Re: utopianism

2004-03-31 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
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Re: American flags

2004-03-24 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
, it will be necessary to reduce the role of the flag to what it once was, an official symbol that belongs on Post Offices and other federal buildings. -- The Marxism list: www.marxmail.org Robert Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050

Re: Intro books/article on equilibrium

2004-03-19 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 32.2.629.27.15

Re: Vampire capitalism

2004-03-19 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
— or at least turn on the coffee machine. (Todd Buchholz, a former White House economic adviser in the administration of George H. W. Bush, is the author of Market Shock.) Louis Proyect Marxism list: www.marxmail.org Robert Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit

Re: What is this thing called love?

2004-03-15 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
about love, which was my point to Joanna. He's the fella that wrote Love For Sale, among others. Electric eels, I might add, do it Though it shocks 'em I know Why ask if shad do it Waiter, bring me shadroe Tom Walker 604 255 4812 Robert Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College

Re: Democratic Party?

2004-02-25 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 32.2.629.27.15

Re: Winning with Nader

2004-02-25 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Robert Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 32.2.629.27.15

Re: dems, etc

2004-02-24 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
And that is the single best reason for supporting reinstatement of the draft. dms Robert Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 32.2.629.27.15

Re: dems, etc

2004-02-24 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
than a professional guard. People didn't say the same thing about Reagan and we got W. People said absolutely different things about Clinton, and we got W. Nuts? dms - Original Message - From: Robert Scott Gassler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:49

my new book

2004-01-30 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Dear PEN-L: You might be interested in my new book from Elgar: Robert Scott Gassler. Beyond Profit and Self-Interest: Economics with a Broader Scope. It is out in Europe and will be out in the US in February (I guess that's next week). Without a trace of modesty I'll reproduce the publisher's

Re: college students again and a question

2003-12-03 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 Office Fax: (604) 291-5944 Home: Phone (604) 689-9510 Robert Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 32.2.629.27.15

Re: college students again and a question

2003-12-03 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
was born in a cross-fire hurricane And I howled, at my ma in the driving rain, But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas! J. Robert Scott Gassler Professor of Economics Vesalius College of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium 32.2.629.27.15

Re: America's rebuilding of Iraq is in chaos

2003-06-17 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
game in the coming months. This is a difficult period, particularly with the extreme temperatures, he concluded, It could be said that we are currently sowing the seeds of a better Iraq, but if we don't have anything to harvest by the autumn, we could face the consequences. Robert Scott Gassler

Re: US econ. stability

2003-03-31 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Dear PEN-L: I'm vindicated! In one of the greatest unwritten articles of my career, I stated in the early 1980s that after the massive cuts in taxes and unemployment benefits (by taxing them) by the Reagan Administration, the next recession would be a doozy. (Doozey is defined by the NBER as a

Re: Re: RE: New Alazeera wesite in English

2003-03-26 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
I got a 404 message too, and I am in Belgium. At 19:55 25/03/03 -0600, k hanly wrote: The website is being attacked by hackers. Al-Jazeera Web Site Under Hacking Attack, Host Says By Peter Svensson The Associated Press Published: Mar 25, 2003 Hackers attacked the Web site of Arab satellite

Re: Re: Re: Basra uprising wishful thinking?

2003-03-26 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
At 02:01 26/03/03 -0800, soula avramidis wrote: had the US managed a helicopter drop of 75 billion dollars on the Iraqi people, I am sure that this would raise percapita income five folds in iraq No but it would more than double it. The World Almanac 2003 gives Iraq's population as 24 million

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Basra uprising wishful thinking?

2003-03-26 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Holy mackerel, you're right. I get sixfold. If the (money) multiplier is 5. At 03:13 26/03/03 -0800, soula avramidis wrote: i had the multiplier in mind wrote: At 02:01 26/03/03 -0800, soula avramidis wrote: had the US managed a helicopter drop of 75 billion dollars on the Iraqi this would

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 535 members of Congress and ...

2003-03-24 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Okay, so change it to At the beginning of WWII and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, there was a draft... A fortiori, reinstituting a draft would not keep Congress from declaring war if it were suitably motivated or bamboozled. At 09:24 21/03/03 -0600, Carrol Cox wrote: Robert Scott Gassler

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 535 members of Congress and ...

2003-03-21 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
preferential) than during Vietnam. And this is just a feeling, but it seems Congress itself was more like the US, i. e. some real people and fewer blow-dried creatures of polls and corporate money. Gene Coyle Robert Scott Gassler wrote: Point taken. What about Korea? At 10:20 19/03

Re: Re: Re: 535 members of Congress and ...

2003-03-20 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Point taken. What about Korea? At 10:20 19/03/03 -0800, Eugene Coyle wrote: Isn't it the point that BOTH in Vietnam and now, the Congress didn't have family and friends in the enlisted ranks? Gene Coyle Robert Scott Gassler wrote: I'm sorry but I cannot make too much of that. I remember

Re: 535 members of Congress and ...

2003-03-19 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
I'm sorry but I cannot make too much of that. I remember the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. How many had sons or daughters in the armed forces then? I know Senator Al Gore would have, eventually, but then so would Rep. George H.W. Bush. Scott Gassler At 19:40 18/03/03 -0500, Paul Zarembka wrote:

Re: Re: RE: Lies, damned lies, and economics

2002-05-24 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
in, don't tell the story you don't believe in. Agreed, though sometimes I start with neoclassical concepts. They are occasionally good for a start; you just have to make sure you go somewhere. Gene Coyle Robert Scott Gassler wrote: Sorry; I originally sent this on the wrong thread. Okay. I

Re: Re: Turkey: Prime Minister's illness

2002-05-23 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Okay. I have an article which outlines my approach to teaching in all my courses (though I am sorry to say it is mostly micro): Robert Scott Gassler, The Theory of Political and Social Economics: Beyond the Neoclassical Perspective, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, Vol. 9, No.2, 1998, pp

RE: Lies, damned lies, and economics

2002-05-23 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Sorry; I originally sent this on the wrong thread. Okay. I have an article which outlines my approach to teaching in all my courses (though I am sorry to say it is mostly micro): Robert Scott Gassler, The Theory of Political and Social Economics: Beyond the Neoclassical Perspective, Journal

removal from list

2002-05-10 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Please remove me from the PEN-L list. Thank you.

Re: Re: on the necessity of god, goddess, gods, goddesses, or a combinati on of the above

2002-02-25 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
I too am a Unitarian Universalist, and my answer is that we believe in God, but we refuse to speculate in detail on what She's like. This invariably draws an interesting reaction whenever I say it. Scott Gassler At 23:45 22/02/02, you wrote: From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was raised

Re: Re: Pen-l 23184 ...necessity of god, goddess,...

2002-02-25 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
What did I tell you? Scott Gassler At 05:39 25/02/02 -0800, you wrote: Greetings Economists, For a Marxist, the first issue is the materialism of Marx. Where Scott Gassler writes, Scott, I too am a Unitarian Universalist, and my answer is that we believe in God, but we refuse to

Re: study abroad in Econ??

2002-02-19 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
By the way: A. We have an English professor here who graduated from Eastern Washington U. B. Did we know each other at CU? I was on campus from 1976 to 1979. Scott Gassler At 09:33 24/01/02 -0800, you wrote: Hi to all, I have a very good African-American student who wants to spend his

Re: Free Trade Game

2002-02-04 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
Sounds cool. How do I get one? Scott At 20:31 31/01/02 -0800, you wrote: I am able to announce, at long last, that I have finished the shipping version of Rice and Beans, a game I developed to demonstrate the critique of orthodox trade theory and its significance for the trade/environment

Re: John Culbertson

2001-12-17 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
I hope you're wrong. I may be on the job market in a year or two. Scott At 14:50 16/12/01 -0800, you wrote: I'd like to put in a word for John Culbertson, whose death was reported today in the New York Times. John was one of two economics faculty who influenced me when I was an undergraduate

Re: A project for Pen-L

2001-11-28 Thread Robert Scott Gassler
My lecture arguments against free trade and globalization are based on a thorough market failure argument, where that term includes monopoly power, ownership externalities, maldistribution of income, macroeconomic instability, etc. This places the environmental and labor objections to