RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Drudgery

2002-07-29 Thread Davies, Daniel
No fair. The EF Schumacher crowd are pretty non-judgemental on this sort of issue. Appropriate technology basically just means technology that can be maintained and repaired without requiring an already existing industrial society; those wind-up radios certainly count. I worry that you may be

RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Davies, Daniel
You don't have much choice, do you? Any more than I have a choice in trusting my physician or carpenter because s/he's an expert. I mean, sorry, guy, that's what expertise means, other people know more than we do about something. A quick tip to Pen-L members; if your doctor sounds anything

Re: Re: Re: Bankruptcy Bill - stalled for the moment

2002-07-29 Thread Robert Manning
The bankruptcy reform bill--the first legislation introduced under the Bush Admin--has been a cash cow for Dems and Repubs. Indeed, Sen Dashle is a Dem from SD and is an effective advocate of his hometown company: Citibank. But that is another story. When I testified against the bill at the 2/01

Re: Vandana Shiva

2002-07-29 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
At 11:43 PM -0500 7/28/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone who has followed the experience of the 'green revolution' (sic) knows about the problems that it has produced and the fact that it has exacerbated class problems by displacing the poor farmers and giving control to the rich. The

Re: Schweichart's Model

2002-07-29 Thread Natasha Potter
All his stuff is very analytical. His big book is Against Capitalism (Westview 1996). He has a forthcoming book called Beyond Capitalism that will be shorter and take into account subsequent criticisms. He has a lot of papers discussing aspects of the model, for example, in an a Bertell Ollman

Bethune or J.Horn? In digest 226

2002-07-29 Thread Hari Kumar
ORIGINAL: i) A book about Chinese health care, Away with all pests, describes how cleaning people contributed to Chinese medicine in dialogue with the doctors ... ii) I actually have a small statuette of Norman Betheune on my filing cabinet, COMMENT: I think the book in question was by Joshua

Re: Re: Kerala

2002-07-29 Thread Louis Proyect
Ulhas, could recommend a good book that describes India's distinctive, and recently fairly successful, non-export-led development path? And perhaps as well an intelligent (rather than cookie-cutter ideological) critique of the limits of same? And if anyone else wants to chime in with

To Paul re Shiva; in PEN-L digest 226

2002-07-29 Thread Hari Kumar
Paul wrote: First of all, like Michael, I thought most of it made a lot of sense. Anyone who has followed the experience of the 'green revolution' (sic) knows about the problems that it has produced and the fact that it has exacerbated class problems by displacing the poor farmers and giving

Re: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Carl Remick
From: Justin Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] As to Carl's remark, why is it unjust to have expert judges (in the legal system) who are empowered to definitively resolve disputes by entering enforceable orders? Surely you are not one of those people who believe that we can get along without law and

Re: To Paul re Shiva; in PEN-L digest 226

2002-07-29 Thread Louis Proyect
Hari: iii) Finally, I use this post to raise a matter re Project's article. To Project, I would simply say that the whole problem of the comprador- national-bourgeoisie divergence is ignored by him - probably for profound ideological reasons. However I suspect that no sense can be made of the

Re: Re: Vandana Shiva

2002-07-29 Thread Doug Henwood
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Why not fight holders of class power and patriarchal power instead? Because Western NGOs and foundations wouldn't like you so much, and fly you around the world to preach the virtues of rootedness. Doug

Re: Schweichart's Model

2002-07-29 Thread Natasha Potter
All his stuff is very analytical. His big book is Against Capitalism (Westview 1996). He has a forthcoming book called Beyond Capitalism that will be shorter and take into account subsequent criticisms. He has a lot of papers discussing aspects of the model, for example, in an a Bertell Ollman

question

2002-07-29 Thread Ellen Frank
Does anyone know of a (preferably on-line) source that compares social programs across countries -- like unemployment, pensions, health care? Ellen Frank

Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Drudgery

2002-07-29 Thread Doug Henwood
Davies, Daniel wrote: No fair. The EF Schumacher crowd are pretty non-judgemental on this sort of issue. Appropriate technology basically just means technology that can be maintained and repaired without requiring an already existing industrial society; those wind-up radios certainly count.

Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
You don't have much choice, do you? Any more than I have a choice in trusting my physician or carpenter because s/he's an expert. I mean, sorry, guy, that's what expertise means, other people know more than we do about something. A quick tip to Pen-L members; if your doctor sounds anything

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
Of course, there is expertise, but experts can be very wrong -- especially if they go unchallenged. Ask Ken Lay. His problem wasn't bad expert advice. It was sheer crookedness. Of course there is bad expert advice. You wanna see my stock portfolio? It's a testament to bad expert advice.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
His problem wasn't bad advice. The problem of many other people was that they trusted his expertise. On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 02:26:06PM +, Justin Schwartz wrote: Of course, there is expertise, but experts can be very wrong -- especially if they go unchallenged. Ask Ken Lay.

RE: Re: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:28737] Re: Re: Re: Expertise It's important to remember that expertise is not a one-dimensional variable. The practical and concrete knowledge of nurses and physician's assistants may be quite different in kind from the more theoretical and journal-based knowledge of MDs, so

Re: Re: Re: Vandana Shiva

2002-07-29 Thread Carrol Cox
Perhaps she (Shiva) simply has wrong ideas. And if the ideas are wrong, it is best, I should think, to simply critique the ideas rather than speculate on her conscious or unconscious motives. I think it in general a bad idea (allowing for bursts of temper other personal idiosyncracies) to

Re: Bethune or J.Horn? In digest 226

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
Yes, it was. On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 08:36:43AM -0400, Hari Kumar wrote: ORIGINAL: i) A book about Chinese health care, Away with all pests, describes how cleaning people contributed to Chinese medicine in dialogue with the doctors ... ii) I actually have a small statuette of Norman

: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
[Ken Lay's] problem wasn't bad advice. The problem of many other people was that they trusted his expertise. OK, there are crooked experts, as well as as incompetent ones. You are telling me this because you think I don't know it? Or you are reminding other people of this easily

Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
It's important to remember that expertise is not a one-dimensional variable. The practical and concrete knowledge of nurses and physician's assistants may be quite different in kind from the more theoretical and journal-based knowledge of MDs, so we can't say that the latter have twice as much

Re: Re: Bethune or J.Horn? In digest 226

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
I wasn't talking about the author. But the book is about ol' Norman, if I recall. jks From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:28760] Re: Bethune or J.Horn? In digest 226 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 07:51:18 -0700 Yes, it was. On

Re: Re: Kerala

2002-07-29 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
Michael Pollak wrote: Ulhas, could recommend a good book that describes India's distinctive, and recently fairly successful, non-export-led development path? And perhaps as well an intelligent (rather than cookie-cutter ideological) critique of the limits of same? Michael, I am not sure

Re: : Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
everybody knows it retrospectively; the business press during its stage of breathless admiration for Enron did not know it. On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 02:51:57PM +, Justin Schwartz wrote: [Ken Lay's] problem wasn't bad advice. The problem of many other people was that they trusted his

democracy

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: democracy Psychopaths are therefore found not just in prisons, but in any situation where at some stage it may be helpful to personal progression to be able to ignore or een to utilize the feelings of others. Leaders in business, in government and in any organization may sometimes be

Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread ravi
Justin Schwartz wrote: Speaking of expertise, my computer won't start. It tells me Non System Disk or Disk Error. Replace and strike any Key when ready. Not only can't I find the any key (usually the enter key will do) but I don't have a non-system disk (or any other diskette) in my PC.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Vandana Shiva

2002-07-29 Thread Doug Henwood
Carrol Cox wrote: Perhaps she (Shiva) simply has wrong ideas. And if the ideas are wrong, it is best, I should think, to simply critique the ideas rather than speculate on her conscious or unconscious motives. I think it in general a bad idea (allowing for bursts of temper other personal

Re: Re: Re: Re: Bankruptcy Bill - stalled for the moment

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
Thanks Robert for filling us in on the details. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Question on US local government revenues

2002-07-29 Thread Bill Burgess
I've scanned the footnotes and definitions for data for US local government finances, but can't figure out: Do state and the federal govt. pay property taxes to local governments in the US? Or, do they pay a grant in lieu of property taxes (as in Canada), and if so, is it included under

agricultural degradation

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: agricultural degradation http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-pyle29jul29.story?null COMMENTARY Grim Reaping The industrialization of agriculture is killing the land By GEORGE B. PYLE July 29 2002 Even when city folks notice the dwindling population of rural

Re: : Oxymoron of the Day (was Expertise)

2002-07-29 Thread Shane Mage
...incompetent ones[experts]

RE: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:28739] Re: Re: Expertise JKS: Shane thinks that most judges are just tools of the capitalist class who do their bidding. ... Even in the case of Justice Rehnquist, the charge is unfair. He just thinks along their lines. it's a mistake to think in such individualistic

Vandana Shiva on the WTO

2002-07-29 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2001-12/04shiva.cfm December 04, 2001 Doha: Saving Wto, Killing Democracy By Vandana Shiva Doha was described by Robert Zoellick, the U.S. Trade Representative, as having removed the stain of Seattle. Seattle stands as a historical watershed, through

Re: Re: : Oxymoron of the Day (was Expertise)

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
...incompetent ones[experts] Don't be silly. Experts are not by definition competent. They are persons with special training and knowledge. In law we distinguish between an expert's qualifications, and whether his opinion is based in fact and informed by scientific method, as well as

Re: RE: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
It's not I but Shane who is thinking in individualistic terms. My point is precisely that there is some tendency for thesystem to select Rehnquists who don't have to be told what to think. The federal judiciary is of course life-appointed and so more resistant to electoral pressures than many

RE: Saudi Arabia

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:28698] Saudi Arabia His brother Prince Naif, head of the Interior Ministry, has led a crackdown on the Saudi media in the wake of the demonstrations to stop any word of them leaking out. speaking of oxymorons, how could the Minister of the Interior be a naif? Jim Devine

B. Friedman on Stiglitz

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15630

Re: RE: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
Writing about expertise, I think that we should recall how Alfred Marshall revamped econ. education -- making it more mathematical, even though he himself rejected the idea that math was useful for economics -- just to make it more difficult for outsiders to comment on economic matters. --

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
: Expertise Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:29:06 -0700 Writing about expertise, I think that we should recall how Alfred Marshall revamped econ. education -- making it more mathematical, even though he himself rejected the idea that math was useful for economics -- just to make it more difficult for

RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: Expertise Michael Perelman: Writing about expertise, I think that we should recall how Alfred Marshall revamped econ. education -- making it more mathematical, even though he himself rejected the idea that math was useful for economics -- just to make it more difficult for

Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
that expertise is sometimes nothing more than the artificial creation of hierarchy. On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 05:41:18PM +, Justin Schwartz wrote: : Expertise Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:29:06 -0700 Writing about expertise, I think that we should recall how Alfred Marshall revamped econ.

Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread joanna bujes
At 02:20 PM 07/29/2002 +, you wrote: Well, we have already established that I am an arrogant, elitist, right wing tool of the bourgeoisie, no socialist, and a general son of a bitch, so pay no attention to me. You go find a doctor who knows less than you do about medicine. I gather that's

the pope

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: the pope is it true that in Toronto, the Pope was overheard to say Why must we always focus on the bad priests instead of the 65 percent of them who would never do anything like that? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

one more time on reform and revolution

2002-07-29 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
As a digression into Lenin quotology, I was just leafing through an old copy of Medvedev's book on The October Revolution, and at the end he quotes an interesting bit from Lenin's article on the fourth anniversary of Soviet power, where Lenin freely admits he is engaging in reformism and that

Re: the pope

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
No. It was 6.5%. On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 11:55:27AM -0700, Devine, James wrote: is it true that in Toronto, the Pope was overheard to say Why must we always focus on the bad priests instead of the 65 percent of them who would never do anything like that? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Vandana Shiva

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Pollak
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ulhas Joglekar wrote: I don't see at all how an alternate development of the countryside contradicts advanced industrial production. This seems like a false dichotomy. Michael, I am not sure this is true of industrial crops such as cotton, oilseeds, sugarcane

Expertise ?

2002-07-29 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
If, as Justin argues, Most judges, at least federal ones that I know of, enforce the law fairly (i.e. evenhandedly), how come e.g. a disproportionate number of US blacks end up in jail ? Of course, you can make sociological arguments that more blacks commit crimes or more blacks are poor,

Re: Vandana Shiva

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Pollak
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ulhas Joglekar wrote: France preserved its peasant economy along with industrial advancement in the 19th century. Marx said in the 18th Brumaire those peasants were at a cul-de-sac of history. But they were still around a century later. And then they won

Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
I once organized a panel with Robert Pollin, Larry Summers, Robert Eisner, and Benjamin Friedman. The weird part was when Summers said that he had enough anti-Americanism. He didn't lash out at Robert Pollin, but at Friedman, who was worried about excessive debt. Now he thinks that Summers

Re: Re: Oxymoron (was Expertise)

2002-07-29 Thread Eugene Coyle
I work (or used to) as an expert witness. I have had a lot of success in persuading Federal and State judges and various kinds of commissioners to accept my recommendations. And I've had a lot of failures. In front of commissions the acceptance rate jumps if there are a lot of angry people in

Re: Kerala

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Pollak
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Ulhas Joglekar wrote: Ulhas, could recommend a good book that describes India's distinctive, and recently fairly successful, non-export-led development path? Michael, I am not sure what period you have in mind. I'm sorry, I should have been clearer. I'm thinking of

the pope

2002-07-29 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
That would imply one in 15 priests is a bad priest. I'll bear it in mind, just in case.

Re: the pope

2002-07-29 Thread Carrol Cox
Jurriaan Bendien wrote: That would imply one in 15 priests is a bad priest. I'll bear it in mind, just in case. I'm afraid you didn't notice the tongue-in-cheek numbers. One in 15 is a good priest. :-) Carrol

Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
I think most professions suffer from the mandarin disease (named after the fact that the Imperial Chinese Mandarins required that new bureaucrats be excellent at calligraphy, even though it didn't help them rule). More useful than many skills, btw, it was part of just being an educated

Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
Expertise also occurs in some specific context. Today's industrial medicine means that your doctor has at most 15 minutes to spend figuring out what your problem is. Because of the current mind/body split ideology, chances are that your doctor will never touch you (if he/she can help it).

Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread ScottH9999
In a message dated 7/29/02 10:55:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We should never forget that just because we experts know more than they do, their insights can be extremely useful and even superior. Experts and authorities are needed everywhere, but as Jim Devine,

Re: Expertise ?

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
If, as Justin argues, Most judges, at least federal ones that I know of, enforce the law fairly (i.e. evenhandedly), how come e.g. a disproportionate number of US blacks end up in jail ? Of course, you can make sociological arguments that more blacks commit crimes or more blacks are poor,

: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
But that's not expertise, right, if it's nothing more than that. Expertise means knowing how to do things, special skills or knowledge. Maybe your example shows the misuse of real expertise (math skills) to obfuscate, maintain hierarchy, etc., rather than to promote economic analysis. jks

Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
Of course, in politics, the main body of experts is the revolutionary party guiding society. Gaak. That is exactly where there and can be no expertise, just politics. When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn? _ MSN

RE: Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:28790] Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz Summers was lashing out at B. Friedman because the latter was highlighting _government_ debt? is the infamous session where Summers went on and on about patriotism? JD -Original Message- From: Michael Perelman To: [EMAIL

Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Carrol Cox
Theses on Feuerbach III The materialist doctrine concerning the changing of circumstances and upbringing forgets that circumstances are changed by men and that the educator must himself be educated. This doctrine must, therefore, divide society into two parts, one of which is superior to

RE: Re: the pope

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:28794] Re: the pope the quote was: Why must we always focus on the bad priests instead of the 65 percent of them who would never do anything like that? this says that 35/100 or 7/20 priests are bad. BTW, it's rumored that Arthur Andersen has said Why must we always focus

Re: RE: Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
He was describing debt in general. Yes, Summers raved about patriotism. On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 01:48:29PM -0700, Devine, James wrote: Summers was lashing out at B. Friedman because the latter was highlighting _government_ debt? is the infamous session where Summers went on and on about

RE: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:28795] Re: RE: Expertise Justin writes: Legalese is awful. It's not even English. But there were striitings in America to make it more like English quite a while ago. The Legal realists, like Jerome Frank and Thurman Arnold, were quite good writers, following in the manner

Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Michael Perelman
I would add one other dimension to the list of problems that Scott mention: arrogance that often leads to disaster for all concerned, which is why I mentioned Dr. Lay. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL

Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
I would add one other dimension to the list of problems that Scott mention: arrogance that often leads to disaster for all concerned, which is why I mentioned Dr. Lay. -- The Greeks had a word for that . . . . jks _ Send and

[Fwd: A World Awash In Hormones]

2002-07-29 Thread Carrol Cox
This seems to offer material for both sides on the debate over experts Carrol Subject: A World Awash In Hormones Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:46:58 -0700 From:Phil Gasper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Published on Monday, July 29, 2002 by

Re: RE: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
RE: [PEN-L:28795] Re: RE: Expertise - Original Message - From: Devine, James To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:56 PM Subject: [PEN-L:28804] RE: Re: RE: Expertise Justin writes: Legalese is awful. It's not even English. But there were striitings in America to make

Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread ravi
science does not think -- martin heidegger (thought i would throw that one out and see what kind of fish it attracts ;-)). --ravi

Re: RE: Re: the pope

2002-07-29 Thread Carrol Cox
Devine, James wrote: the quote was: Why must we always focus on the bad priests instead of the 65 percent of them who would never do anything like that? this says that 35/100 or 7/20 priests are bad. You haven't noticed Michael Pereleman's little addition to your original post. He

Re: Re: RE: Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2:01 PM Subject: [PEN-L:28805] Re: RE: Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz He was describing debt in general. Yes, Summers raved about patriotism. Please

Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Gar Lipow
Justin Schwartz wrote: Legalese is awful. It's not even English. But there were striitings in America to make it more like English quite a while ago. The Legal realists, like Jerome Frank and Thurman Arnold, were quite good writers, following in the manner of their master Justice

new international lending opportunities for Sudan

2002-07-29 Thread pms
July 29, 2002 Peace in Sudan opens window of oil opportunities The Sudanese government and rebel groups in control of the country's south signed an interim deal last week that is hoped to bring an end to a 20-year civil war that has cost two million lives. Following the signing of the

Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread joanna bujes
At 05:13 PM 07/29/2002 -0400, you wrote: science does not think -- martin heidegger (thought i would throw that one out and see what kind of fish it attracts ;-)). --ravi Hard to say without context; but normative science is more like a vetted bureaucratic procedure ...hence its

Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2:04 PM Subject: [PEN-L:28806] Re: Re: RE: Expertise I would add one other dimension to the list of problems that Scott mention: arrogance that often leads to disaster for

RE: Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz

2002-07-29 Thread Forstater, Mathew
The Friedman/Nell exchange in NYRB, linked from the BF on Stiglitz page, also has BF in the position of deficit hawk. Nell gets in some good points. Unfortunately, NYRB is charging for peeking at their archives now, is that right? -Original Message- From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMAIL

Zoellick

2002-07-29 Thread Hinrich Kuhls
Doha was described by Robert Zoellick, the U.S. Trade Representative, as having removed the stain of Seattle. Seattle stands as a historical watershed, through which citizens mobilised democratically to respond to free-trade treaties and agendas of corporate globalisation. 1. Sueddeutsche

Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
Could you please describe in plain English the curtailment of my liberties? Ian The judge asked him what time it was Reuben said, Five to ten, The Judge said, That's exactly what you get --Hurricane (Bob Dylan) Or as we say in Shytown, you all fucked, cuz. jks

Re: RE: Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz

2002-07-29 Thread Ellen Frank
Last night I was re-reading Friedman's book The Day of Reckoning. Every chapter starts with a quote from the Old Testament on the moral hazards of borrowing. He really does seem to be talking more about the international asset position of the US than about the public debt, but he never makes

Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
Thus I don't think you will be able to write all laws and contracts in simple English; the effort of protecting against other lawyers will prevent it if nothing else. Though I'm sure that it can be done a lot of the time. A lot of law is technical and there are centuries of technical

Re: Re: RE: Re: B. Friedman on Stiglitz

2002-07-29 Thread Doug Henwood
Ellen Frank wrote: Last night I was re-reading Friedman's book The Day of Reckoning. Every chapter starts with a quote from the Old Testament on the moral hazards of borrowing. He really does seem to be talking more about the international asset position of the US than about the public debt,

Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Justin Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2:52 PM Subject: [PEN-L:28819] Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: Expertise Could you please describe in plain English the curtailment of my liberties? Ian The judge asked him what

Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread ravi
if i may say something as the resident slow thinker: things are whizzing by at a good speed on this thread but it seems to me that certain things are not clear (at least to me!). the examples and analysis (offered by michael p. and others) seems to touch upon the dangers of letting experts

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:28811] Re: RE: Re: RE: Expertise Could you please describe in plain English the curtailment of my liberties? Ian you have the right to remain silent... Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

Enron, post-structurally............

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/sgabriel/post_structuralist_firm.htm

Re: Re: The new EU

2002-07-29 Thread Chris Burford
At 24/07/02 09:40 -040 Louis Proyect wrote: Chris Buford: But it is not the case that there is nothing in the EZ that conforms to the progressive interests of working people, just because it is a victory for the ruling class. For one thing they generally appreciate the benefits of a large

FW: No Joke! Official federal web site for reporting terrorists

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: FW: No Joke! Official federal web site for reporting terrorists Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine -Original Message- From: Dana Lubow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];

Official federal web site for reporting terrorists

2002-07-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: Official federal web site for reporting terrorists [here's a cleaner version] Here's the official web site form for reporting any of those terrorists that are hanging around your neighborhood. Joe McCarthy would be proud! https://www.ifccfbi.gov/complaint/terrorist.asp JD

Re: Re: Re: The new EU

2002-07-29 Thread Louis Proyect
Chris Burford quoting Lenin: From their daily experience the masses know perfectly well the value of geographical and economic ties and the advantages of a big market and a big state. May 1914 This is the entire paragraph, which comes from chapter 5 of The Right of Nations of

unsubscribe

2002-07-29 Thread Robert Alford
From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:28830] Re: Re: Re: The new EU Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 19:30:46 -0400 Chris Burford quoting Lenin: From their daily experience the masses know perfectly well the value of geographical and

Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread ScottH9999
In a message dated 7/29/02 1:49:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course, in politics, the main body of experts is the revolutionary party guiding society. Gaak. That is exactly where there and can be no expertise, just politics. When will they ever

speaking of the law

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
Congress Steps Up to Force Lawyers To Look Closer at Corporate Clients By James V. Grimaldi Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 29, 2002; Page E01 While the American Bar Association talked to death proposed ethics rules for lawyers who stumble upon corporate fraud, the wave of Wall Street

look who's borrowing

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
July 29, 2002 U.S. to Borrow $76 Billion WASHINGTON (AP) - The government, reacting to a worsening financial picture, said Monday that it plans to tap $76 billion from the credit markets this quarter to compensate for lower income-tax payments and increased spending. The Treasury Department's

UNDP urges political reform in China

2002-07-29 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
The Times of India SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2002 UNDP urges political reform in China AFP BEIJING: A scathing UN-sponsored report published Friday urged the Chinese government to implement political reforms if it is to head off a mounting environment catastrophe as well as growing social unrest.

Re: Re: Vandana Shiva

2002-07-29 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
Michael Pollak : On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ulhas Joglekar wrote: Yes, but there is a viewpoint which attributes the relative backwardness of French industry to the presence of French peasant economy. I'm not sure I follow. By 1970 France had certainly reached the point every developing

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
if i may say something as the resident slow thinker: things are whizzing by at a good speed on this thread but it seems to me that certain things are not clear (at least to me!). the examples and analysis (offered by michael p. and others) seems to touch upon the dangers of letting experts

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Justin Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] if so, is that form of truth meaningful in a general context? What does that mean? There is one one form of truth, which is, as Aristotle said long ago, to say of that which is, that it is,a nd that which is not,

: RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
From: Ian Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:28838] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Expertise Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:38:13 -0700 - Original Message - From: Justin Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] if so, is that form of truth

RE: Expertise

2002-07-29 Thread Justin Schwartz
Could you please describe in plain English the curtailment of my liberties? Ian The judge asked him what time it was Reuben said, Five to ten, The Judge said, That's exactly what you get --Hurricane (Bob Dylan) My bad. It's the embarassing song Joey, a tribute to Crazy Joe Gallo. Same

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