Global Financial System: BIS report on Credit Risk Transfer

2003-01-31 Thread Sabri Oncu
Theoreticians may like to think in the abstract but, given my experience in dealing with data, this is the real issue: *Aggregate data - the relative dearth of information at the level of the individual firm is paralleled by an incomplete picture of how CRT markets are developing in

Re: Re: technology spillover

2003-01-31 Thread soula avramidis
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Anti-War Poets Force Scrapping of White House Symposium

2003-01-31 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
* Anti-war poets force scrapping of White House symposium Sarah Left Thursday January 30, 2003 The White House yesterday confirmed that it had cancelled a poetry symposium after a number of American poets threatened to turn the event into an anti-war protest. The February 12 symposium

RE: RE: Re: RE: Military spending stats?

2003-01-31 Thread Max B. Sawicky
I got wind of this site this a.m.: http://www.csbaonline.org/ mbs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Max B. Sawicky Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:34208] RE: Re: RE: Military spending

Bush Tax cut petition

2003-01-31 Thread Michael Perelman
We believe that the tax plan proposed by the Bush Administration would be a serious mistake for the country. If you agree, we urge you to add your name to ours as an endorser of the Economists’ Statement below. We intend to make this statement public soon, and we encourage you to give us your

Kurt Vonnegut vs. the !#*!@

2003-01-31 Thread Ralph Johansen
Kurt Vonnegut vs. the !#*!@ By Joel Bleifuss | 1.27.03 In November, Kurt Vonnegut turned 80. He published his first novel, Player Piano, in 1952 at the age of 29. Since then he has written 13 others, including Slaughterhouse Five, which stands as one of the pre- eminent anti-war novels of the

The NYC authorities are refusing march permits for Feb. 15

2003-01-31 Thread Ralph Johansen
The following message has been circulated to many lists, reporting the refusal of the police to issue a permit for United for Peace and Justice to hold a massive march on February 15 We need addresses of relevant police officials and the mayor so that we can send demands that the officials do

Re: The NYC authorities are refusing march permits for Feb. 15

2003-01-31 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Ralph Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ralph Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:00 PM Subject: [PEN-L:34250] The NYC authorities are refusing march permits for Feb. 15 = As we say in Seattle, the 1st amendment is all the

Re: Re: The NYC authorities are refusing march permits for Feb. 15

2003-01-31 Thread Ralph Johansen
Certainly true, so long as no one looks to the courts as the final resort to enforce 1st amendment rights. We try them, if they refuse, we still have ourselves, ultimately really the only thing that WE have that we have any good reason to depend on in a system designed for the benefit of others,

new audio product

2003-01-31 Thread Doug Henwood
Now up in my radio archive http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html: January 30, 2003 Joel Schalit, editor of The Anti-Capitalism Reader, on the theory and practice of radical agitation today * Christian Weller of the Economic Policy Institute, on the state of the U.S. economy and the

positional goods problem redux

2003-01-31 Thread Ian Murray
Cut the strings The new grassroots politics needs more democracy - not more political strongmen Naomi Klein Saturday February 1, 2003 The Guardian The key word at this year's World Social Forum, held this week in Porto Alegre, Brazil, was big. Big attendance: more than 100,000 delegates in all.

Hard cop, soft cop

2003-01-31 Thread Chris Burford
Newsnight on BBC2 is usually rather penetrating, but its correspondent was a bit baffled by the Bush Blair press conference. If you had the sound turned off, and just went by the body language, he said, you would conclude that Bush and Blair had just had a big row. It might suit Blair to

great job opportunity

2003-01-31 Thread Michael Perelman
The Navy is looking for a few good men -- to work as morticians. http://www.hotjobs.com/cgi-bin/job-show?TEMPLATE=/htdocs/job-show.htmlJ__PINDEX=J956129UUP__SOURCE=HJCP__SOURCE_SPECIFIC=HJCBOLD_KEYWORDS=navy+morticiansBOLD_OPENTAG=%3Cspan+class%3D%22bold-opentag%22%3EBOLD_CLOSETAG=%3C%2Fspan%3E

Re: positional goods problem redux

2003-01-31 Thread Sabri Oncu
Naomi Klein in the article Ian sent: For some, the hijacking of the World Social Forum by political parties and powerful men is proof that the movements against corporate globalisation are finally maturing and getting serious. But is it really so mature, amidst the graveyard of failed left

empires of profit

2003-01-31 Thread Ian Murray
Bad company Greed, megalomania, conspiracy and coups - David Litvin gives an insider's view of multinationals in Empires of Profit Christopher Hope Saturday February 1, 2003 The Guardian Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility by Daniel Litvin 340pp, Texere, £18.99

Forwarded from Jim Craven

2003-01-31 Thread Louis Proyect
[The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Washington State University forwarded to all chairs a memo from the Attorney General's office advising against using university resources for activity relating to war on Iraq. Below is the response from one of the department chairs.] * * *

2 Of Every 5 Gulf War Vets Are On Disability - WorldNetDaily.com

2003-01-31 Thread Ralph Johansen
2 Of Every 5 Gulf War Vets Are On Disability 209,000 Make VA Claims 161,000 Receive Payments © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com 1-28-3 As the U.S. contemplates another war on Iraq in the coming weeks, most Americans expect relatively few casualties among the U.S. troops ñ just like the first Gulf War. The