UK Tax rise for health supported

Shortly after Gordon Brown's budget last week an opinion poll in the Telegraph gave his tax rise for the National Health Service 76% support. This morning, for ICM, the Guardian reports 72% approve. These figures are by no means solid, although New Labour spent two years preparing the ground

Fault lines?

USTReps over the years have raised objections and criticisms over Japan's well-developed postal savings and insurance, for obvious reasons. Domestic banks have lined up to support the US on liberalization and privatization, even as they themselves have proven far from capable in competing with

positions and panel

Dear Pen-l, The Centre for Innovation Structural Change (CISC) at the Faculty of Commerce, National University of Ireland, Galway has recently received substantial funding for Research Fellows and postgraduate studentships. In addition to its current five areas of research priority, the

Palestine Vietnam

Palestine Vietnam by Max Sawicky 22 April 2002 19:16 UTC Concept shifting for $500 please Alex? Ian Answer: Israel is a garrison state that provides crucial support for the projection of U.S. military power from Africa to the Indian sub-continent, where the overwhelming bulk of the

Re: Palestine Vietnam

CB: What is imperialism up to today ? ~ Ask the ghost of Gus! Imperialism Today, by Gus Hall, International Publications, circa mid-80's, collection from PWW and Political Affairs by the, ...internationally

Hypocrites

Hypocrites by Michael Perelman 22 April 2002 21:38 UTC Today's WSJ has another one of those op-ed pieces saying a corporation cannot commit a crime; only individuals can. These people want to give the corps. all the benefits of individuals [free speech, etc.], but immunity from penalties.

Re: Hypocrites

- Original Message - From: Charles Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:29 AM Subject: [PEN-L:25315] Hypocrites Hypocrites by Michael Perelman 22 April 2002 21:38 UTC Today's WSJ has another one of those op-ed pieces saying a corporation

Re: Mexico

Dear Sabri, thanks for calling my attention to the FT report on Mexico. I tend to agree with most of tits arguments, though I would point out that it is not such a good fortune to become the safest alternative for short-term capital flows. Remember Argentina; just a few months ago it used to

Turkish Lira slumps - Central Bank urges calm

Lira slumps on Chhibber warning, Central Bank urges calm Turkish Daily News April 23, 2002 By Elif Kelebek Central Bank sources said they were expecting a sudden volatility in exchange rates to be short-lived, after the lira slid against the U.S. dollar yesterday over a competitiveness warning

boycotting US products

Published on Monday, April 22, 2002 by Inter Press Service Mideast Street Anger Turns into Calls for Boycott of U.S. Goods by N Janardhan DUBAI, Apr 22 - The university cafeteria at the University of Sharjah has stopped selling softdrinks manufactured by U.S. multinationals, and instead

Re: boycotting US products

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoycottIsraeliGoods/?yguid=2002907 Description Category: Issues and Causes Boycotts and divestments will be very effective non-violent resistance to the ongoing occupation and oppression perpetuated by Israel. The educational aspects of these campaigns can be the

Re: Socialists and Equality

Not that Uncle Joe was a socialist. At least, I don't thin so. Others might have a brief for him though! Cf. Peter Osborne ed., Socialism and the Limits of Liberalism, Verso, 1991 Egalitarianism Readings ... Baker, John (1987) Arguing for Equality (Verso) SLC 323.4. ... equality' in

Asia should pool forces to stand up to US, says notedeconomist

Asia should pool forces to stand up to US, says noted economist Hindustantimes.com April 22, 2002 Asia should pool forces to stand up to US, says noted economist Reuters Tokyo , 22-04-2002 Asian economies should pool their huge foreign exchange reserves as a step toward a reshaped

RE: dem. cent. Venezuela

This one is from a few days ago, but maybe someone will still be interested: ... Explaining why I described the idea of democratic centralism as coming from the Marxist tradition rather than from Leninism, I wrote: It's from Lenin, but much of what's been written on democratic centralism comes

Business Week the Nineties

Title: Business Week Restates the Nineties [Apologies for html, but you need it for the charts. This came up a week or so ago. Dean finally finished this, after my egging him on. Feel free to circulate, with credit of course to Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research. mbs]

Argentina

[From the BBC] Tuesday, 23 April, 2002, 19:11 GMT 20:11 UK Argentine economy chief quits Argentina's economy minister has quit after less than four months in the post, as concerns grew over Argentina's economic crisis. Jorge Remes Lenicov's resignation followed a decision by Argentine

Re: Re: A Dutch interview with Harvard Professor David Landes

That is the bad David Landes. The good one is on pen-l, right David. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Linking US Gender Balance to the World

Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:12:26 -0700 (PDT) From: talk about [EMAIL PROTECTED] SWEEPING GENDER BALANCE into US and ALL GOVERNMENTS GLOBAL WAKE UP CALL TO 'GENDER ISOLATIONIST' US AWAKENS US TO FOLLOW SCANDINAVIA, FRANCE (now in trouble because of US gender isolationism), S.Africa TO GENDER

RE: A Dutch interview with Harvard Professor David Landes

How unbelievably arrogant and ignorant. This is supposed to be some kind of 'public intellectual'? What an embarrassment. I don't even know where to begin... He is an *historian*??!! What a joke. The single word 'slavery' means the same thing in all times and all places?? He doesn't care

Re: Argentina

Here is one more. Sabri == Police Shield Argentine Congress From Public Fury Tue Apr 23, 1:24 PM ET By Stephen Brown BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Armed police ringed Argentina's Congress Tuesday to protect legislators from public anger at plans to convert their bank deposits

Re: A Dutch interview with Harvard Professor David Landes

- Original Message - From: Jurriaan Bendien [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:25 PM Subject: [PEN-L:25328] A Dutch interview with Harvard Professor David Landes This interview with Harvard Professor David Landes appeared in

Re: Asia should pool forces to stand up to US, says noted economist

At 23/04/02 15:14 -0400, you wrote: Asia should pool forces to stand up to US, says noted economist Hindustantimes.com April 22, 2002 Asia should pool forces to stand up to US, says noted economist Reuters Tokyo , 22-04-2002 Asian economies should pool their huge foreign exchange reserves as

Re: Argentina

speaking of Argentina, pen-pals may enjoy the recent movie from Argentina, The Nine Queens (in Spanish, with subtitles). It's an interesting film about con artists, including some mild social commentary. One thing is how much Buenos Aires looks like a North American city... JD

Hynix union threatens strike over Micron deal

The Economic Times Tuesday, April 23, 2002 Hynix union threatens strike over Micron deal MAY DELAY SIGNING OF FINAL PACT REUTERS SEOUL: Unionised workers opposed to selling the bulk of Hynix Semiconductor to a US company threatened on Tuesday to strike, illustrating the hurdles facing

Re: A Dutch interview with Harvard Professor David Landes

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:25:20 +0200, Jurriaan Bendien wrote: This interview with Harvard Professor David Landes appeared in the Dutch magazine Internationale Samenwerking [International Cooperation] (April 2002, pp. 30-33), a free publication of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The

A Dutch interview with Harvard Professor David Landes

This interview with Harvard Professor David Landes appeared in the Dutch magazine Internationale Samenwerking [International Cooperation] (April 2002, pp. 30-33), a free publication of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The interviewer was Bart Top. Q: You explain poverty by geographic

Regional planning and property rights

Tahoe property owners lose case Supreme Court rejects claims on development Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, April 23, 2002 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/04/23/MN49305.DTL The U.S. Supreme Court handed a resounding victory to

Greenspan squawks

Testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan Federal deposit insurance reform Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate April 23, 2002 Chairman Sarbanes, Senator Gramm, it is a pleasure to appear before this Committee to present the views of the Board of Governors of the

Re: Re: Le Pen triumph thanks to ultra-leftists

Dear Louis, what you said below needs to be debated for a number of reasons. It is a widespread myth, well integrated into left tradition but distorting history while supporting the more sectarian and least defensible politics. Popular Front = sell out. Is a position that can only be

Johannesburg

PrepCom I: Statement by Trade Unions Earth Summit II CSD Discussion 30 April, 2001 New York Trade Union Representative Lucien Royer Thank You Chair, I am pleased to report that the trade unions will be involved in Earth Summit II. We plan to hold our own international Prepcomm next October

Re: Greenspan squawks

Greenspan seems to have deepened his insights since he wrote the letter for Ken Keating just before the scam broke. Gene Ian Murray wrote: Testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan Federal deposit insurance reform Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate April

Re: Greenspan squawks

Remember, Greenspan's mentor was Ayn Rand. They are both scary people, though I use that last descriptor 'people' loosely. And of course only someone not on the left is allowed to get away with such gobbledygook and obscurantism. Here is a guy who really needs to learn some plain English, but if