Re: Sweatshops and featherbeds

2001-04-26 Thread Peter Dorman
Too bad. A fair trade group could have really used that $1000. Peter Ian Murray wrote: > http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010425/t34805.html > A Sweatshop Is Better Than Nothing > > By DANIEL L. JACOBS > > Last month, after I wrote my final college tuition check of the year, I st

Re: Re: Sweatshops and featherbeds

2001-04-25 Thread jdevine
> Does the L.A. times Normally capitalize words other than Proper nouns in > the > Middle of a sentence? > > >A Sweatshop Is Better Than Nothing in headlines, yes. I think it's conventional in the US. -- Jim Devine - This message was sent using Pand

Re: Sweatshops and featherbeds

2001-04-25 Thread Tom Walker
Does the L.A. times Normally capitalize words other than Proper nouns in the Middle of a sentence? >A Sweatshop Is Better Than Nothing soph-o-mor-ic (sof uh môr'ik, -mor'-) adj. 1. of or pertaining to sophomores. 2. intellectually pretentious and conceited

Re: Re: Sweatshops and featherbeds

2001-04-25 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:00 PM Subject: [PEN-L:10783] Re: Sweatshops and featherbeds > Ian Murray wrote: > > >http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010425

Re: Sweatshops and featherbeds

2001-04-25 Thread Doug Henwood
Ian Murray wrote: >http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010425/t34805.html >A Sweatshop Is Better Than Nothing > > >By DANIEL L. JACOBS > > Last month, after I wrote my final college tuition check of the >year, I still >had $1,000 left in the bank. After a good deal of research, I >de

Sweatshops and featherbeds

2001-04-25 Thread Ian Murray
http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010425/t34805.html A Sweatshop Is Better Than Nothing By DANIEL L. JACOBS Last month, after I wrote my final college tuition check of the year, I still had $1,000 left in the bank. After a good deal of research, I decided my money had the most pot

Sweatshops and featherbeds

2001-04-25 Thread Tom Walker
The sophistry in Krugman's argument is that he relies on a universal premise of rational utility maximization in order to "demonstrate" the irrationality of some particulars. All swans are white . . . therefore, those black swans over there are not swans. Obviously it takes a great deal of skill t