FYI. If you are (or can suggest) scholar-activists researching health effects
of international trade and living in the Chicago area (or going to the APHA),
and would like to explore this wonderful idea for an APHA panel with Mary
Mercer, please contact her directly.
Nancy
Nancy Breen, PhD,
FYI.
Nancy Breen, PhD, Economist
Applied Research Branch
National Cancer Institute
EPN Suite 313
6130 Executive Blvd MSC 7344
Bethesda MD 20892-7344
Express mail address:
6130 Executive Blvd, Suite 313
Rockville MD 20852
phone: 301 496-4675
fax: 301 435-3710
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Attached as requested. Good question, Bob!!
Thursday, April 1, 1999
COLUMN LEFT / ROBERT POLLIN
Living Wage Gives a Boost to Demand
Do we want higher
institute for women's policy studies
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Subject:[PEN-L:4151] LEFT WING THINK TANKS?
What would the list of left (or at least left of center) think tanks be?
Impressive file system, Louis!! Thanks for your answer to the question.
Nancy Breen, PhD, Economist
Applied Research Branch
Cancer Surveillance Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Studies
National Cancer Institute
301 496 4675
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New Job! Congratulations, Bob.
Nancy Breen
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Sent: Friday, July 10, 1998 12:57 AM
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Subject:[PEN-L:180] New location info for Bob Pollin
My new location information at U Mass Amherst is below
There was also a very big legal case last year in Belgium concerning a
child pornographer -- the network extended into France and possibly
other European countries as well. The case got enormous press. Perhaps
some material for an economic analysis could be gleaned from the press
reports or the
That is an interesting question because historically women have been
segregated into low paying jobs and their earnings distribution has been
narrower than that of men. I would neverthess expect to find more
equality among women than among men. Let us know what you find, Doug.
Thanks,
Nancy
Marx analyzes large firms as good examples of concentration and
centralization of capital. His discussion of exchange value in the
first section of vol I provides a good discussion of the social nature
of production. I'd look in the section on commodity fetishism first,
then page through the
I would try to explain the logic of capital in relation to king profit,
including why companies would go overseas (incidently not all companies are
in a position to do so --depends on what they produce), but I would also
explain the implications of doing that for labor in the home compapnies
Campagna (Michael?) produced a thick text about U.S. 20th century
macroeconomic policy. I used it in an undergrad Am Econ Hist course a few
years ago in it's first edition. Warning: it's long and precludes a lot
of additional reading, unless you have the students selectively read from
Michael More, in an interview of USC's Market Place, said the 2 candidates
had "vulcanized", called their party the "Republicrats" and named the
party's candidate "Billy-Bob Clinton-Dole." Incidently, I think the joke is
funny ...in a dour way.
Nancy Breen
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From: pen-l
Subject:
Thurs, Oct 3, the Washington Post Business Section had a small article (that
I referred to earlier). The annual meeting was the previous weekend, so
it's likely the NYTimes and LATimes had articles. And of course the WSJ.
Nancy Breen
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:6506] sources on
The San Jose Mercury story finally made the front page of the Washington
Post, and in a very interesting way. A friend suggested the editors may
have had a hand in the published story. Anyway, it takes up half a column
on the front page and an entire inside page and the article is like a
The San Jose Mercury story finally made the front page of the Washington
Post (Friday, Oct 4, 1996), and in a very interesting way. A friend
suggested the editors may have had a hand in the published story. Anyway,
it takes up half a column on the front page and an entire inside page and
the business section of yesterday's Wash Post discusses this change. It
includes more debt forgiveness, more money for ed health. The article
points out that this is a change in rhetoric and policy, but it won't affect
a large number of countries and they are only the very poorest, most in
Marx, of course, wrote in Capital of freedom in the double sense: freedom
from the means of production and freedom to work for wages which is a key
contradition that leads individuals in these conditions into labor
exploitation under capitalism. I don't have the reference handy, but it's
Some figures on child abuse and neglect.
Nancy Breen, NIH
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From: HHS News
Subject: HHScoop
Date: Friday, September 20, 1996 1:07AM
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H H S c o o p
H H S c o o p
She's teaches at UC Santa Cruz.
Nancy Breen
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From: pen-l
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [PEN-L:6225] Dana Frank
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 1996 8:09AM
Could someone please help me locate Dana Frank, e-mail address,
phone, or mail address?
Thanks,
Ann Davis
Thanks to Paul for putting this on the list.
The arrest of comedian Dick Gregory and WWRC talk radio host finally put
the CIA, cocaine and the San Jose Mercury articles into the Washington Post.
It was in "The Reliable Source" a widely-read gossip column in the style
section, just above
Did this end up being the Pajama Game, with Doris Day, in the 1950s? The
story IS about labor relations, with Doris as the shop steward. The
conflict is she falls in love with the boss' lackey. Likely a revision on
the ILGWU version if there's any relation.
Nancy Breen
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From:
I was concerned about the virus notice, too, so I asked one of the computer
support system staff at the National Cancer Institute who has provided
reliable information in the past and here's what he said.
Nancy Breen
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From: St. John, Andy (EPN/337)
To: Breen, Nancy
Subject: RE
I haven't seen them in the Washington Post. Isn't that shocking?
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:5791] Crack Intelligence Agency
Date: Thursday, August 22, 1996 7:54AM
Have Gary Webb's stories from the San Jose Mercury News showing the CIA's
heavy involvement in
There's an issue no one's brought up yet on the issue of welfare and
pregnancy that I think is important to consider... and that the Republicans
never mention in their tirades against teen pregnancy. The issue is that
young women who have babies and are or end up as welfare receipients
Slow learners, maybe. But I don't see why you conclude from what you wrote
that AFDC was too high. Please explain.
Thanks,
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:5652] Re: welfare
Date: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 3:05PM
I've read in several places that the real value of
I heard on NPR this morning, and now see on the BLS update that the U.S.
economy showed not only job growth, but hourly wage growth last quarter. No
figures were cited for the latter, though. I'm wondering what constitutes
"substantial wage growth" for the BLS. (Both NPR and the Wash Post
What was the influence of race on redevelopment that McGrath found?
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:3916] Re: brownfields and urban sprawl
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 1996 9:38AM
On the question of lowering environmental standards: Dan McGrath here at
UIC has just
Sounds like the same survey. Anyway the results were consistent.
Nancy Breen
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:3633] RE: Glass Ceiling Information Request
Date: Friday, April 05, 1996 12:46AM
At 9:09 AM 4/4/96, Breen, Nancy wrote:
There was an article in the Wash Post within the last
There was an article in the Wash Post within the last month that presented
results of a survey where women execs and men execs were asked why they
thought there were less women in high-level management. A striking result
is that a large percentage of the men surveyed thought women were
The Washington Post had a picture of the Minister of Agriculture and his
small daughter eating hamburgers allegedly containing English beef. "Not to
worry" was the message.
Nancy Breen
U.S. National Cancer Institue.
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:3434] Mad Cows and Englishmen
Date:
GIGO. Maybe the BLS should be properly funded so it can survey a larger
sample and get their margin of error down. I welcome comments on that
remark.
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:3359] FW: BLS Daily Report
Date: Thursday, March 14, 1996 6:39AM
BLS DAILY REPORT,
Lester Thurow wrote an article published in the NY Times Magazine on Nov 19.
1995, in which he provides some information on changes in income and wealth
distribution. A punchline directly responding to Peter's question is that
"by the early 1990s the share of wealth (more than 40%) held by
They are cuts in the growth of the program over time. Usually inflation and
other increases that are expected to occur are projected and included into
future budgets; these expected increases in future budgets are what will be
cut. Given that the baby boomers will be aging and shifting into
Interest in filling campaign coffers? (Just a guess)
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:1639] The Fed
Date: Friday, December 01, 1995 7:58AM
Lately I've noticed statements by members of the Fed and the Clinton
administration expressing puzzlement as to why wages remain
An excellent and well-written discussion of the contribution of the Chicago
boys to the Chilean economy is in an issue of the RRPE, around 1975, by
Andre Gunder-Frank.
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [PEN-L:1128] books/articles on Chicago boys?
I find this kind of interchange really obnoxious and wish it would stop.
Thank you.
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [PEN-L:832] Re: Albert-Chomsky exchange (fwd)
Date: Friday, October 13, 1995 5:20AM
Louis:
Listening to these two (Albert and
Thanks to Gil Skilman for sharing his considerable research and alternative
analysis about the CATO report with Pen-L readers.
Nancy Breen
NIH
Medicaid is the largest 3rd party payer of long term care spending. It
financed 51.7% of nursing home care in 1993, a percentage that had increased
over the 4 previous years. In the same year, 1993, hosital and nursing home
care accounted for 37.6 and 31.9% respectively, of the $112.8
Maybe. Leading conservative George Will had an op ed piece this morning in
the Washington Post in favor of maintaining welfare. Clearly things have
gotten pretty dire.
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:414] RD cuts
Date: Monday, September 11, 1995 8:06AM
Are American
Please put it on the list. I will ask my librarian, but it doesn't sound
from Ellen's note that it's going to be easy to find.
Thanks,
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:268] Re:
Date: Thursday, August 31, 1995 7:40PM
I was interested in Ellen J. Dannin's note (below)
I heard about the IMF report on NPR and what surprized me most about it is
that they were able to track who the capital belongs to. How is that done?
Nancy Breen
NIH
I got my PhD at the New School in 1988 and feel I received an excellent
education in economics there. The breadth and depth of theory available at
the New School is probably unmatched in the U.S. Not only are there Marxist
and radical economists, but there are also Marxist and radical
I rented BURN at Tower (records ) video. It IS on video.
Nancy Breen
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:98] re: waterworld
Date: Wednesday, August 02, 1995 3:13PM
On Wed, 2 Aug 1995, Michael Perelman wrote:
The producers of Burn showed it to the Panthers to get their evaluation at
There is a program on Women and Development at Cornell University that I
think would be a suitable recommendation. I think the program is located
in the planning dept at Cornell.
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:4848] Graduate programs with emphasis on women
Jim
Is it a coincidence that the Evined cycle is Devine spelled backwards?
Though maybe we are in a new era and ought to take a look at that
Best,
Nancy Breen
NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: [PEN-L:4633] Re: Kondratiev
Date: Thursday, April 06, 1995 7:58AM
People are forgetting
When I saw the post concerning the Library of Congress magazine about a
"noted economist" having definitively refuted Marx, I called a friend of
mine who works at the LC and asked him to bring me a copy. He forgot to
bring it the last time I saw him, but I asked him who this mystery
The Economic Policy Institute has an "Issue Brief" #102 by Lawrence Mishel
and John Schmitt called "Jump-Starting Wage Growth: The High Value of the
Minimum Wage," published this year that describes who gets it and the
implications of raising it. The issue brief can be had from EPI (telephone:
Jim -- was that small government before or after capitalism had withered
away?
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From: pen-l
Subject: Re: Election results
Date: Saturday, November 12, 1994 3:15PM
At least according to Hal Draper's exhaustive survey of Marx's
political ideas (kARL MARX'S THEORY OF REVOLUTION,
Maybe we should also call the journalists. NPR reported this morning that
they are sending out the paper on e-mail. ???
Nancy Breen, NIH
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From: pen-l
Subject: Fight SF Scab Advertisers-- Day #2
Date: Friday, November 04, 1994 11:18AM
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Where can these publications be got? Thanks, Nancy Breen (US) National
Institutes of Health, Bitnet NXB@NIHCCPC1
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From: pen-l
To: breenn
Subject: NHS Health Reforms UK
Date: Thursday, October 13, 1994 6:42AM
I read your comment on the internet, so I thought you might be interested
I haven't read Roehmer and so I'm not taking a position on the viability of
his theory. I do wonder, from Bob Pollin's last comment, though, how do all
the "coupons" get evenly distributed in the model? This part seems
critical. Thanks.
Nancy Breen
National Institutes of Health
I think this is where the left can be useful.
Nancy Breen
National Institutes of Health
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From: pen-l
To: breenn
Subject: Re: principal/agent social conscience
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 1994 6:04AM
How do you begin to encourage cooperation and a social conscience in a
society
I thought I agreed with Phil until I read his/your response to June Zacone,
which I think is very well reasoned and sensible... including the part that
having a job means inclusion in society and raising the question: why not
reduce hours of work (increase vacation days, reduce the work day
How do I send a communication to Pen-L? I sent one once about a month ago
using the REPLY function key and, though I forgot to sign my name, it never
showed up on the network as far as I know. Thanks.
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From: pen-l
To: breenn
Subject: Re: I would like be attached to Progressive
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