[PEN-L:7289] Re: Vote for Nader

history and I don't particularly think I can contribute anything new and important to it at this point. Thanks for the discussion. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7256] Re: Vote for Nader

On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Blair Sandler wrote: Merhaba Fikret, is it possible to know how you think Nader will change the present system of the financial oligarchy which effectively marginalizes and ghettoizes the broad masses of the people? Or is this not his aim? Shawgi Tell Shawgi: you

[PEN-L:7255] Re: It is gone to far: Tim

What I meant was that Social Text Co. were caught with their pants down and have had a lot of explaining to do. Certainly no question about that in my mind! What if anything it says about post-modern wars is another question entirely. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7280] Re: It is gone to far: Tim

At 12:01 AM 11/5/96, Blair Sandler wrote: What I meant was that Social Text Co. were caught with their pants down and have had a lot of explaining to do. Certainly no question about that in my mind! What if anything it says about post-modern wars is another question entirely. One thing

[PEN-L:7279] Re: Economia al Pomodoro

academics is not appreciated. Of course, if I'm being overly sensitive and in fact your hopes expressed below are sincere, than I thank you for your good wishes. I would indeed appreciate a reasonable full time paid job that would enable me to get out of debt. Sincerely, Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7222] Re: post modern courtesy

further. Case in point, his great articles in LBO 71 and 72 criticizing David Korten's book, WHEN CORPORATIONS RULE THE WORLD, and the International Forum on Globalization. Those articles really helped crystallize my own thinking already in formation. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7223] Re: nattering nabob

ell as anything else, I think, the powerful *predictive* ability of Marxian theory. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7250] Re: post modern courtesy

At 7:44 AM 11/4/96, Blair Sandler wrote: Doug Henwood, for example, has a way of producing information that often leads me to new understandings, or at least assists me in developing my understandings further. Case in point, his great articles in LBO 71 and 72 criticizing David Korten's book

[PEN-L:7248] Re: Vote for Nader

will change anything, since he's not going to be elected. And if he were, everything would be different and so who could say what might change in that event?! Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7249] Re: nattering nabob

created conditions for communist class processes, in which LTV would be transcended. [I'm being simplistic and sloppy here but the general idea should be clear.] Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7164] Re: Pomo and U. Mass. Economics department

life, I am unlikely to respond. Pete Bohmer Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7179] Re: Pomo and U. Mass. Economics department

ople might view differently. I certainly can't say this about myself. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7180] Re: post modern wars

of my own perspectives on pomo (those three books), but keep wanting to respond to specific things that come up and I'm already stealing time from other deadline things I need to do. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7200] Re: It is gone to far: Time Out.

of accessible, political theory based on pomoish insights? Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7201] Re: Marilyn Waring

a commodity are three to four times the market value? [I would really like to know the source of these estimates and am pissed that they aren't cited. What I tell my students is that even if the estimates are too big by three to four times, then they're still the equivalent of the market cost and the same question is appropriate.] Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7135] Re: PoMoTown

deadlines). Sheesh! Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7136] Re: pomo communication: spider net approach

, the strings lack of elasticity when talking about basic Neoclassical economics, the remaining strings are assumed to be stiff. My interpretation is, that here with the spider net is the initial connection and simultaneously starts the divergence. What do you think about that? Blair Sandler

[PEN-L:7156] Re: obnoxious personal attacks

On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Blair Sandler wrote: I hate to say it but UMass Amherst is the obvious place to go, with Rick Wolff, Steve Resnick, Sam Bowles, Nancy Folbre (and Ann Ferguson down the hall), Julie Graham in geography, David Kotz, Jim Crotty, Jim Boyce, even (shudder) Herb Gintis

[PEN-L:7092] post-modern wars

tainable development. I have to go now but I'm going to send this out now as a teaser. I'll be back later this weekend with more about my take on post-modernism and what's valuable about these three books. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7126] Re: post-modern wars

At 8:39 AM 11/1/96, Blair Sandler wrote: And DEVELOPMENT BETRAYED is a book-length critique of modernism (NC theory comes in for repeated attacks on just that basis) in the form of development theory and practice, and a post-modern analysis of the need for and possibilty of sustainable

[PEN-L:7128] Re: post-modern wars

her argument, which is nonetheless fundamentally post-modern. (THE COMING PLAGUE). Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:7088] Re: White collar/unproductive worker?

es is part of a service sold as a commodity by the dental corporation. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6972] re: Krugman

strated my understanding of the course material and more, and when he wouldn't raise my grade, requested another opportunity to take a test. Nope. The only F I got at Yale. I wasn't an econ major at that point; I'm not quite sure why that didn't stop me from switching my major to economics later. Blair

[PEN-L:6974] Re: AI unionbuster?

ry, it seems to me to indicate the necessity of *greater* collective political action, specifically of communal or communist class processes, wherein workers collectively appropriate their own surplus labor and decide what to do with it (and thus how to organize their work, etc.). Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6980] Re: pol econ PhD programs

of these individuals or their work, UMass offers a broad range of different heterodox perspectives on social theory. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6952] would that it would happen here

st defense cutbacks, because there aren't any! Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6932] Re: I'm afraid to say this...

the nerve to argue that the Internet was the proof that government can't pick research and should stay out of the way and let private capital decide what to do. It even acknowledged (in one sentence) that the Pentagon started the Internet. Sheesh! Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6880] typo

AL, Marx was arguing not *for* but *against* the Ricardian notion that the rate of capital falls. Of course in the last sentence I meant that the rate of *profit* falls, not the rate of *capital*. Sorry for the typo. It was 5:00 AM when I wrote that. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6881] Re: rising rate of profit?

arguing not *for* but *against* the Ricardian notion that the rate of capital falls. Also, see Steve Cullenberg's book, THE FALLING RATE OF PROFIT: RECASTING THE MARXIAN DEBATE, Pluto Press, 1994. Regards, Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6895] Re: rising rate of profit?

this point very explicitly in his book. Yes, but it should be obvious that in interpreting debates on a subject one's own interpretation on the subject is revealed as well. And I know Steve would agree with this. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6897] Re: GM-CAW agreement

but irrelevant to the question I posed about concessions, rhetoric and saving face. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6901] intro macro textbook?

hese posts or a summary with anyone else who requested it of me. Thanks in advance. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6902] Re: teaching reform and revolution? revisited

used the subject header "teaching reform and revolution?" Appreciating all the replies so far; keep 'em coming, folks! Thanks. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6865] Re:

Someone mentioned that Eudora can filter out mail, though perhaps the shareware version I use is not up to this task. Sandy, I believe this is the case, though as I don't use the shareware version I'm not sure. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6867] reform or revolution? revisited

ing those tendencies in those who are or will be in business; or do you teach that unions can increase productivity; "environmentally friendly commodities" can be profitable, and the like, thereby reinforcing liberal tendencies at the cost of pushing "socialism" away? Eagerly a

[PEN-L:6869] Re: revolutionary ecological fiction

uld like institutionally is underdeveloped but far from nonexistent. On this point, again, I suggest you look at CNS. Lots of great articles about political economy and political ecology (where in my mind politics is about power). Regards, Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6871] The Politics and Languages of Contemporary Marxism (conference

program of art and cultural activities. The full schedule of art, panels and plenaries, along with information about registration, travel instructions, accomodations, daycare, and publishers' exhibitions is available on the web site. Hope to see you there! Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6872] GM-CAW agreement

ns from corporations regarding long term job security for workers, or are these various promises on the part of the corporations little more than rhetorical dressing so the unions can save face? On the other hand, CAW workers got health and some other benefits for same-sex partners. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6803] Re: Shawgi Tell's low signal to noise ratio

"read"; then transfer to trash. This avoids a dialog box if you manually empty Eudora's trash.) On a Mac, if you're not using Eudora, it's pretty easy to write an AppleScript (or QuicKeys macro) to do the same thing. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6804] revolutionary ecological fiction

ed on Earth: extremists, communists, vandals, saboteurs, reds, terrorists. Never the words *rebel* or *revolutionary*, words of which half the Earth (at least) might approve. No, they were isolated groups of insane, destructive terrorists." Okay, that's all. I'm interested in comments from others who have (or haven't) read this work. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6449] Re: railing on dole

Robert Naiman writes, "we're tired, we're cranky, we don't like the government" How about, "we're sick, the earth is sick, we're pissed, we hate big business" ?? :) Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6434] Re: S. Tell

o the West as to the East of England. So "Middle East" is completely unhelpful in terms of locating anything. It has come to be accepted as a name only because of the history of English (and now U.S.) imperialism. Can't we give this one up? Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6439] Re: institutionalism the Greater Levant

de the Persian Gulf countries as they do not border the Mediterranean. Even Jordan would technically be excluded. Perhaps "Greater Levant" is intended to solve this problem. I actually *like* "Afro-Asia." "Western Asia," of course, does not include Egypt, so that's a problem with *that* name. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6440] Re: S. Tell

reless. My apologies. It should be obvious that my question/criticism refers equally to the "Far East" or "the Orient." Actually, from the point of view of England, I'd think that Ireland is the Far East. And for the U.S. the Far East would be California. Hey, that's me! :) Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6443] UAW job guarantees

d I hear someone say bye-bye community?). It seems that the only circumstance in which the job guarantee will take effect is if a company wants to produce fewer cars because it loses market share. Perhaps I'm missing something, but what exactly did the UAW gain with this contract? Blair

[PEN-L:6253] Re: value of labor power and wage

Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6206] Re: nonmarket enviromentalism

o question management. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6122] NAFTA strikes again

; * Under NAFTA, governments have obligations to investors, but not to environment or public health. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6089] Re: What did Herb say?

y courses, and most of the class and extra-curricular discussions with professors and students, were extremely valuable. I do not regret for a moment having obtained my Ph.D. from there. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6071] Re: Clinton and Blair NOT! on same wavelength

about what a sleezy slimy slug he is. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6073] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

Antonio wrote, I hope I am not irking any Hegelians out there Oh come now, Antonio: you *like* irking Hegelians! :) Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6074] Re: Fwd: re: rethinking overdetermination

I'm listening to a very cool CD of Thelonious Monk (advanced jazz?) as I write this. But he's African American, so it's okay, right? Blair (who is NOT on the same wavelength as Clinton) Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh shit, I better turn in my union card, I listen to classical music (rgh)

[PEN-L:6077] Re: Clinton and Blair NOT! on same wavelength

slimy slug he is. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6019] re: re: overdetermination redux

he effectivity of a "thing" is just what the thing is. Since things are all different, so is their effectivity, and thus it doesn't make sense to say they are "equally" effective (important). For a concrete argument of this point, see THE ECOLOGIST 26/3, May/June 1996, pp. 98-103, for John O'Neill's short but excellent critique of cost-benefit analysis on just these lines. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:6018] Re: property and ownership

ignificant? Is this old territory, written about and discussed ad nauseum already? Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5974] Re: overdetermination redux: come on, Jim, at least hit the

This is a response to Jim Devine's message, copied below. I frankly did not understood what Steve meant by his off-the-cuff, tongue-in-cheek (?) comment about "what you see is what you get." I didn't think it helped explain anything, and I don't think your snide (so it seems to me) response

[PEN-L:5943] First Internet Union Born

enter and is based in the Thoreau Center for Sustainability in the Presidio of San Francisco. -30- Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5905] Re: Korea

Obviously in the mainstream press North Korea is described as near-Gulag, not to mention desperately poor, etc. Could you say briefly what you see as "the best" of the North? Thanks in advance. In ignorance, Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5864] Crack and CIA

organization considerable time and money to produce it. We would like to continue to provide this service free. You could help by making a tax-deductible contribution (anything you can afford, whether $5.00 or $500.00). Please send your contribution to: Environmental Research Foundation, P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403-7036. --Peter Montague, Editor Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5805] Re: Crack Intelligence Agency

-3137 fax email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5667] Re: welfare

. The obvious conclusions are that welfare benefits were astonishingly high to begin with, and that the recipients are slow learners. Peter You, Sir, have a dry and acerbic sense of humor I rather like. :) Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5605] Re: Evaluating and grading critical thinking skills

interested in such information. Please copy any email notes to me. Thanks. Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5590] Info request from Susan Feiner

er 603 374 9263 (ph) 603 374 6509 (fax) Assoc. Prof./Economics Women's Studies GENERAL DELIVERYUniversity of Southern Maine Bartlett, NH 03812Portland, Me 04103 Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5557] Re: science essentialism

tremendously over the past 10 or more years and particularly so in the last half of that period. Regards, Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5570] Re: We MUST be essentialists

ecause it's not how I remember you). If you're genuinely interested, look at the literature of the Amherst School over the past 4 years to see a significant number of people thinking creatively about socialism. (And if I've misread your tone, my apologies.) Sincerely, Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5575] Re: We MUST be essentialists

been going on for 15 years already and still going strong, no?). Perhaps sometime we can get into it and give it the attention it deserves (maybe you could do that now but I can't). Blair Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5554] Re: We MUST be essentialists

long involved discussions on this matter. I'm broke, unemployed, job-searching, paper-writing, and leaving in a week on a trip for a week. Sorry, Eric. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5533] Re: We MUST be essentialists

vement of human potential and on other rhelms of society. Otherwise, why care about a transformation to socialism? Eric . Eric Nilsson Department of Economics California State University San Bernardino, CA 92407 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5492] Re: Gintis and all that

ce to the "errors" of BG. Eric . Eric Nilsson Department of Economics California State University San Bernardino, CA 92407 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rich Parkin, Economics Dept., 400 Wickenden Building, 10,900 Euclid Ave., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7206 (216) 368-4294 (w) (216) 368-5039 (fax) Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5501] Re: gintis and all that

people in the Amherst School) reject any effort "to say anything about the real world." Anyone who could think so has clearly not read or understood the work coming out of the Amherst School over the past bunch of years. Of course, I'm just an "airheaded pomo," so what would I

[PEN-L:5297] Re: The No-Fault Corporation

Gene: this is precisely my critique of the enviro justice movement: it is trying to make good citizens of corporations: viz: "good neighbor" agreements. See the reasoning in DYING FROM DIOXIN, e.g. Blair At 9:41 PM 7/23/96, Eugene P. Coyle wrote: Forwarded mail received from:

[PEN-L:5272] Re: nature as public good

At 6:24 AM 7/23/96, Doug Henwood wrote: At 7:12 PM 7/22/96, Blair Sandler wrote: I don't know whether ecological economists agree, but I wonder what it would mean to say such a thing. Usually "goods" are things that humans produce, in which case what is the point of calling it "n

[PEN-L:5273] Re: nature as public good

At 10:31 AM 7/23/96, Gil Skillman wrote: In response to this passage from Doug, Is it pretty universally agreed by ecological economists that nature is a public good, or is that at all controversial? Blair writes: I don't know whether ecological economists agree, but I wonder what it would

[PEN-L:5281] Re: efficiency

I guess I'm just in a disagreeable mood today, at least where Jim Devine is concerned. :) It's *not* a clear case of waste, if the people are occupying resources (land, housing, educational facilities, etc.) that could be put to better use by a people who are less lazy and shiftless, less

[PEN-L:5282] Re: neoclassical economics efficiency

The problem with Jim's analysis below, as I see it, is that efficiency *is* in the eye of the beholder, or that dynamic efficiency is impossible to pin down. Unemployed resources can be *efficient* if they spur the economy onto greater growth and thus everyone always enjoys a higher standard of

[PEN-L:5288] Re: nature as public good

At 4:17 PM 7/23/96, Doug Henwood wrote: At 2:05 PM 7/23/96, Blair Sandler wrote: Absolutely right, but this kind of "production" doesn't seem to have much to do with the "production of goods" -- or anyway, that's my question. What is gained and what is lost by referring to

[PEN-L:5260] Re: nature as public good

At 11:52 AM 7/22/96, Doug Henwood wrote: Is it pretty universally agreed by ecological economists that nature is a public good, or is that at all controversial? Doug I don't know whether ecological economists agree, but I wonder what it would mean to say such a thing. Usually "goods" are things

[PEN-L:5234] Re: Bumper Stickers

or someone like Newt who has metaphorically raped a substantial portion of the domestic population? ;-) Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5230] Re: Bumper Stickers

At 5:55 PM 7/17/96, James Michael Craven wrote: Date sent: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:34:41 -0700 (PDT) Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Blair Sandler) To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:5211] Re: Bumper

[PEN-L:5231] Re: Bumper Stickers

Well, now everyone knows I hate neoclassical theory. That's what I get for "replying" to a personal message mistakenly sent to the list. ;-) At 6:24 PM 7/18/96, Blair Sandler wrote: There are fundamentally two diametrically opposed attitudes to NC theory and also to capit

[PEN-L:5190] updated RM conference announcement

Rethinking MARXISM announces an International Conference POLITICS AND LANGUAGES OF CONTEMPORARY MARXISM December 5--8 (Thursday--Sunday), 1996 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Call for Papers and Session Proposals Join with Jack Amariglio, Etienne Balibar, John Beverly, Tim

[PEN-L:5165] Re: on efficiency

k and risk taking that makes the economic pie grow and makes everyone better off. Without inequality there is no incentive for economic growth and everyone is worse off. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5159] Re: on efficiency

y in college economics classes. In struggle, Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the germ theory of communism is true then I would be the virus.

[PEN-L:5149] Re: libertarianism

At 6:50 AM 7/12/96, GC-Etchison, Michael wrote: Blair Sandler rightly complains 7/11 that when I wrote that libertarians might riposte that the Left says "I've got your, fuck you," I was ahead of the times. I'm probably the only one on the list, I guess, that takes the possibili

[PEN-L:5134] Re: libertarianism

" it would make at least *some* sense, but as written is completely absurd, especially in light of people's comments about the institutional and official support that e.g. Becker gets while lefty analyses rot in dissertation microfilm archives. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5038] Re: Careeris...

At 9:59 PM 7/9/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tavis asks; "Written by runaway computers or space aliens?" I vote for the aliens. maggie Alien computers. -- Blair

[PEN-L:5039] Re: Three Mile Island and efficiency

At 9:49 PM 7/9/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barkley Rosser notes, correctly, that there is no way to measure efficiency outside the nc framework. I would take this a couple of steps further: 1. The nc frame work does not measure efficiency. It measures a trade off between a couple of points

[PEN-L:5069] Re: progress in economics

Doug: one of the funniest posts I've seen on PEN-L for a long time. Thanks! Blair At 8:16 AM 7/10/96, Doug Henwood wrote: From today's Labor Economics abstracts: "The L.A. Riot and the Economics of Urban Unrest" BY: DENISE DIPASQUALE University of Chicago

[PEN-L:5068] Re: progress in economics

At 9:27 AM 7/10/96, Doug Henwood wrote: At 8:57 AM 7/10/96, Terrence Mc Donough wrote: Does this boil down to arguing that Blacks and Hispanics have too much time on their hands? That's sorta what it sounds like, eh? And that idle hands are the devil's playthings especially when the idle

[PEN-L:5019] Re: Gary Becker

Etchison [opinions mine, not the PUCT's] Gary Becker is not a person. He's a utility-maximizing organism. Two entirely unrelated species. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4949] Re: Fwd: Emotion is required for ...

At 9:54 PM 7/1/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For all those digit heads out there. fondly (heh, heh, heh) maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 96-07-01 17:21:27 EDT To

[PEN-L:4955] Re: Marginal Utility of increasing output

hat. Well, it goes without saying that anyone who supports neoclassical theory, even "generally," is irrational. ;-) Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4932] Re: mothers-in-law

understand why it is so, but these circumstances are completely destructive of relations of solidarity and community. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 12:38 PM 7/1/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay. I'll answer Max's question. If I had kids (I do) would I want to know if the guy down the street

[PEN-L:4399] government statistics on the web

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/briefroom.html#fsbr This is the newly centralized web address for federal economic and social statistics, with links to BLS etc. Everything from the GDP to the national mortality rate at your fingertips. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4299] Re: Robert S...

At 8:59 AM 5/15/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come ON guys, you don't expect someone in Samuelson's position to deal with REALITY do you? maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maggie: I would say, "you don't expect someone with Samuelson's politics to deal with REALITY do you?" Blair

[PEN-L:4300] Re: social secur...

that their conditions improve not a whit as wage slaves to the British companies. *Great* movie. On my soapbox again Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4215] Re: Fwd: a sleeping giant

s, largely adapted to the need to accommodate the entrance of women and people of color into their workforce. ?? Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4163] Re: Cuba libre

on pen-l should know the answer. I guess warped minds think alike: I have wondered about that since the late 70s when I was introduced to the drink. I suppose the question would be answered by knowing where and when the drink was invented/named. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4148] May 5, 1818

Today is the 178th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. Marx was no saint but he believed in the ability and the right of working people to manage their own affairs, and he opposed the rampant theft we call capitalist profit. Happy birthday, everyone. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:4152] Re: KM's b'day

Doug, thanks for the Enzensberger piece. Blair

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