At 30/04/02 17:25 -0700, you wrote:
[NYTimes]
April 30, 2002
At Center of Enron Bankruptcy, Dispute Over Big Bank Creditors
By LESLIE WAYNE
...
You have got the ultimate conflict of interest, said Elizabeth Warren, a
Harvard
Law School professor and expert in bankruptcy law. What are the
At 30/04/02 23:17 -0400, Yoshie wrote:
the working class, on the average, are even today probably more anti-war
than the power elite and the petit-bourgeois in the USA (though I have
yet to see class-divided opinion surveys on the current war)
Any signs of reaction to the CIA plans for
Hi
I've been asked by a union to spend a day with its senior delegates to give them
some basic economics (what's capitalism, how does it work/fail to work, the
financial system, surplus value); a background to the New Zealand economy; and
the impact of globalisation. I can get together material
crisis of leadership ?
by Michael Perelman
29 April 2002 20:59 UTC
Most important, as I mentioned before, I believe that a positive vision is
necessary for ultimate success.
^^^
Charles B: How about peace, , universal material sufficiency,prevalence of wisdom,
eat, drink and be
how much profit did we make last year? It depends, how much would you like to
report?
by Devine, James
29 April 2002 21:27 UTC
it also reflect the stock market's ups downs, which are not that well
correlated with the real cycle. When stocks are going up, it seems as if
accountants can get
crisis of leadership ?
by Michael Perelman
29 April 2002 21:43 UTC
Right you are, Carrol, but I was responding to Yoshie's observation about
the big demos. Of course, work like that does not drop from the sky.
I guess that I agree with Jim, D. in what he said about all the partisan
At 30/04/02 23:17 -0400, Yoshie wrote:
the working class, on the average, are even today probably more anti-
war than the power elite and the petit-bourgeois in the USA (though I
have yet to see class-divided opinion surveys on the current war)
Chris Burford responded on May 1:
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On 2002.04.24 09:25 PM, Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greg Schofield:
in the revolutionary left. When the revolutionary left refused
to be reined in, they shot its leaders like Andres Nin. People in Spain
were willing to risk their lives for economic as well as political
democracy.
Happy International Labor Day, pen-pals!
now I've got to pay these damn bills...
JD
Miyachi:
According to changing mode of capital accumulation, mass consciousness also
changed. People feel themselves to belong to nation -state rather to belong
to direct capital's power.
Miyachi, I doubt that you can detect much of a difference in Argentine
consciousness today and in the past.
Confessions of a Philosopher by Bryan Magee. Weidenfeld and
Nicholson.502p1997
This is an intellectual autobiography written by one of the best
and most well known philosophers working outside the academy. A better
title may have been My Philosophical Development as the book contains
http://www.dieoff.com/page229.pdf
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2002:
Relocation among job seekers has fallen to its lowest level in 16 years,
according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray Christmas. Only 14
percent of new hires relocated in the first quarter, according to
Challenger's quarterly
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002:
Personal income rose 0.4 percent in March, following a 0.6 percent increase
in February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The increase in
personal income brought income to $8.92 trillion at a seasonally adjusted
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2002:
RELEASED TODAY: In March, 284 metropolitan areas had higher
unemployment rates than a year earlier, 39 areas had lower rates, and 8
areas had rates that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
On 2002.05.01 10:55 PM, Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Miyachi:
According to changing mode of capital accumulation, mass consciousness also
changed. People feel themselves to belong to nation -state rather to belong
to direct capital's power.
Miyachi, I doubt that you can detect
Bill,
You could check out a Phd Thesis completed at Canterbury University by G.
R. Pearce with help from myself. It's called Where is New Zealand Going ?
(1986), available from UCL, and includes a data set for basic Marxian
variables (s/v, c/v, s/c+v and various derivatives) applying to NZ
The Economic Times
Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Vulture funds on prowl for Asia picks
REUTERS
HONG KONG: Vulture is not a description that sits comfortably with Robert
Kissel, but it's the one that most powerfully describes his professional
skill in dealing with failed firms.
We're value
The best insurance against crossing the ethical divide is a
roomful of skeptics. CEOs must actively encourage dissent among
senior managers by creating decision-making processes, reporting
relationships, and incentives that encourage opposing viewpoints.
At too many companies, the performance
Thanks Jurriaan. This sounds interesting, and I vaguely remember being aware you were
working on this (now you mention it). Unfortunately I don't have time to digest useful
stuff like this in this case, which is the problem I was trying to address by asking
on the list. But I'll keep your
Magee can lay
claim to being one of the last professional public philosophers left in
the world, trying desperately to revive or continue a tradition that
has over the course of history produced the best philosophers with the
exception of Kant and a few others.
hey, what about the kind of
Here is the thing Michael,
It is not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing. I live quite
peacefully with many people I disagree with and indeed am known
by many as quite a gentle person.
Here is what I heard from someone when I defended Michael
Pugliese the other day, when that person, also a
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Magee can lay
claim to being one of the last professional public philosophers left in
the world, trying
http://www.feer.com
Trouble Ahead
Repression and rebellion are on the cards for Central Asia after the U.S., seeking
support for its military campaign in Afghanistan, strengthened the region's five
authoritarian presidents
By Ahmed Rashid/ISLAMABAD
Issue cover-dated May 09, 2002
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