George W. Bush -- one heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Ellen Frank wrote:
If you look at male/female ratios and average salaries
across all levels of education, its very clear that
the more a job entails actual teaching (as opposed to
lecturing about one's pet obsessions), the lower the pay
and status and the higher the percentage of women. Close
Friedman was right on about some of the reasons against such charitable
activities. Businesses are or should be driven by the profit motive whereas
this is not the aim of non-profit organisations. Business skills are those
which can generate profit and are different from the skills required in a
Does the provinicial law limit the Canadian federal government taking power ?
So, so what if there is no Constitutional guarantee of eminent domain ? You say your
post implied an obvious point , but then it was explicit about a misleading fact -
that the Constitution doesn't have an eminent
David Shemano wrote:
As I said several months ago, many on the Left seem in love with the idea of
a static economy/society. Doug's comment is Exhibit A.
I'm not. But I think we should ask many more qualitative questions
about "innovation" than we do, not to mention priorities in the
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There is no way any central planning board would ever approve what we are
witnessing.
(
CB: Members of the jury, I can rest my case for central planning based on the
description of dot.com companies and this conclusion in the argument of my
(from save wbai mailing list)
Credit: New York Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/daily/wbai307.htm
WBAI Spat In Congress
Rep. upset about being cut off during interview
by Peter Goodman Staff Writer
The bitter fight over control of listener-sponsored WBAI/99.5 FM is about
to spill onto the
what was Rep. Major Owens saying when they cut him off? (and does he have a
sibling named "Minor"?)
At 10:14 AM 03/07/2001 -0500, you wrote:
(from save wbai mailing list)
Credit: New York Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/daily/wbai307.htm
WBAI Spat In Congress
Rep. upset about being cut
awhile back Steve Philion wrote:
The US might be into long term investment then, with short term losses?
Reference the Yugoslavia bombing. In the short term it seemed thoroughly
irrational, since the population was solidly behind Milosevic and
anti-American during the civilian bombing
At 07:24 AM 3/7/01 -0800, you wrote:
what was Rep. Major Owens saying when they cut him off? (and does he have a
sibling named "Minor"?)
The audio transcript of the show is at: http://www.savepacifica.net. Utrice
Leid, the hand-picked Pacifica station manager, is horrific.
Louis Proyect
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: "Productivity and Costs, Fourth Quarter and Annual
Averages, 2000" indicates that revised fourth-quarter seasonally-adjusted
annual rates of productivity change -- as measured by output per hour of
all persons -- and revised
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Yoshie asks:
Do white workers gain _higher real wages better social programs_ by
practicing racism _even in the short term_?
Yes, I think they do. Bigotry in the work place pays off -- that is why
all those white men out there have lower unemployment
Keaney Michael wrote:
Louis recently complained with justification about the soft soap given to
Mexico's foreign minister Castaneda in the latest New Left Review. Last
night as I was wading through yet another piece by Stefan Collini I noticed
that Cockburn is listed as one of NLR's editorial
Well, the Classical Marxist school (Darity, Williams, et al) argues that
capitalists do not autonomously determine the composition of the divisions
within the working class, but rather that gendered and racially and ethnically
diverse workers participate in the process that distinguishes
the
At 08:39 PM 3/6/01 -0500, you wrote:
Two of Ted Kennedy's aides, Stephen Breyer and Phil Bakes, were apparently
involved with the antiwar movement at Harvard, in much the same manner as
Bill Clinton I suppose. For these two, the drive against airline regulation
was somehow akin to the 60s
Isn't Living Marxism now dead and the narcissistic controversialists
bankrupt, after the magazine was successfully sued? Among other things the
magazine said some ugly but true things about some media coverage in
Yugoslavia that could damage reputations. But under British law being true
may not
I would like to invite any PEN-Ler who is interested in a position dealing
with international programs to consider this opening at NMSU. Although the
position announcement states that a requirement is "a minimum of eight
years of administrative management experience" I am going to make a strong
Charles Brown wrote:
There is no way any central planning board would ever approve what we are
witnessing.
(
CB: Members of the jury, I can rest my case for central planning based on
the description of dot.com companies and this conclusion in the argument of
Doug Henwood wrote:
--
As I said several months ago, many on the Left seem in love with the idea
of
a static economy/society. Doug's comment is Exhibit A.
I'm not. But I think we should ask many more qualitative questions
about "innovation" than we do, not to mention
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Charles Brown wrote:
There is no way any central planning board would ever approve what we are
witnessing.
(
CB: Members of the jury, I can rest my case for central planning based on
the description of dot.com companies
David Shemano wrote:
I get your point, but I really think you are comparing apples and oranges.
All of the "public goods" you mention are exactly that -- goods -- and the
society needs to generate wealth to purchase those goods. Wealth creation
may not look orderly or tidy, but it is what it is
Bob McChesney has written extensively on media consolidation, democratic
media, and corporate/government control of the airwaves. This article
provides a framework for understanding how absolutely *irreplaceable* WBAI
is, because of the larger picture of media ownership and regulatory policy.
G'day all,
David Shemano wrote:
I get your point, but I really think you are comparing apples and oranges.
All of the "public goods" you mention are exactly that -- goods -- and the
society needs to generate wealth to purchase those goods. Wealth creation
may not look orderly or tidy,
Really have to get some shut-eye, but I've just had a peek at the front page
of today's paper. It's a real keeper.
72 points worth of AUSTRALIA HITS WALL!
'Negative growth of 0.6%, a neoliberal government (very suddenly) with the
lowest approval ratings any Australian government has ever
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Well, the Classical Marxist school (Darity, Williams, et al) argues that
capitalists do not autonomously determine the composition of the divisions
within the working class, but rather that gendered and racially and ethnically
diverse workers participate in
In reply to Doug Henwood:
--
I get your point, but I really think you are comparing apples and oranges.
All of the "public goods" you mention are exactly that -- goods -- and the
society needs to generate wealth to purchase those goods. Wealth creation
may not look
In reply to Rob Schaap:
Hope Dave's not arguing some of these public goods don't represent
investments
in yer actual wealth creation, either.
And as for 'revolutionising our lives for the better' - well, I think it is
high time ol' Epicurus was back in fashion
At 22:54 06/03/01 -0800, Michael Pugliese wrote:
http://nuance.dhs.org/lbo-talk/0005/0270.html
We do not know whether the coup portends a change of editorial
direction for NLR.
How does this look 7 years on? Any comments.
Chris Burford
David Shemano wrote:
The wealthier a society is, the more able it is to afford a generous social
welfare system. In the future, assuming the economy grows, it will be
better able to afford the present level of benefits. Is this controversial?
It seems to me that if you are a believer in a big
Hate to disappoint you, but I doubt very heavily that the public goods Doug
mentioned make any significant contribution to economic growth.
Well, in some parts of the world health, education and communications still
come under the 'public goods' category. And anyway, even Eddie Luttwak
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The wealthier a society is, the more able it is to afford a generous social
welfare system. In the future, assuming the economy grows, it will be
better able to afford the present level of benefits. Is this controversial?
(((
CB: Highly
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2001:
Nonfarm business sector productivity growth was revised downward to a 2.2
percent annual rate of increase for the fourth quarter of 2000 as unit
labor costs rose to a 4.3 percent rate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reports. Productivity
By the way, several Luxembourg Income Study working papers examined
the relations between the generosity of social spending and economic
growth and found little or none. But even if there were, I'd prefer a
society where people don't starve on the sidewalk to one where growth
was 0.2 points
Hi Charles -
Two preliminary points. On the term "Classical Marxist" I use the term to
describe this group not to say they are the "one, true" Marxists but because,
first, that is what they call themselves, and second, to distinguish their
position from the neo-Marxist one. Neo-Marxists tend to
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So I am not
saying that anyone is the "true" Marxists, of course there are other contending
perspectives. Classical, orthodox, fundamentalist, whatever.
CB: Thanks for the outline of those schools of thought. I didn't think you were
I would like to apply David's logic to
people. I would like to see is welcome
massive investment in people, making
sure every child has a good chance to
succeed. No more of distributing
education on the basis of the ability to
buy a good house.
Just like the dot.com's, somebody
investments
In reply to Doug Henwood:
---
The wealthier a society is, the more able it is to afford a generous social
welfare system. In the future, assuming the economy grows, it will be
better able to afford the present level of benefits. Is this
controversial?
It seems to me
David wouldn't mind this on a free enterprise basis. Let everyone convince
some porivate individual to make an investment in her! See, George II did it
with George I Barb, and now he's Prez, despite being a moron. Tyrone and
Juanita, unfortunately for themselves, could not persuade anyone to
In rely to Michael Perelman:
-
I would like to apply David's logic to
people. I would like to see is welcome
massive investment in people, making
sure every child has a good chance to
succeed. No more of distributing
education on the basis of the ability to
buy
Doug had written: So it's ok to piss away scores of billions in IPO money
because some virtuous innovation might result, but it's not ok to have a
public health insurance system, subsidized child care, or a decent minimum
income. The latter are wasteful, while the former is a reasonable price
-
Way to go out on a limb -- take a provocative position against starvation
in
the streets. Is that how you see your ideological opponents -- they would
rather have .2 more growth than an end to hunger?
I'm afraid so, David. Doug puts it more pithily and sharply
Justin Schwartz wrote:
Way to go out on a limb -- take a provocative position against starvation in
the streets. Is that how you see your ideological opponents -- they would
rather have .2 more growth than an end to hunger?
I'm afraid so, David. Doug puts it more pithily and sharply than
I just whipped off a response to a
negative review of a book of mine. I
finally show it to you for comments
before I submitted it. I will probably
send it off tomorrow morning show any
quick reviews would be appreciated.
Greg Clark gave my book, The Invention
of Capitalism, a good-natured,
Well, David, your proposal might help the birth rate, but I don't think that it
would help education much. The point of the New York Times article was that
without infrastructural support, money spent on education might not help the
most disadvantaged.
David Shemano wrote:
Here is a
Hey, I know I'm kind of slow on this one, but my article was mentioned in
the November/December 2000 issue. In "Doing Something About Long Hours",
Lonnie Golden and Deb Figart presented an overview of the analysis
contained in their book, "Working Time: International Trends, Theory and
Policy
Whatever else, I got a kick out of Greg Clark dubbing Michael "the Chico
Marx".
Tom Walker
(604) 947-2213
Martin Bronfenbrenner used that line all the time.
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 03:58:59PM -0800, Timework Web wrote:
Whatever else, I got a kick out of Greg Clark dubbing Michael "the Chico
Marx".
Tom Walker
(604) 947-2213
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State
Dear Friends,
I am pleased to report that I returned several days ago from a weekend of
inspiring protest and national organizing at the Mar. 2-Mar. 4 Pacifica
National Board meeting in Houston.
More than 100 listeners flew into Houston from all around the country to
join with hundreds of
Michael, a bad Typo.
You write:
The Corn Laws also caught up innocent
people. Wealthy landowners installed
lethal spring guns and man traps to
protect their game from poachers. Many
of the victims of these instruments were
children just playing outside.
Obviously you mean Game Laws.
Carrol
Michael, I gues your critic never read Marx himself. The political
economists obviously had class biases. By the time of hacks like
Senior, they were so openly pro-capitalist, that Marx correctly called
them vulgar economists. As usual, Michael, you are too kind to this
critic.
Michael Yates
I think the rebuttal is excellent, especially since it addresses one of
my pet peeves -- that academics and researchers like Greg Clark tend to
assess the nineteenth century with twentieth century perceptions. and,
one of the things I like about your work, Michael, is that you attempt
to put
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awhile back, Chris B. wrote:
But I do think we have to grasp the nettle that every so often - certainly
in the 20th century - there are times when what was objectively in the
interests of the struggle world wide did not conform with the subjective
aspirations of
I agree that from an objective position racism is irrational and does not
provide a long term benefit to anyone -- but, I think that many, many workers
(I hesitate to say majority) see that it is in their short term interests to
practice discrimination. Where workers have their consciousness
Charles, I agree that it is the bosses who do the hiring, but to say they are the only
racists in the system is naive at best. Take the phone co., for instance, 90% of
their almost all white, all male management comes from within the ranks of the
technicians. Getting promoted is a matter of
Published on Wednesday, March 7, 2001 in the Guardian of London
US Test Failings Make Weapons 'Unreliable'
Pentagon Report Lambasts Missile Shield Evaluation
by Martin Kettle in Washington
Reduced and inadequate testing has led to a serious decline in the reliability
of US weapons, a Pentagon
Maggie says that racism is irrational and ingrained. Of course, she is correct.
Part of the problem is that the right is so much better than we are in capturing
people's imagination. Somehow I would like to think that we could work out a way
that we could talk to people in a way that they
Margaret Coleman wrote:
I agree that from an objective position racism is irrational and does not
provide a long term benefit to anyone -- but, I think that many, many workers
(I hesitate to say majority) see that it is in their short term interests to
practice discrimination.
I think
I have a t-shirt showing the three Marx Bros (the famous ones) Karl, with
the slogan, "Sure, I'm a Marxist!"
Me, I wouldn't want to belong to any party thatw ould have me. And what
makes wage slaves? Wages! (There's for you, David, S.)
--jks
Whatever else, I got a kick out of Greg Clark
Maggie says that racism is irrational and ingrained. Of course, she
is correct.
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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As is sexism. That being said, was the repeal of the ergonomics standards
Ken Hanly wrote:
Isn't Living Marxism now dead and the narcissistic controversialists
bankrupt, after the magazine was successfully sued? Among other things the
magazine said some ugly but true things about some media coverage in
Yugoslavia that could damage reputations. But under British law
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