a tax cut
that automatically expires in five years,
well within the horizon where present
surplus projections could accommodate
a tax cut.
Tuning the fiscal system to be more
counter-cyclical is more of a project.
I wish some worthy
With regard to the Cuban missile crisis, it is
perhaps worth noting that there were at least two
motives for Khrushchev putting the missiles in
Cuba. One was to respond to the US having put
missiles in Turkey. The other was in response to
pressure from Castro who we now know was begging]
Justin,
Believe me, I am not defending this. This
legislature and governor, to quote Al Gore,
thinks that it is facing "no controlling legal
authority."
As regards the wisecrack about virgins,
well, it has been awhile since they handed out
stickers here saying "Virginia is for
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With regard to the Cuban missile crisis, it is
perhaps worth noting that there were at least two
motives for Khrushchev putting the missiles in
Cuba. One was to respond to the US having put
missiles in Turkey. The other was in response to
pressure
always check out urban legends.com -- they're great for this crap!
Claim: Members of Congress receive lavish pensions but are not required
to contribute to the Social Security fund.
Status: False.
Origins: Before we launch into this latest piece of moral outrage, let's
synchronize our
Michael,
Fair enough.
Anybody out there know who was the first to identify
bunching specifically with technologically related investment
waves? Schumpeter did it in his 1911 Theorie der
Wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung (English translation, 1934,
The Theory of Economic Development). This
Whether the world, or the republics of the FSU, are better off with or
without the USSR is not an issue between Charles and myself--at least not
here. What we differ about is whether the foreign policy of the USSR was
self-interest, great power, and nationalistic, as I say, or was
Right, Barklay, I never suspected you of being a Virginian right wing nut. I
know the scene from the ground up; I grew up there. As to whether "there is
no difference," as a Nader supporter I never said so. Gore supporters,
however, and other fans of the Dems, have some explaining to do about
So was the second: it was good for the USSR to have a friendly country in
the hemisphere. What wouldn't have been in the USSR's interests was nuclear
war, but Khr didn't think that Kennedy was wacko enough to risk it over a
deployment that was the mirror image of the US deployment of Jupiters
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I would look at Harald Hagemann's work on the history of business cycle
theories. The debate in the 20s and 30s in German speaking countries between
the Austrians and the Kiel School focused on monetary theories of the cycle vs.
those approaches that viewed technological change (and the
At 11:03 AM 2/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
Tuning the fiscal system to be more
counter-cyclical is more of a project.
it seems that the folks in Washington, D.C. (Max excluded) have been
working to make the tax transfer system _less_ counter-cyclical during
the last 20 years or so.
Is there a
I apologize to those of you who don't live in the U.S. (but must live under
it) for the following. At least those who aren't yanquis can laugh at our
plight.
"Curiosity was framed. Ignorance killed the cat."
Among the more directly Bush stuff is the following:
"I survived the 2000 Election
At 10:58 AM 2/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
No, I do not welcome Dubya's "faith-based initiatives," and I fear that
Ashcroft is a sign of more nonsense to come.
the good news is that this kind of nonsense almost always provokes a backlash.
the bad news is that in the meantime, people will suffer.
* INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ECOLOGY SUMMER SCHOOL,
JULY 3-14, 2001
CHALLENGING CAPITALIST GLOBALIZATION:
TARGETS, OPPORTUNITIES, CONTRADICTIONS
Visiting Professor: Patrick Bond, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Course Description:
Using mainly a
The nice thing about the rebate check idea, of course, is that it ends up
being very progressive - a per person check that would give much less
proportionately to the wealthy. I wonder if the progressive Dems are smart
enough to grab onto the idea and push it hard. It seems like one that could
Justin,
Well, I am not going to pursue this one further
because it is a dead horse, but I will note that the
not a single Repug voted against either Ashcroft
or Norton while half of the Demoguoges
did against Norton and they went 42-8 against
Ashcroft. I hardly call the latter "voting
http://www.inthesetimes.com/web2506/baker2506a.html
By Dean Baker
Treasury Secretary-nominee Paul O'Neill can perhaps best be viewed as a
throwback to the old-fashioned breed of "enlightened industrialists" who
occupied the halls of power back in the '50s and '60s.
O'Neill was the CEO of
Well, according to David Ignatius in the Wash Post
about a week ago, one area where there may be some
interesting fireworks coming up involves international
finance. This is, of course, officially the purview of the
Treasury Dept., and O'Neill is widely viewed as having
no experience in
Yes. Prof. B. DeLong.
mbs
Is there a source where I can find estimates of changes in the degree to
which the Federal budget acts as an automatic stabilizer?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2001:
Released Today: "The Employment Situation: January 2001" indicates that
unemployment increased in January, and payroll employment rose by 268,000.
Construction employment increased by 145,000, after seasonal adjustment,
as unusual weather
No
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The California Assembly failed to pass the utility bailout last night
because of lack of Republican support for rate increases. Does this mean
California lefties will be voting Republican in the next election?
Economic Trends and Data
Economic Growth
What the New Year and New Administration Hold for Unions and the Economy (Jan. 11,
2001)
By LRA Executive Director Greg Tarpininan
The boom is over. The bubble has burst. And real economic forces are beginning to
assert themselves.
No one knows
Chrysler Workers Strike in Brazil
Labour Left Opposition - http://CLC_LO.listbot.com
Shocked by DaimlerChrysler's announcement on January 29 of its "turnaround
plan" for the Chrysler division, with job losses of 26,000 over the next
three years and the closure of six plants, the
of course Norton can sincerely say she is for "conservation", but what needs to
be added to that is that people like her, to the extent that they do care about
the environment, believe that "market" solutions are what is "best" for the
environment and that regulation and state intervention lead
from Hagemann's piece in the Lowe volume:
"Bouniatian also contributed to the evolution of the accelerator principle in
the economic literature. [in a footnote here, Hagemann writes that "the essence
of the accelerator principle can already be found in Carver (1903)"]. He argued
that
Brown, Martin (NCI) wrote:
When I first came to the DC area
I lived in Virginia for one year, in a rental townhouse neighborhood where
the majority of the residents were junior Pentagon officers (and their
ROTTEN, violence-prone kids). I quickly decided to move to the Maryland
side of the
My favorite isn't directly election applicable, but certainly related
considering the new administration:
"Ignorance Is Bliss Until You Get Pregnant." maggie coleman
Jim Devine wrote:
I apologize to those of you who don't live in the U.S. (but must live under
it) for the following. At least
My (unrelated) favorite is "we cheat the other guy so that we can pass the
savings on to you."
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JBDL:
" . . . If the government continues to run the surpluses the flood of
revenue from current tax laws looks likely to produce when there is no more
debt, the government will have to invest its surplus cash somewhere. The
only logical place is in the U.S. private sector: the U.S. government
L.A. Weekly February 2, 2001
Power to (and From) the People!
Why outright public ownership (and not just shares in Edison)
will solve the power crisis
by Harold Meyerson
As our new president and vice president see it, California's power
crisis is simply what happens when government meddles
The Vancouver Sun
February 2, 2001
Ottawa urged to intervene in hazardous waste dispute
Vancouver council worries that NAFTA undermines local governments
By Patricia Bailey
Consider this possibility: An American company will begin dumping
hazardous waste near Burnaby
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,432313,00.html
Germany to lead Europe against 'son of Star Wars'
Special report: George Bush's America
Edward Pilkington, Richard Norton-Taylor and John Hooper in Berlin
Friday February 2, 2001
Germany, the frontline of the US military
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