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Frankly, I don't think it is of much use to have such
debates/discussions
at all. They certainly don't take place on Marxmail, which has certain
assumptions in place. I wrote some comments on the SSC but perhaps
should
have not cc'd pen-l where they would
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/17/04 1:43 AM
I did vote for him in 2000 (in Calif.); his silence since the last
election has been deafening. I will not vote for him again. If I'm going
to throw away a vote I'd rather give it to Camejo or a socialist
candidate.
Joanna
remember: electoral college,
Please do all you can to attend El II Encuentro. If you are a
journalist, please cover the event -- if you do not speak Spanish and
need an English-speaking Venezuelan interviewee, contact Dozthor
Zurlent [EMAIL PROTECTED].
* From: 2 ENCUENTRO MUNDIAL DE SOLIDARIDAD CON LA REVOLUCION
[Life imitates Onion dept.]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3876471,00.html
Thursday March 18, 2004 7:31 PM
STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) - A couple was arrested after their argument over a
theological point turned physical following a night at the movies to see
``The Passion of the
A co-worker of mine is interested in equilibrium theory. I have a few
books at home I plan on lending him, but thought folks here might have
some good suggestions for reading.
Suggestions welcome.
Thanks.
Bill
In order to understand equilibrium, one must understand disequilibrium: what about
Kaldor's ECONOMICS WITHOUT EQUILIBRIUM?
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Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living
labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
--Karl Marx, Capital, vol. 1, ch. 10
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NY Times Op-Ed, March 19, 2004
Only Machines Need Apply
By TODD BUCHHOLZ
SAN DIEGO
The gross domestic product is going up, but
Dear Bill,
Here are some suggestions, based on things I've done in general
equilibrium theory and comparative economic systems.
Original text: Walras Elements of Pure Economics. Note: A
Frenchman told me recently that the word auctioneer is a bad
translation. The French word is secretaire or
and Gary Becker thinks human beings are live capital. Why does everything
have to be something else?
At 10:35 19/03/04 -0500, you wrote:
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living
labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
--Karl Marx, Capital, vol. 1,
The Economist is no longer convinced the invasion of Iraq was worthwhile,
and reflects on the contradictory effects which make the outcome for the
country and region so uncertain.
Despite the shocking clumsiness of the occupation and resulting violence
and insecurity, it cites polls showing most
Bill,
Which type of equilibrium? Competitive or non-competitive? Cooperative or
noncooperative game-theoretic? Static or dynamic?
Gil
A co-worker of mine is interested in equilibrium theory. I have a few
books at home I plan on lending him, but thought folks here might have
some good
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/17/04 7:30 AM
At 10:20 PM -0500 3/16/04, Michael Hoover wrote:
geez, nader could draw 2 activists and he'd top what i'd draw
Well, you look adorable in a prequel to _The Blair Witch Project_. :-
At 10:20 PM -0500 3/16/04, Michael Hoover wrote:
but do activists really need
On Friday, March 19, 2004 at 10:28:02 (-0500) Gil Skillman writes:
Bill,
Which type of equilibrium? Competitive or non-competitive? Cooperative or
noncooperative game-theoretic? Static or dynamic?
I should have mentioned that this is for a non-specialist,
non-economist. He is interested in
Robert Scott Gassler writes: and Gary Becker thinks human beings are live capital.
Why does everything
have to be something else?
I hate to defend Becker, but he was simply thinking using analogies (metaphors,
similies, etc.) That's what much of (most of?) thinking is. That's what _all_ of
I don't understand this. Ian had replied to what I said. I assumed that he was
referring to my opinions. I tried to convince him that (what I saw as ) his
description of my opinions was inaccurate. (I still don't get why anyone would think I
was authoritarian.) I tried to be as specific
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/17/04 7:51 AM
Nader is now drawing 7 percent of the votes in a nationwide
telephone poll of 1,206 adults, including 984 registered voters . . .
taken from last Wednesday through Sunday (Adam Nagourney and Janet
Elder, Nation's Direction Prompts Voters' Concern, Poll Finds,
[was: RE: [PEN-L] Vampire capitalism]
Robert Scott Gassler writes: and Gary Becker thinks human
beings are live capital.
BTW, it's interesting that Marx had a critique of human capital theory in vol. III
of CAPITAL (pp. 465-6 of the Intl. Publ. ed.) two disagreeably frustrating facts mar
Although the latest Nader/Dem/Socialist Revolution posts are
unobjectionale, this thread ingnited so much nastiness, that maybe we
can drop it.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/18/04 12:25 AM
The Nader campaign was not the first such opportunity in the 20th
century.
Farmer-Labor Party and Robert La Follette's third party
bid in 1924.
Louis Proyect
farmer-labor's origins were in farm protests of non-partisan league
(first such
org was in north
Socialists: The zombies who won the Spanish election
By Chris Suellentrop, writing for Slate
Thurs, 18 March 2004
URL: http://slate.msn.com/id/2097360/
Despite what you may have heard, socialism isn't dead. It's undead, a
zombie that still roams the earth uncertain what to do with itself since
I wasn't planning to write about the Turkish film Distant, which is now
playing in NYC, but words in today's NY Times review of a new Icelandic
film got me thinking:
The director, Dagur Kari, making his feature film debut, has a clean,
understated style. Like certain filmmakers from Asia -- Tsai
There's always Bowie bonds . . .
Robert Scott Gassler writes: and Gary Becker thinks human beings are live
capital.
BTW, it's interesting that Marx had a critique of human capital theory in
vol. III of CAPITAL (pp. 465-6 of the Intl. Publ. ed.) two disagreeably
frustrating facts mar this
On 3/19/04, James Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ . . . human beings are live capital . . . (?) ]
. . . Marx had a critique of human capital theory
in vol. III of CAPITAL (pp. 465-6 of the Intl. Publ.
ed.) two disagreeably frustrating facts mar this
thoughtless conception [of wages being
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THE DAILY MIS-LEAD
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2010620l=23197
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BUSH MARKETS BURMESE PRODUCTS; EVADES OWN TRADE BAN
According to a new report, President Bush's official campaign is
selling clothing made in Burma - a country
It is endlessly fascinating to me how Leon Botstein has remolded Bard
College in the image of the New York Review of Books. There are now three
high-profile professors making the op-end rounds on a regular basis, and
who have written frequently for the NY Review of Books: Ian Buruma (whose
NY
--- Michael Hoover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Socialists: The zombies who won the Spanish election
To paraphrase Frank Zappa: Social Democracy isn't
dead. It just smells that way.
That aside, this is jut another attack on the election
in Spain and how it disappointed the ruling neo-Cons
of
Just added to my radio archive
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html:
March 18, 2004 Luciana Castellina on Italian politics - government,
parties, popular movements * Ruth O'Brien, editor of Voices from the
Edge: Narratives About the Americans With Disabilities Act, on the
ADA, the
I for one am looking forward to Ceylan's next
film, no matter his esthetic predispositions.
Louis Proyect
I did not know Nuri, that is, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, well
but I know of him.
We were both at the Bogazici University in the early
1980s. He was one of the best photographers of our
Original Message
Subject:
FW: LNG securityFERCed (again)
Date:
Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:16:09 -0800
From:
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To:
-Original
In the first place, the laborer must work in
order to obtain this interest. ... In the second
place, he cannot transform the capital-value ...
of his labor-power into cash by transferring
it
Jim D.
Max:
There's always Bowie bonds . . .
How about Sabri bonds?
I am issuing them
Things get worse with Coke
Bottled tap water withdrawn after cancer scare
Felicity Lawrence, consumer affairs correspondent
Friday March 19 2004
The Guardian
First, Coca-Cola's new brand of pure bottled water, Dasani, was revealed earlier this month to be tap water taken from the mains. Then it
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