ambitious plan to work, because it gave
the paper as much quality content as their unexpectedly good replacement
team could produce. In that context, the byline strike was simply a weak
solidarity gesture that was too little and too late.
Yesterday and today's byline strike at the WSJ, on the other
[Well here's a creative tactic in a labor dispute making it onto the front
page of the WSJ. I just asked a friend who is a reporter there and he
says yep, it's on -- he has a front page piece tomorrow running with no
byline and considers it a matter of pride. Things are getting rancorous.]
http
Michael Pollak wrote:
[Well here's a creative tactic in a labor dispute making it onto the front
page of the WSJ. I just asked a friend who is a reporter there and he
says yep, it's on -- he has a front page piece tomorrow running with no
byline and considers it a matter of pride. Things
ECONOMY
I asked before why China could not use its excess $$$ to buy ownership in
the West? Would they fear confiscation?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Didn't the Japanese try that fifteen years ago?
And if my inference about the implication of your question on the
future of the US economy is correct -- i. e. that deflation looms -- why
should China buy assets now?
Gene Coyle
Michael Perelman wrote:
I asked before why China could not use its
Well, they got the Rockefeller Center, didn't they? I would hope that the
Chinese would make better investment choices.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 09:12:52PM -0700, Eugene Coyle wrote:
Didn't the Japanese try that fifteen years ago?
And if my inference about the implication of your question on
Gene Coyle wrote:
in which I reject the theory and go into the long list and history
of distinguished economists, liberals and conservatives from Keynes
to Telser who have intellectually destroyed the conceit that
wholesale markets in electric power will foster competition.
these arguments
The arguments are more general. Decreasing average costs are most
common. I've already mentioned Steve Keen's website. There are very
few industries where competition works in any way close to lowering
prices as is so widely believed. The traditional course in economics
never considers the
Next, Keynes -- noting, like Bittlingmayer, cost and demand conditions
under which competition doesn't emerge, Keynes goes further, to explain how
economists move from simplifying assumptions to abandonment of the actual
facts, and to conclude that their model is what reality is.
As an aside,
Aug 18th WSJ on the blackout
I often compliment Rebecca Smith of the WSJ on her coverage of the
electric power industry. She
wrote the front page blackout story on Monday, August 18th but not up
to her usual standard.
There is a hint of a perspective in the fourth paragraph where
state
The USA is writing patent law for countries in Africa.
Drug Patents Draw Scrutiny
As Bush Makes African Visit
By MICHAEL SCHROEDER
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
WASHINGTON -- In a five-nation African tour this week, President Bush is
trumpeting his $15 billion program to fight the
Money does not cause happiness, but it sure as hell is often necessary
for the conditions within which _other_ things can bring about
happiness.
Didn't Lou Reed say Money can't buy you love, but it can get you a
Cadillac to go look for it?
Tom
--
Tom
I should have inserted the belief after facilitates.
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
At 7:48 PM -0800 4/2/03, Eugene Coyle wrote:
the loan facilitates the education that will lead to riches.
Does it?
Eugene:
With my post I was hoping to encourage a discussion -- and
get an answer -- of how to make clear to the vast majority
that their dreams of being rich will never be realized.
Any help?
Micheal Yates has a new book out: Naming the System: Inequality
and Labor in the Global Economy. It
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:36 PM
To: PEN-L
Subject: [PEN-L:36409] Re: WSJ - Is This A Great Country?
Eugene:
With my post I was hoping to encourage a discussion -- and
get an answer -- of how to make clear to the vast
Max:
Better, I say, to have a political program
that speaks to individuals' ability to take
the most practical route out of wage slavery --
going into business for themselves.
I did that Max. I am the President and CEO of my own consulting
company. It doesn't help, believe me.
Or maybe, I
In a message dated 4/1/03 2:56:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
With my post I was hoping to encourage a discussion -- and get an answer
-- of how to make clear to the vast majority that their dreams of being
rich will never be realized. Any help?
Gene Coyle
The
Better, I say, to have a political programthat speaks to individuals' ability to takethe most practical route out of wage slavery --going into business for themselves.
I presume you mean collectively, in coops and the like? jksDo you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms,
In a message dated 4/1/03 9:34:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The recent survey of 1,000 adults found that only 2% of Americans
consider themselves rich today, but a whopping 31% expect to become rich
someday. Understandably, young people are most optimistic, with 51% of
Better, I say, to have a political program
that speaks to individuals' ability to take
the most practical route out of wage slavery --
going into business for themselves.
I presume you mean collectively, in coops and the like? jks
Facilitating coops is important, but I also mean
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36410] RE: Re: WSJ - Is This A Great Country?
it makes more sense to start with existing political movements and existing discontents and try to link up and build on the ones that promise a better chance of building a movement that will change the balance of power
That's nuts. You know the failure rates for small business better than I do. I just know that it is veryhigh. And how amny of self-employed or entrepreneurs go into their 60s (or 70s) with enough to retire on decently? jks
"Max B. Sawicky" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Better, I say, to have a
In a message dated 4/2/03 10:36:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
One way of making
clear to the vast majority that their dreams of being rich will
never be realized is to publish more books like that. Maybe even
in a simpler language. Another possibility is offering courses
Wierdly enough, the idea that people can become rich worked less during
the 60's when the likelihood of becoming well off was higher. How much is
the fear of being poor operative today rathern than a dream of becoming
rich?
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:02:19PM -0800, Devine, James wrote:
it makes
Title: RE: WSJ - Is This A Great Country?
The benefit of rising to the top has risen, even though the possibility of doing so has fallen drastically. But people still buy lottery tickets, don't they?
Back in the 1950s and 1960s in the US, the benefits of economic growth were more evenly
Title: Re: [PEN-L:36417] Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: WSJ -
Is This A
Since winning the lottery is the way people get rich
(in their fantasies), why not propose exempting
lottery winnings from the federal income tax (which
would in fact only be fair, since such winnings
are
not income but transfers
What's the difference?
The individual will prefer to be the judge of whether he or she
ought to put in the effort required to beat the odds.
mbs
I don't tell people that they'll never get rich. Rather, I present the
evidence and logic that says that only a small percentage of them will.
I know the failure rate is high.
But a person could fail more than once
and still make it eventually. The real
issue I think is mobility. We know there's
a lot of immobility. Make it numbingly simple.
Suppose you have a 90 percent chance of getting
nowhere, and a 10 percent chance of getting
I have argued with Chris and Lou long enough and
wrote enough material ... Shit . . .I have a brand
name ... damn. I wonder ... if I got . . . . wait a
minute... from each small booklet ... and multiplied
this by at least three a year. Shit . . . . I might
still be able to move to Vegas .
You're right. You buy tickets with after tax dollars,
so taxing winnings is double taxation. (There's an
extra hidden tax in the fact that lotteries are
unfair, since their purpose is to raise revenue.)
Alternatively you could make the ticket price
deductible and tax the winnings. (That
Max:
I know the failure rate is high.
But a person could fail more than once
and still make it eventually. The real
issue I think is mobility. We know there's
a lot of immobility. Make it numbingly simple.
Suppose you have a 90 percent chance of getting
nowhere, and a 10 percent chance
On Wednesday, April 2, 2003 at 17:19:54 (-0500) Max B. Sawicky writes:
I know the failure rate is high.
But a person could fail more than once
and still make it eventually. The real
issue I think is mobility. We know there's
a lot of immobility. Make it numbingly simple.
Suppose you have a 90
There is a minor branch of economic (twig?) that studies the determinants
of happiness. Happiness does not seem to increase once a society reaches
about $15,000 a year. Happiness instead is determined by relative status.
People expect, according to surveys, more wealth to make them happy, but
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36425] WSJ - Is This A Great Country?
the difference is that I just am telling the person the truth (as I see it) rather than saying it's impossible and badmouthing the American dream.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
At 02:53 PM 04/02/2003 -0800, you wrote:
There is a minor branch of economic (twig?) that studies the determinants
of happiness. Happiness does not seem to increase once a society reaches
about $15,000 a year. Happiness instead is determined by relative status.
Economists are clueless. To quote
Your problem is that you want to solve
somebody's problem for them.
The government's problem I would say is setting
the rules to facilitate individual or cooperative
efforts, not to try to preclude them, nor to guarantee
their success.
For those who fail, there would remain social insurance.
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Lear
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 5:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:36431] Re: Re: WSJ - Is This A Great Country?
On Wednesday, April 2, 2003 at 17:19:54 (-0500) Max B. Sawicky writes:
I know the failure rate is high.
But a person could fail more than
In a message dated 4/2/03 2:17:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I know the failure rate is high.
But a person could fail more than once
and still make it eventually. The real
issue I think is mobility. We know there's
a lot of immobility. Make it numbingly simple.
Suppose
Max:
Your problem is that you want to solve
somebody's problem for them.
Not at all! A complete misunderstanding...
I am in this revolution business mostly because I want to solve
my own problem.
I just want to go home and teach math to my beloved students.
That is all I want!
Sabri
In a message dated 4/2/03 2:54:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
People expect, according to surveys, more wealth to make them happy, but
happiness seems to depend upon relative status. So if the person in the
mirror wants to get rich, on some level he needs to know that
- Original Message -
From: Max B. Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Following the wisdom of my guru, the Sage of Saskatoon,
I would qualify my remarks by noting that the interest
in 'getting rich' is culture dependent in a society where
incentives are biased in favor of individual
Eugene:
With my post I was hoping to encourage a discussion -- and
get an answer -- of how to make clear to the vast majority
that their dreams of being rich will never be realized.
Any help?
Gene,
How did you like my help?
Best,
Sabri
On Wednesday, April 2, 2003 at 18:15:58 (-0500) Max B. Sawicky writes:
Following the wisdom of my guru, the Sage of Saskatoon,
I would qualify my remarks by noting that the interest
in 'getting rich' is culture dependent in a society where
incentives are biased in favor of individual consumption
At 3:54 PM -0800 4/2/03, Ian Murray wrote:
Following the wisdom of my guru, the Sage of Saskatoon,
I would qualify my remarks by noting that the interest
in 'getting rich' is culture dependent in a society where
incentives are biased in favor of individual consumption
of material goods and
joanna bujes wrote:
At 02:53 PM 04/02/2003 -0800, you wrote:
There is a minor branch of economic (twig?) that studies the determinants
of happiness. Happiness does not seem to increase once a society reaches
about $15,000 a year. Happiness instead is determined by relative status.
Having nothing to back this up other than observation, I think happiness is much more related to community than it is to wealth. Unfortunately, the wealthiest countries seem to lack or even have destroyed community. By community I am meaning that you know and have an investment in your neighbours
ley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 09:31 AM 4/1/03 -0800, Eugene Coyle wrote:An item from April 1 2003 WSJ editorial page suggests something the Left needs to deal with:The author left out what is probably most important for understanding the poll: It asked people what they thought "being rich&
Sabri, I liked it. I will get Michael Yates's book.
But I am thinking of institutions -- like students loans, for example --
that seduce people into the dream of being rich. First, the loan
facilitates the education that will lead to riches. And then paying the
loan requires the drive for
At 7:48 PM -0800 4/2/03, Eugene Coyle wrote:
the loan facilitates the education that will lead to riches.
Does it?
--
Yoshie
* Calendar of Events in Columbus:
http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html
* Student International Forum: http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/
* Committee for Justice in
It is not only dreams but the framework of life that
we are burdened with.
Gene
I cannot agree more! This is what Max is missing! It is not the
players that are the problem, although some, such as the Bush
gang, are, but the game itself.
We need to attack the game or, better, the rules of
Yoshie:
At 7:48 PM -0800 4/2/03, Eugene Coyle wrote:
the loan facilitates the education that will lead
to riches.
Does it?
It depends. If the loan is for an MBA, it might. If it is for an
anthropology degree, forget about it!
Sabri
troy cochrane wrote:
Having nothing to back this up other than observation, I think happiness
is much more related to community than it is to wealth. Unfortunately,
the wealthiest countries seem to lack or even have destroyed community.
By community I am meaning that you know and have an
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36379] WSJ - Is This A Great Country?
the WSJ writes: Few Americans see a rich person when they look in the mirror, but nearly
a third see a rich person when they look into a crystal ball. That's the
striking result of a Gallup poll that goes a long way to explaining why
- Original Message -
From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the WSJ writes: Few Americans see a rich person when they look in the
mirror, but nearly
a third see a rich person when they look into a crystal ball. That's the
striking result of a Gallup poll that goes a long way
Eugene Coyle quoted the WSJ:
Class-war rhetoric may work in the more socially and financially
immobile cultures of Europe
Nice try, but not true. There's not much difference in mobility
between the U.S. and Europe.
Doug
At 09:31 AM 4/1/03 -0800, Eugene Coyle wrote:
An item from April 1 2003 WSJ editorial page suggests something the
Left needs to deal with:
The author left out what is probably most important for understanding the
poll: It asked people what they thought being rich actually meant
?
-Original Message-
From: Kelley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 3:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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At 09:31 AM 4/1/03 -0800, Eugene Coyle wrote:
An item from April 1 2003 WSJ editorial page suggests something the
Left
Forstater, Mathew wrote:
The insane aspect of this, which I suppose is obvious to everyone here,
is that they are celebrating a world in which people hold on stubbornly
to fantasies of material prosperity, even though it is clear that for
the vast majority the dreams will never be fulfilled.
, April 01, 2003 3:29 PM
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Subject: [PEN-L:36383] Re: WSJ - Is This A Great Country?
At 09:31 AM 4/1/03 -0800, Eugene Coyle wrote:
An item from April 1 2003 WSJ editorial page suggests something the
Left needs to deal with:
The author left out what is probably most important
- Original Message -
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The insane aspect of this, which I suppose is obvious to everyone here
the ubiquitous Anthony Cordesman worry that the Iraqis may be required to
pay for a reconstruction effort whose main beneficiaries are seen to be US
profiteers.
The WSJ is a sub-only site, but I've reproduced today's article -- as well
as the earlier one on Haliburton's oil contract
WSJ, June 26, 2002
U.S. Subsidies Create Cotton Glut
That Hurts Foreign Cotton Farms
By ROGER THUROW and SCOTT KILMAN
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
KOROKORO, Mali -- After the first good rains of the season visited this
West African village earlier this month, Mody Sangare hitched
There's some scintillating information on the front
page of today's WSJ on responses to the recession.
mbs
, November 19, 2001 11:55 AM
To: PEN-L
Subject: [PEN-L:19703] WSJ
There's some scintillating information on the front
page of today's WSJ on responses to the recession.
mbs
PC sales continue to fall: Upgrade fatigue,
lack of innovation results in sales slump
By Gary McWilliams
Aug. 24 For the first time in 15 years, world-wide
The problem with this analysis is that it is, at best, only half right. Of
course a centralising government that creates lots of extra paperwork by
setting targets and constructing complex auditing frameworks and
bureaucracies will create more problems than it solves. But this is to
ignore the
March 9, 2001
Caught Between Capitalism and Socialism,
Public Services Are Crumbling in Britain
By MARC CHAMPION
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, England -- Craig Plenkett's lips
slowly form the words displayed on the overhead-projector
screen: "Which farm is the
As a result, the government can't afford schools and
hospitals of the same quality as those in Germany and
France. Yet, even after cutting taxes substantially below the
European average and freeing its labor markets from a union
armlock, Britain hasn't seen nearly the sort of payoff the
Capital
Temp Workers
Have Lasting Effect
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, more Americans owe their jobs to temporary-help outfits than
are working in auto and aircraft factories. About 10% of the job growth in the 1990s was
in temp agencies, twice as much as in the 1980s. Manpower Inc. boasts of being
I haven't read his 1964 Reappraisal of Marxisn Economics in many years,
although I have my copy on my desk just now. I recall being impressed with
it. He argues that Marx does not make good on an inevitable collapse
thesis, but otherwise is pretty good as an analyst of capitalism, and
can't
In person, he is openly hostile to Marx. Maybe his position had hardened
between 1964 and when I met him in the 70s.
Justin Schwartz wrote:
Jim asks:
Murray
Wolfson of California State University, Fullerton.
isn't he the author of a worthless screed against Marxian economics?
Jim
. --jks
From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:3313] Re: Re: Re: WSJ on teaching economics
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 08:45:23 -0700
I haven't read his 1964 Reappraisal of Marxisn Economics in many years,
although I have my copy on my desk
Well, both of those are things that I have been accused of
misunderstanding myself, not least by you, so I am inclined to give
W a large margin of error in his readings. There is room for
difference of opinion on these topics...
There is room here for much more than a mere difference of
Brad, isn't it fair to say that there are different types of
interpretations. I do not think that a Chicago economist would accept my
interpretation of what Friedman's work means. I would not necessarily be
wrong, but my interpretation would not be in the spirit of Friedman's.
On the other
There is room here for much more than a mere difference of opinion. For
someone to claim that they have the *correct* interpretation of a book
others have misunderstood because of "...Hegelian language... his refusal
to give a summary" or say "what levels of abstraction he's going to be
Today's Wall St. Journal has a front page feature on teaching economic
with romance and mystery books. I found the following paragraph
interesting. "The kids" are discerning.
Gene Coyle
Each year, about 1.4 million U.S. college students enroll in an
introductory
economics course. It's
At 08:34 PM 10/19/2000 -0700, you wrote:
Each year, about 1.4 million U.S. college students enroll in an
introductory economics course. It's "easily one of the most difficult
subjects to teach. It's advanced calculus in disguise," says Murray
Wolfson of California State University, Fullerton.
Absolutely, yes.
At 08:34 PM 10/19/2000 -0700, you wrote:
Each year, about 1.4 million U.S. college students enroll in an
introductory economics course. It's "easily one of the most difficult
subjects to teach. It's advanced calculus in disguise," says Murray
Wolfson of California
Wolfson is the author of a pretty good book on Marxisn economics, btw. So
one wonders what he is teaching them, and what they are not believing. --jks
From: Eugene Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pen-L Pen-l [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:3288] WSJ on teaching
Jim asks:
Murray
Wolfson of California State University, Fullerton.
isn't he the author of a worthless screed against Marxian economics?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
I haven't read his 1964 Reappraisal of Marxisn Economics in many years,
although I have
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/03/00 04:24PM
Mark, I'll make a conservative bet with you: US$1,000 that 5 years
from today, world oil reserves, as reported by the U.S. Energy
Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea/table81.html, are no lower than
they are today (ca. 1 trillion
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB962576567269628126.htm
Title: Page One Feature -- WSJ Interactive Edition
Title: Page One Feature -- WSJ Interactive Edition
2 years ago the WSJ was
reporting reserves of 190 bn bbls in the Caspian. No-one is saying that now,
even after the latest finds. The WSJ is not known as a reliable source of
speculation about oil reserves.
Now the WSJ speaks of 100bn
Mark:
Firstly, why is it necessary to go to the trouble
of building billion dollar rigs and drilling in deep water, if there is
still, as for example Doug Henwood says, 'lots of [onshore/shelf] oil'?
There's another issue that the WSJ does not address, which should come as
no surprise
Mark Jones wrote:
But there are 2 points to make anyway. Firstly, why is it necessary
to go to the trouble of building billion dollar rigs and drilling in
deep water, if there is still, as for example Doug Henwood says,
'lots of [onshore/shelf] oil'?
From the article: "Few companies had
take the odd spike, will now decline.
Known deposits is an extremely plastic concept;
didn't people first start talking about running out of oil around
1880?
In 1880 not much was known about the geology of the world. Not much is NOT
known now (wonders of technology). So if even the WSJ concedes
Doug Henwood wrote:
Mark, I'll make a conservative bet with you: US$1,000 that 5 years
from today, world oil reserves, as reported by the U.S. Energy
Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea/table81.html, are no lower than
they are today (ca. 1 trillion barrels).
The EIA
IMF, World Bank Face Mounting Attacks --- House Presents Bills to Alter
Debt Plan to Poor Nations. Wall Street Journal; New York; Oct 26, 1999; By
Michael M. Phillips;
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers on both ends of the political spectrum are
intensifying their attacks on the International Monetary
crap.
For years I have been attempting to find the metaphor that will
communicate
this tension to non-readers of the WSJ. What synonym or metaphor for
liar will catch up the feel of the editorial pages. The sheer
extravagance of
those pages is breath-taking.
Carrol
OH, NO! MR. BILL.
I have an AFL-CIO toll free number for calling your represenatives if
anyone is in the mood to make a call about MR.BILL and his latest
intrigues---no privatization of social security.
Your email pal,
Tom L.
*
Social Security Information
Jim Devine wrote:
does anyone on pen-l pay for access to the Wall Street JOURNAL? If so, it
would useful if you were to post the recent article about the rising
popularity of the Economics major to pen-l. It's interesting ideology.
I do, but that would excite Don Roper's copyright reflex, no?
Jim Devine wrote:
does anyone on pen-l pay for access to the Wall Street JOURNAL? If so, it
would useful if you were to post the recent article about the rising
popularity of the Economics major to pen-l. It's interesting ideology.
I do, but that would excite Don Roper's copyright reflex, no?
does anyone on pen-l pay for access to the Wall Street JOURNAL? If so, it
would useful if you were to post the recent article about the rising
popularity of the Economics major to pen-l. It's interesting ideology.
thanks ahead of time.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a favour to ask: can someone with access to the Wall Street Journal
site get the story headlined "Hoffa Operative Used 'Moles", False Identity
To Probe Teamster Foe"? It ran on the front page on Tuesday, December 23.
The story describes how Richard Leebove, onetime Larouchite and more
The Wall Street Journal September 16, 1997
International: The Dark Side of Freer Global Markets
U.N. REPORT FORESEES WORKER BACKLASH
By Bhushan Bahree Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
GENEVA -- Western industrialized nations are the leaders so
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition -- August 14,
1997
Edit Page Features
'Dear Jim': What Ron Carey
Should Tell the Boss of UPS
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Suddenly United Parcel
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition -- August 13, 1997
For UPS, Union-Run Pensions
Pose Issues of Liability, Control
By LAURA JERESKI
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
United Parcel Service of America Inc. has made pension funds a central issue
in its labor dispute with
Rights Report, Nobel Decision
Pummel Indonesia's Suharto
By RICHARD BORSUK
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Wall Street Journal, October 14
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- For Indonesia's President Suharto, it wasn't the
sweetest of weekends.
Friday's announcement that two East
Doug Henwood and Sid Shniad (thanks, both of you) have mailed me
about the April 8 WSJ article
"NORWAY: WHO NEEDS EUROPEAN UNION? ECONOMY PROSPERS DESPITE
VOTE TO STAY OUT OF BLOC."
- which by and large supports the arguments made by the NO side in the
1994 EU
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