Turkey and Central Asia

2001-11-02 Thread Karl Carlile
It has been reported that Turkey is sending in a small number of special troops for ground operations within Afghan territory. The Turkish state has a vested interest in seeing increased and prolonged US involvement in Central Asia. Clearly Turkey is making this military gesture as a means of

Ashcroft's prevaricating to get dragnet

2001-11-02 Thread Charles Brown
Ashcroft erred on Michigan terror links Justice officials admit no evidence ties three Detroit men to attacks By Gordon Trowbridge and David Shepardson / The Detroit News Nov. 2, 2001 What Atty. Gen. Ashcroft said Three Michigan men suspected of having knowledge of the Sept. 11th

microsoft DoJ reach agreement

2001-11-02 Thread ravi
since there has been interest on the list re: microsoft antitrust case, here is the latest: http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,48097,00.html U.S. vs. Microsoft: It's Over Reuters 6:30 a.m. Nov. 2, 2001 PST WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it had reached a

coddling Musharraf?

2001-11-02 Thread Ian Murray
http://www.outlookindia.com Still Humouring Musharraf? USA's Afghan Ops: critical analysis III: The save Musharraf whatever be his perfidies of the past syndrome, despite suggestions of a double game now, continues. B. Raman The use by the US of B-52 bombers for carpet bombing of the

Soon the US will have disappeareds

2001-11-02 Thread Ken Hanly
Foreigners are shackled, then jailed and denied their rights in FBI crackdown War on Terrorism: Investigation By Andrew Gumbel in Washington 02 November 2001 Internal links Golden Gate bridge is threatened, says Governor Foreigners are shackled, then jailed and denied their rights in FBI

Doha

2001-11-02 Thread Ian Murray
http://www.economictimes.com Biased document of the WTO history Sheila Mathrani GENEVA HONG KONG China's Ambassador Harbinson has achieved what other previous WTO General Council chairmen did not do in order to preserve the WTO's mandate as a consensus-based and rule-based organisation that

BLS Daily Report

2001-11-02 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2001: RELEASED TODAY: Employment fell sharply in October, and the unemployment rate jumped to 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 415,000 over the month, by far the largest

De Angelis on Keynes

2001-11-02 Thread Steve Diamond
Can anyone on the list direct me to good analyses or reviews of Massimo De Angelis' book on Keynes? Thank you. Stephen F. Diamond School of Law Santa Clara University [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: BLS Daily Report

2001-11-02 Thread William S. Lear
On Friday, November 2, 2001 at 14:39:57 (-0500) Richardson_D writes: ... The U.S. auto industry recorded its best month in history, using the lure of no-interest loans to boost sales 24.4 percent, but risking future damage to the companies' bottom line. None of the Detroit-area Big Three

Taliban/United Front alliance

2001-11-02 Thread Karl Carlile
Despite increased and more intensive bombings by Washington The National Islamic United Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (the United Front) now say that they cannot mount a ground attack on Taliban frontline positions until US carpet bombing is further increased. It is clear that

Concerns about nuclear scientists

2001-11-02 Thread Ken Hanly
From India Times US spooked by 'spirited' Pak nuclear scientist ASHINGTON: A Pakistani nuclear scientist who believes in specters, spirits and souls has spooked the American strategic and intelligence community. Sultan Bashir Mohammed, a top Pakistani nuclear expert now in custody for

Re: BLS Daily Report

2001-11-02 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:39 PM 11/2/01 -0500, you wrote: One government measure shows that deflation is here, says Floyd Norris writing in The New York Times (page C1). The government's quarterly growth report, which showed that the economy shrank in the third quarter, reported a decline of 0.4 percent, at

He CHurch of Scotland calls for end to bombing

2001-11-02 Thread Ken Hanly
From the Telegraphy (UK) End the bombing campaign, says Kirk By Auslan Cramb, Scotland Correspondent (Filed: 02/11/2001) THE Church of Scotland called yesterday for an end to the bombing in Afghanistan, claiming it was doing more harm than good and fuelling a humanitarian crisis. The Kirk's

The recession arrives

2001-11-02 Thread SOncu
The recession arrives American unemployment rose to its highest level for five years in October, according to new data released on November 2nd. The figures came two days after confirmation that America’s GDP shrank in the third quarter of this year. How long and deep America’s recession will

Re: BLS Daily Report

2001-11-02 Thread SOncu
Jim wrote: hey, cool! we can see if Irving Fisher's debt-deflation theory of depressions works.I hope it doesn't. Dear Jim, Can what is below may be related with that theory as well? I would appreciate your comments, as well as the comments of others. Sabri Oncu + Warning

Re: Re: BLS Daily Report

2001-11-02 Thread Jim Devine
This looks bad, very bad. It's a good article, though. One crucial thing that leaps out it that it wasn't fixed exchange rates weren't the problem. The exchange-rate regime simply changes the form of a crisis. Further the E. Asian banks and financial systems didn't completely recover from

Pakistan

2001-11-02 Thread Michael Perelman
Le Monde diplomatique October 2001 Pakistan: the destabilisation game by Selig S. Harrison * October 1999 was a decisive date for Pakistan. The army seized power, ousting the elected prime minister Nawaz Sharif and abruptly changing the balance of

Re: De Angelis on Keynes

2001-11-02 Thread Michael Perelman
Steve, I don't know about any good reviews, but here is one I did: de Angelis, Massimo. 2000. Keynesianism, Social Conflict and Political Economy (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan). This book sets out to inject the conception of social conflict into economic theory. It builds upon

You may never know!

2001-11-02 Thread Ken Hanly
From the Guardian (UK) 3.45pm update Bush blocks public access to White House papers Sarah Left Friday November 2, 2001 The US president, George Bush, last night signed an executive order that allows either a

Re: Re: Re: Re: Japanese Liquidity Trap

2001-11-02 Thread Fred B. Moseley
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Chris Burford wrote: The classic description by Engels of capitalist crises observes in 1877 that the world was at that time going through its 6th crisis since 1825. In this he describes how the markets are glutted (as in present day Japan) but further hard cash

Re: Re: failing firms must be promptly liquidated

2001-11-02 Thread Fred B. Moseley
Chris, I seem to have deleted by mistake your #19226 on 31 Oct. about the comment by Prof. Kakagi on p. 12 of last week's English Language Nikkei Weekly (how did you find this?!) that failing firms must be promptly liquidated. I agree that the latest proposals of the Japanese Bankers Assoc.

Re: Re: failing firms must be promptly liquidated

2001-11-02 Thread Fred B. Moseley
On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Chris Burford wrote: At 31/10/01 20:38 -0600, you wrote: On Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at 17:35:00 (-0800) Michael Perelman writes: Chris, the economy will be stronger after liquidation -- if it survives the shock -- but it will mean mass unemployment and a further

Re: Japanese Liquidity Trap

2001-11-02 Thread Chris Burford
At 03/11/01 00:14 -0500, you wrote: Chris, I think you are exactly right about this. This is the answer to your puzzle of several weeks ago - that Marx predicted high interest rates at the peak of an expansion, but now we have low interest rates. The answer, as you say, is expansionary