Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-09 Thread Doug Henwood
Eubulides wrote: An expose on how Wal-Mart's attorneys navigate the thicket of international contracts to create their planet wide commodity chain and the ensuing misery for over a million workers would be a real world mockery of what is left of neoclassical theories of the firm. I know Liza

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-09 Thread Doug Henwood
Preview: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021216s=featherstonec=1 Michael Perelman wrote: Any previews available? On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:57:28PM -0800, Eubulides wrote: I know Liza Featherstone is working on a story of the corp. Is any one else looking at that issue? Ian --

song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Michael Perelman
Do people find such contributions useful? Just asking. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Dan Scanlan
Do people find such contributions useful? Just asking. Aye Dieu. Eye dew. Yi due. I do. Adieu.

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread joanna bujes
Awww...Michaeldon't banish art! Joanna Michael Perelman wrote: Do people find such contributions useful? Just asking. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Gil Skillman
Hey, let a thousand flowers bloom (Sung to the tune of Where have all the flowers gone) Gil : Do people find such contributions useful? Just asking. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread ravi
Michael Perelman wrote: Do people find such contributions useful? well, since you asked: not if its the beatles. ;-) we (and by 'we' i mean me and at least 5 friends of mine) relatively younger people tend to dismiss them (the beatles) as a bit of wishful thinking on the part of the previous

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Michael Perelman
My concern was not aesthetic. The most common complaint about the list instead it entails an excessive amount of material. Some people have limited mailboxes. Also I have a somewhat wistful desire that we could discuss more about the economy. On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:39:03PM -0500, ravi

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Doug Henwood
Michael Perelman wrote: Also I have a somewhat wistful desire that we could discuss more about the economy. See, Michael, I keep telling you - economics is boring. People would rather discuss almost anything else. Doug

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Michael Perelman
Not at all boring. The articles recently posted on China are fascinating. Yesterday, the New York Times went back to the theme about how Wal-Mart is a major force in China and is also pushing wages down there as well as with the grocery workers in California. All sorts of very ominous things are

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread joanna bujes
Actually, I would love to discuss economics, only a little less theoretically. The thing that's driving me crazy right now is that I seem to have to study investing in order to manage my retirement $. I am so deeply resentful of this, that my eyes cross whenever I do try to find out anything. But

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread joanna bujes
well, since you asked: not if its the beatles. ;-) we (and by 'we' i mean me and at least 5 friends of mine) relatively younger people tend to dismiss them (the beatles) as a bit of wishful thinking on the part of the previous generation, dressing up the pop of their generation as some sort of

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not at all boring. The articles recently posted on China are fascinating. Yesterday, the New York Times went back to the theme about how Wal-Mart is a major force in China and is also pushing wages down there as well as with

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread joanna bujes
Eubulides wrote: Yesterday, the New York Times went back to the theme about how Wal-Mart is a major force in China and is also pushing wages down there... Pushing down wages in China? To what? The workers have to pay Wal Mart to let them work? This reminds me of that great Monty Python sketch

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Michael Perelman
Any previews available? On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:57:28PM -0800, Eubulides wrote: I know Liza Featherstone is working on a story of the corp. Is any one else looking at that issue? Ian -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321

Re: song lyrics and poetry

2004-02-08 Thread Michael Perelman
They are forcing the employers to cut wages to be able to meet WalMart's price demands. On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:10:55PM -0800, joanna bujes wrote: Pushing down wages in China? To what? The workers have to pay Wal Mart to let them work? This reminds me of that great Monty Python sketch