capitalism with a conscience?

2002-07-09 Thread Chris Burford
Another Bushism? "In the end, there is no capitalism without conscience, no wealth without character." The second part is splendidly meaningless. The first part appears to mean that conscience is usually well hidden in capitalism but if you really search long enough you will find that capita

Re: Re: China's car industry: Time for A Tune-Up

2002-07-09 Thread Anthony D'Costa
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Louis Proyect wrote: > Ulhas Joglekar wrote: > > >Far Eastern Economic Review > > > >Issue cover-dated July 4, 2002 > > > >CAR INDUSTRY > >Time for A Tune-Up > > > >China, along with India, is one of the few developing nations with a > >realistic prospect of developing a car

South Korea

2002-07-09 Thread Ian Murray
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DG10Dg01.html Labor unrest alarms Korean business leaders SEOUL - South Korea's five major business organizations expressed serious concerns over the spread of labor strikes in the country and urged the government to adopt stern measures to address the situation

Re: Marxist economics courses

2002-07-09 Thread Michael Perelman
Also look at Hans Ehrbar's web site It is outstanding. On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 05:30:07PM -0700, Bill Burgess wrote: > I'll taking advantage of Eric's request to pose my own: > > I get to teach a 3rd year Introduction to Marxist Economics course next > January. I'm looking for ideas on wha

Re: China's car industry: Time for A Tune-Up

2002-07-09 Thread Louis Proyect
Ulhas Joglekar wrote: >Far Eastern Economic Review > >Issue cover-dated July 4, 2002 > >CAR INDUSTRY >Time for A Tune-Up > >China, along with India, is one of the few developing nations with a >realistic prospect of developing a car industry to rival the established >international players because

China's car industry: Time for A Tune-Up

2002-07-09 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
Far Eastern Economic Review Issue cover-dated July 4, 2002 CAR INDUSTRY Time for A Tune-Up Foreign car giants have long dreamed of ruling the potentially massive China market. But as sales finally take off a new brood of small, local makers is grabbing market share By David Murphy and David La

Marxist economics courses

2002-07-09 Thread Bill Burgess
I'll taking advantage of Eric's request to pose my own: I get to teach a 3rd year Introduction to Marxist Economics course next January. I'm looking for ideas on what topics to cover and especially how. Any thoughts/suggestions if you have done this, or if you know of good and bad examples? What d

RE: Re: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Eric Nilsson
Justin wrote, >Best general intro to M&E I know of id > Richard Schmitt, Intro to Marx and Engels (Westview); I used to > use that all > the time. I just checked -- this is out of print too. Clearly a conspiracy is afoot! Eric .

Re: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Bill Lear
On Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 14:26:24 (-0700) Eric Nilsson writes: >Rogoff letterAll, > >I'm looking for a short book about Marx's _social_ theory appropriate for >undergraduates. > >In the past I've used Berlin's biography, parts of the Cambridge Companion >to Marx, and Wood's KM in the past but w

colonialism in Bosnia

2002-07-09 Thread Devine, James
Title: colonialism in Bosnia Bosnia's new colonial governor Paddy Ashdown is turning its elected leaders into his ciphers David Chandler Tuesday July 9, 2002 The Guardian [UK] At the end of May, Paddy Ashdown assumed his new post as Bosnia's international high representative. It is a power

endogenous vs. exogenous accumulation

2002-07-09 Thread Nancybrumback
In my opinion, Romain Kroes introduced some very interesting material to the list in the "Imperialism in decline?" discussion. I recently studied Luxemburg's book, accumulation of capital. i thought it made a lot of sense from just considering the definition of exploitation -- being paid less than

Re: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Justin Schwartz
>Is anyone familiar with: >(1) Marx: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer (of animal rights fame) Not to touch with ten foot pole. They alos had him do Hegel. I can't imaginewhat inspired them. >(2) Marx: The Great Philos by Terry Eagleton > I think he's OK. I'd still use Schmitt. jks>

RE: Re: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Eric Nilsson
Joanna wrote, A - you're not going to let them see any original material  For the economics of KM I've had students read v.1 of Capital in the distant past, but it understandably takes us a very long time to work through it.   But, in any case, I do the KM economics that I'm int

RE: Re: RE: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Eric Nilsson
RE > How about: > > Karl Marx by David McLellan, Viking Press, 1975. I like it but it is out of print! Eric

RE: Re: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Eric Nilsson
RE > Terrell Carver has an old Oxford book on Marx's Social Theory > that I thought > was pretty good. Also out of print, but I've used his Cambridge Companion of KM, which he edited and has some good points. Eric .

RE: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27782] Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates I highly recommend "How to Read Karl Marx" by Ernst Fischer (with contributions by Paul Sweezy and John Bellamy Foster; Anna Bostock, transl., Monthly Review Press, 1996). Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/

Re: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread joanna bujes
A - you're not going to let them see any original material You should. You don't want them to think Marx is too hard, because lots of his stuff isn't. For example, how about that 3 page essay on money from the 1844 manuscripts, you know, the one that says "money is the pimp between man an

Re: RE: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Ian Murray
Rogoff letter - Original Message - From: Forstater, Mathew To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 2:32 PM Subject: [PEN-L:27784] RE: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates How about: Karl Marx by David McLellan, Viking Press, 1975. == That's the book that gr

our ecological footprint 2002

2002-07-09 Thread Ian Murray
http://www.panda.org/livingplanet/lpr02/ The Living Planet Report is WWF's periodic update on the state of the world's ecosystems - as measured by the Living Planet Index - and the human pressures on them through the consumption of renewable natural resources - as measured by the Ecological Footp

RE: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Forstater, Mathew
Title: Rogoff letter How about:   Karl Marx by David McLellan, Viking Press, 1975.

Re: Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Justin Schwartz
Terrell Carver has an old Oxford book on Marx's Social Theory that I thought was pretty good. Then there's Miliband's Marxism and Politics; also Raymond Williams' Marxism and Literature. Best general intro to M&E I know of id Richard Schmitt, Intro to Marx and Engels (Westview); I used to use

Short Book on Marx for Undergraduates

2002-07-09 Thread Eric Nilsson
Title: Rogoff letter All,   I'm looking for a short book about Marx's _social_ theory appropriate for undergraduates.   In the past I've used Berlin's biography, parts of the Cambridge Companion to Marx, and Wood's KM in the past but want something different this time. I've also used KM's

Rogoff letter

2002-07-09 Thread Devine, James
Title: Rogoff letter [in case anyone's interested] An Open Letter1 By Kenneth Rogoff, Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, International Monetary Fund To Joseph Stiglitz, Author of Globalization and Its Discontents (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, June 2002) Washington D.C., Ju

Re: Market Socialism - an apology already

2002-07-09 Thread Justin Schwartz
> >It seems I'm not a market socialist after all, jks. Please forgive my >treachery - I cannot abide the profit motive - I thought a market socialist >believed in the market as a central means of determining economic >development. My mistake. Will read the archives. > >Sé > How can you run ma

Re: South Africa to become a welfare state?

2002-07-09 Thread Joel Blau
Ian Murray wrote: 014201c22772$f0899a60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> [Patrick Bond, what's the skinny on this?]South Africa Weighs a Welfare StateSystem of Payment for All Would Be Continent's FirstBy Jon JeterWashington Post Foreign ServiceTuesday, July 9, 2002; Page A01     Though the movement i

South Africa to become a welfare state?

2002-07-09 Thread Ian Murray
[Patrick Bond, what's the skinny on this?] South Africa Weighs a Welfare State System of Payment for All Would Be Continent's First By Jon Jeter Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, July 9, 2002; Page A01 SOWETO, South Africa -- Four generations get by on the $100 pension that Johannes Kha

Re: Market Socialism - an apology already

2002-07-09 Thread W.R. Needham
Surely one can realistically hold the argument that we don't want to be a market society (based on the notion of capitlaist individualism and what that implies) and still hold to the notion of markets as allocation devices suitable in some instances in societies that are communitarian. >Mart

Market Socialism - an apology already

2002-07-09 Thread Natasha Potter
Martin, My apologies for my ignorance. It seems I'm not a market socialist after all, jks. Please forgive my treachery - I cannot abide the profit motive - I thought a market socialist believed in the market as a central means of determining economic development. My mistake. Will read the ar

Schweickart's Model

2002-07-09 Thread Natasha Potter
I'm afraid my knowledge of Schweickart is largely second-hand. Can you perhaps list some of his most useful writings? Just a few as I am seriously curtailed in regard to time and realistically would only have time to read two or three. The more analytic the better. My 'non-distributing servic

RE: Schweichart (I think I spelt that right)

2002-07-09 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27766] Schweichart (I think I spelt that right) Se said:> My prefered model [of "market socialism"] is a mixture of state intervention and a non-profit distributing service sector. < an economy stressing a not-for-profit sector is not really market socialism, since the latte

Re: RE: "stages of imperialism".

2002-07-09 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 7/8/02 10:23:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In any event, if I were a Russian worker, I'd rather be ruled by the Khrushchev group than by the Stalin group. JD Engels: Exchange and Distribution and approach: Letter to C. Schmidt, August 5, 1890 "

Questions for Kabul

2002-07-09 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
Business Standard Thursday, June 27, 2002 ASIA FILE Questions for Kabul A preliminary assessment suggests that Kabul would need at least $ 15 billion over the next ten years to rebuild its infrastructure. Is the money going to be safe, asks Barun Roy As international assistance for Afghanist

Schweichart (I think I spelt that right)

2002-07-09 Thread Natasha Potter
Justin, I have set that assumption (that I support the development of a MS type economy) in a particular context. I would be happy to see things go further but just can't see that around the corner given the state of the left across the world. Schweichart: he looked to the Jugoslavian model

Re: Re: Schweichart (I think I spelt that right)

2002-07-09 Thread Michael Perelman
Dear Se, we have discussed this subject many, many times. Justin is indeed the most enthusiastic supporter of MS. He is also knowledgeable. I suggest that you look through the archives and see what he has written. On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 02:34:19PM +, Justin Schwartz wrote: > > Dear Se, >

Re: Schweichart (I think I spelt that right)

2002-07-09 Thread Justin Schwartz
Dear Se, >I have set that assumption (that I support the development of a MS type >economy) in a particular context. I would be happy to see things go further >but just can't see that around the corner given the state of the left >across the world. Ah. Well, I guess I am principled supporter

Deregulation kills

2002-07-09 Thread Louis Proyect
The Ottawa Citizen, August 28, 1999, FINAL Traffic control woes delay European flights FRANKFURT, Germany -- From sushi bars to sex shops, Frankfurt Airport offers travellers plenty of ways to occupy their time before flying. Yet there may be demand for even more: Nearly half of last month's

Following Carroll's meanings of US Gains from imperialism

2002-07-09 Thread Hari Kumar
Carroll Wrote: "I think this relationship is partly obscured when anti-imperialist theoreticians fail regularly to make some essential discriminations. To speak of the US gains from imperialism may have at least three different (though compatible) meanings: 1. The U.S. ruling class benefits from i

Schweichart (I think I spelt that right)

2002-07-09 Thread Natasha Potter
Justin, I have set that assumption (that I support the development of a MS type economy) in a particular context. I would be happy to see things go further but just can't see that around the corner given the state of the left across the world. Schweichart: he looked to the Jugoslavian model