[PEN-L:1485] Re: Speedup and Lordstown

1995-11-19 Thread Kevin Quinn
There's Aronowitz's *False Promises* On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, Harry M. Cleaver wrote: Two questions: 1. Does anyone know a good reference/discription/analysis of the conflict over speedup at the Lordstown plant of Ford(?) that led to widespread sabotage by young workers. This was back in

[PEN-L:1489] Re: State taxes

1995-11-19 Thread Kevin Quinn
Richard: Get a hold of several articles by Jane Gravelle of the Congressional Research Service for a theoretical case that consumption taxes *reduce* efficiency. I don't have the cites but remember reading them back in 1990, and I think I remember the punch line. I believe that the offset to

[PEN-L:1392] Re: firm behaviour and teaching

1995-11-13 Thread Kevin Quinn
If you want the straight micro theory critically considered, you can do much worse than to go with 2 pen-lers. For undergraduates, Peter Dorman has a manuscript coming out imminently, I think, that is superb. For graduate micro there is Hahnel and Albert's *Quiet Revolution in Welfare

[PEN-L:855] Re: Extinction, Market Socialism and priorities

1995-10-13 Thread Kevin Quinn
Well Lotus, I saw your reply to Barney. The latter wouldn't be, would he, the esteemed purple dinosaur and chanteur? What I want to know is, who is this Stallin' character and why doesn't he just get on with it? As for Troutsky, the whole thing smells fishy. And what was so gosh-darned

[PEN-L:766] Re: Lucas????

1995-10-11 Thread Kevin Quinn
Barro writes praising his pal in today's WSJ. He recounts an anecdote evidently meant to support his high opinion of Lucas. Before having his 1972 article published in the JET, it was rejected by the AER for being "too mathematical". Lucas fired off an angry letter to the editor, asking him

[PEN-L:626] Re: We need to respond

1995-10-02 Thread Kevin Quinn
Sorry if this point has already been made--I deleted some of this thread inadvertently. The same day that piece of crap from the Cato people appeared in the WSJ, they carried a good piece from their token human being, Albert Hunt, about the outrageous cuts in the earned income tax credit. If

[PEN-L:189] Request for Info

1995-08-24 Thread Kevin Quinn
A friend not on the list is looking for data on public ownership of industry for a comparative systems course she is teaching. Please respond privately to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Kevin Quinn

[PEN-L:4892] Re: asset tax

1995-05-01 Thread Kevin Quinn
On Mon, 1 May 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are we having (Islamic) fun(damentalism) yet? :-) Yes! This reminds me of my puzzlement when I didn't find all of the bastard Keynesians shipping off to Tehran in the late 70's to help construct the "IS-LMic Republic"!

[PEN-L:4802] Re: econ. and cognitive psychology

1995-04-24 Thread Kevin Quinn
to psychoanalyze the practically rational h.e. --Kevin Quinn On Fri, 21 Apr 1995, Jim Devine wrote: Has anyone remarked that homo economicus is either autistic or psychopathic? sincerely, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles

[PEN-L:4533] Re: monetary theory: classical to neoclassical

1995-03-30 Thread kevin quinn
Evan: Try Hicks (Sir John) Essays in Monetary Theory and also Leijonhufvud (Axel) in his Information and Coordination on what he calls the pre-Keynesian "Art of Central Banking" tradition. On Tue, 28 Mar 1995, Evan Jones - 448 - 3063 wrote: Are there any experts out there on nineteenth

[PEN-L:3915] Re: papal economics

1995-01-24 Thread kevin quinn
Re: the popiate of the people. I've always thought anti-clericalism and leftism were mutually implicating, myself, and love quoting the last priest/last king thing that Justin mentioned. Recently, though, I've had 2nd thoughts about associating *religion* with compensation, due to having just

[PEN-L:3838] Re: rationality

1995-01-19 Thread kevin quinn
I think we need more evidence on this: e.g., in DC, where there are height restrictions on buildings, are interest rates lower? Kevin Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:3843] Re: rationality

1995-01-19 Thread kevin quinn
men" of the industry, so Wall Street could peddle a nice risk-free instrument with a clear conscience. --Thanks for the warning! On Thu, 19 Jan 1995, John E. Parsons wrote: On Thursday, Jan 19, Kevin Quinn wrote... Speaking of rationality, did people catch the WSJ article on Ro

[PEN-L:3820] Re: rationality

1995-01-18 Thread kevin quinn
This is in response to Robin's comments on rationality. I agree with Robin that institutions shape the selves whose lives they structure, and in this context that the instrumentally rational agents that people rational choice models tend to be produced by the universal reign of markets. I

[PEN-L:3780] Re: rationality

1995-01-16 Thread kevin quinn
This is just a bibliographic footnote to the rationality discussion. For those interested, as I was/am, in Jim Devine's suggestion that Aristotelian phronesis is an alternative to rational choice theory worth considering, there are several contemporary philosophers to check out. Martha

[PEN-L:3711] Re: rationality

1995-01-12 Thread kevin quinn
I agree completely with what Jim says below. There are always some substantive constraints on the interpretation of preferences being employed, and the economist, whether neo-classical or analytically marxist, typically denies this, maintaining that they are only employing innocuous formal

[PEN-L:3695] Re: rationality

1995-01-11 Thread kevin quinn
Broome and others have pointed out, very much as Jim argues, that it's always possible to redefine options in ways that can save the rationality hypothesis, even in the face of the aporia Peter mentions below. In order therefore for the hypothesis to "have any bite", as Broome puts it, there

Re: Middle Class

1994-12-22 Thread kevin quinn
On Thu, 22 Dec 1994, Jim Devine wrote: I agree that Marxism is not enough. If we had a seance, Marx would probably agree. Happy Secular-Humanist Winter Festival! Could someone look into the possibility Jim broaches here! At the next URPE meeting, couldn't there be a session titled:

Re: federal Reserve taxes

1994-12-12 Thread kevin quinn
Isn't most of this the interest earnings on the government securities in its portfolio? So except for earnings on discount loans, we're talking about one hand of the government paying the other hand and then getting it back at the end of the year? On Sun, 11 Dec 1994, Helene Jorgensen wrote:

Re: federal Reserve taxes

1994-12-12 Thread kevin quinn
I agree. It's important to see, though, that the taxes paid by the Fed are more than offset by interest payments going the other way--the "more than" serving as operating funds and for the odd ice-sculpture--so that the Fed is in this respect, as a "taxpayer", in a class of its own. (This