I was wondering about the lack of reference on this list to George Ryan's
dramatic decision to pardon all Illinois prisoners on death row. Apologies
if I missed something. The story played strongly in the news media in the
UK, where the intelligentsia is against the death penalty, even though
Dear Sir
My name is LOI C.ESTRADA,The wife of Mr. JOSEPH
ESTRADA, the former President of Philippines located
in the South East Asia.
My husband was recently impeached from office by a
backed uprising of mass demonstrators and the Senate.
My husband is presently in jail and
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H-Gender-MidEast Announcement of New Publication in the Field by
Network Members
Date: January 13, 2003
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From: Jassal Smita, Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Dehli
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Daughters of the Earth:
Jim,
Thanks for your reply and apologies for my delayed reply (difficulty in
reading). The draft pamphlet, from the link you posted, is really
quite good. I hope you plan to finalize and put it out - it will be
a useful resource.
But I am still nagged by the big
picture question. IF, IF indeed
Title: the pen-l fairness doctrine
isn't it about time that we hear the other side of the issue? (and, no, the following was NOT written as satire.)
COMMENTARY
Don't Hate Me Because I'm Rich
By Larry Paquette
Larry Paquette is a sourcing manager for a manufacturing company in Fresno.
On Monday, January 13, 2003 at 06:59:36 (-0800) Devine, James writes:
...
By Larry Paquette
...
However, I feel no need to defend my position. Over the years I have worked
hard and earned every dollar of the obscene wealth I am accused of hoarding.
This is where he goes right off the rails.
Chris Burford wrote:
I was wondering about the lack of reference on this list to George
Ryan's dramatic decision to pardon all Illinois prisoners on death
row.
I thought it was great news. Watched a former federal prosecutor on
Fox News last night who was worried that the wholesale pardon
Scott Turow, the novelist and lawyer and a self-described
death penalty agnostic, was a member of Ryan's commission.
He had an excellent article in last week's New Yorker discussing
the commission's findings and why he now opposes the
death penalty.
Ellen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was
I also wonder what earned ever dollar means. I have been asked about
the contradiction between collecting royalties on my book questioning
intellectual property. I answer that I did not really write the book. I
collaborated with earlier writers; I could not have done what I did
without my
From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Monday, January 13, 2003 at 06:59:36 (-0800) Devine, James writes:
...
By Larry Paquette
...
However, I feel no need to defend my position. Over the years I have
worked
hard and earned every dollar of the obscene wealth I am accused of
hoarding.
This is
andie nachgeborenen wrote:
I don't think there is a politiciwn who hopesto be re-elected who
could oppose capital punishment just now.
It was a while ago, but the otherwise odious Cuomo managed it when he
was gov of New York. The rap was that enough people admired his
courage in taking the
Happy Imbeciles At War
Massive U.S. military buildup, billions of dollars, a useless enemy,
and no one seems to know why
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
http://sfgate.com/templates/types/gatemainpages/images/clear.gif
Friday, January 10, 2003 [Click to View]
This is not a war. Iraq will not
Well said, Bill Lear!
In one of the California recessions -- mid or early '70s? -- when
military cutbacks led to a lot of engineers and others of the type being
laid off, the suicide experience among them was reported to be high.
They all believed that their success was due to hard work and
Friends,
Can you direct me to books/papers you may know that take a
critical look at the contact theory and principal-agent problems?
Also, do you happen to know any studies on the role of incentive
contracts in recent accounting scandals that we have been
experiencing?
My e-mail address is
What sort of contract theory are you interested in?
The best stuff on principal-agent problems is Oliver
Williamson, see, e.g., Markets and Hierarchies. jks
--- Sabri Oncu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Friends,
Can you direct me to books/papers you may know that
take a
critical look at the
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From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a perfect piece of propaganda with Paquette, apparently
unwittingly, serving as a proxy for the truly rich --- how they must
be applauding him.
Bill
==
[for another take, there's the below...]
- Original Message -
From: Sabri Oncu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PEN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:34 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:33786] A question on contract theory
Friends,
Can you direct me to books/papers you may know that take a
critical look at the contact theory
Justin:
What sort of contract theory are you interested in?
To give you some idea, I am currently reading FundenberTirole,
Game Theory, Chapter 7, Bayesian Games and Mechanism Design. So,
I am just a beginner you could say. And I don't have much
difficulty in finding sources on traditional
On Monday, January 13, 2003 at 11:52:55 (-0800) Ian Murray writes:
...
washingtonpost.com
A Big 'Thank You' To the Wealthy
Monday, January 13, 2003; Page A20
Last week my wife and I braved the inclement weather and went to the
National Gallery of Art to view the trompe l'oeil exhibition.
As we
Bill Lear wrote:
Another truckload of crap. We have created princes and when they
bestow us with a trickle of benefactions, our knees weaken in their
divine presence. It would be more accurate to say God damn the rich.
How much richer we would all be without them.
How can I accept a doctrine
How can I accept a doctrine which sets up as its biblean obsolete
economic textbook which I know to be not only scientifically
erroneous but without interest or application for the modern world?
How can I adopt a creed which, preferring the mud to the fish,
exalts the boorish proletariat
- Original Message -
From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Another truckload of crap. We have created princes and when they
bestow us with a trickle of benefactions, our knees weaken in their
divine presence. It would be more accurate to say God damn the rich.
How much richer we would
On Monday, January 13, 2003 at 15:47:38 (-0500) Doug Henwood writes:
Bill Lear wrote:
Another truckload of crap. We have created princes and when they
bestow us with a trickle of benefactions, our knees weaken in their
divine presence. It would be more accurate to say God damn the rich.
How
On Monday, January 13, 2003 at 13:11:45 (-0800) Ian Murray writes:
- Original Message -
From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Another truckload of crap. We have created princes and when they
bestow us with a trickle of benefactions, our knees weaken in their
divine presence. It would be
At 12:59 PM 01/13/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Ha! I saw a bumper sticker the other day that read, Religion is what
keeps the poor from killing the rich.
Oh, I thought it was low self-esteem that did it.
Joanna
Bill Lear wrote:
Another truckload of crap. We have created princes and when they
bestow us with a trickle of benefactions, our knees weaken in their
divine presence. It would be more accurate to say God damn the rich.
How much richer we would all be without them.
In a footnote to
At 02:45 PM 01/13/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Rich people and their money seem to be a topic of constant criticism
these days. I can only exclaim, Thank God for the rich. How much poorer
we would all be without them!
Well, you know, they get to the point where they realize that they can't
take it
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From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You do the emotionally hard and intellectually easy work of getting
your ass in front of people and talking to them, educating them (I
prefer the didactic mode to that of storyteller, incidentally). I'll
bet Doug Henwood alone
Rosemary Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:35:05 -0500Subject:
FW: I'm leaving for Iraq with the Peace Team and we need your
support."Montreal/Ottawa activists joining the Iraq Peace Team, leaving
for Iraq, 26 January"Four members of the Ottawa and Montreal
communities will
Ian is correct. If I can make a student turn left after a single class,
the next instructor can probably undo what good I have done. Follow up
is essential. Only after people become actively engaged is the good
effect likely to take hold.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 01:43:05PM -0800, Ian Murray
Ian Murray wrote:
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The one speaker enlightening a passive audience is a horrible method
for organizing. One need only think of all those citizens sitting in
church pews to realize this. It's not the content alone, but the form of
communicating that has
I have to write a short piece on rent control and
remember that the Journal of Economic Perspectives
did an overview of the literature a few years (maybe even
more than a few years) back. Does anyone happen to
know when that was, so I can save myself some
search time? Thanks in advance.
Ellen
Time for Revisionism on Rent Control? Arnott, Richard
Journal of Economic Perspectives 9(1), Winter 1995, pages 99-120.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 04:54:49PM -0500, Ellen Frank wrote:
I have to write a short piece on rent control and
remember that the Journal of Economic Perspectives
did an
On Monday, January 13, 2003 at 13:43:05 (-0800) Ian Murray writes:
- Original Message -
From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You do the emotionally hard and intellectually easy work of getting
your ass in front of people and talking to them, educating them (I
prefer the didactic mode to
Justin was correct about mentioning Williamson. You said that you
had met him personally.
Sabri Oncu wrote:
Justin:
What sort of contract theory are you interested in?
To give you some idea, I am currently reading FundenberTirole,
Game Theory, Chapter 7, Bayesian Games and Mechanism
Time for Revisionism on Rent Control?
Richard Arnott
The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 9, No. 1. (Winter, 1995), pp.
99-120.
At 04:54 PM 1/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
I have to write a short piece on rent control and
remember that the Journal of Economic Perspectives
did an overview of
- Original Message -
From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't agree. I am working with a religious group of peace activists
who have been amazed at the things I tell them about how our political
process works and who are hungry for more information --- they even
want me to write a
At 04:15 PM 01/13/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Pissed at whom? A) At a government that is merely handmaiden to those
with real power? B) At a few corporate criminals who got caught with
their hands in the cookie jar? C) Or at the entire structure of greed
which ramrods injustice down their throats
On Monday, January 13, 2003 at 13:11:45 (-0800) Ian Murray writes:
- Original Message -
From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Another truckload of crap. We have created princes and when they
bestow us with a trickle of benefactions, our knees weaken in their
divine presence. It would
Whither Socialism, by Joe Stiglitz
mbs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sabri Oncu
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 2:34 PM
To: PEN-L
Subject: [PEN-L:33786] A question on contract theory
Friends,
Can you direct me to books/papers you may
The long-neglected LBO website has finally been freshened with some new stuff:
Articles
Interview with Joseph Stiglitz
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Stiglitz.html, a highly edited
transcript of the radio interview available at
Ian Murray wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Bill Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't agree. I am working with a religious group of peace activists
who have been amazed at the things I tell them about how our political
process works and who are hungry for more information ---
joanna bujes wrote:
At 04:15 PM 01/13/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Pissed at whom? A) At a government that is merely handmaiden to those
with real power? B) At a few corporate criminals who got caught with
their hands in the cookie jar? C) Or at the entire structure of greed
which ramrods
- Original Message -
From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For starters, avoid using such ungainly words as incentivize
straight out of the book of CorporateSpeak.
==
I don't use that word anywhere other than this list and I was addressing
an issue that was
come on you two. you know better than this.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 05:44:38PM -0800, Ian Murray wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For starters, avoid using such ungainly words as incentivize
straight out of the book of CorporateSpeak.
I still don't understand what questions you are interested in. There is a large literature in law and economics on the economics of contracts. There's a book in the Oxford Foundations series, Foundations of Contract Law. I forget the editor. A good starting place is Posner's Economic Analysis of
Title: RE: [PEN-L:33811] Re: the pen-l fairness doctrine
someone wrote:
Ok, but how do we tell stories to incentivize the working class
[each other] to understand that the current regime of wealth production is making life miserable for countless living beings on this planet,...
Yoshie
I still don't understand what questions you are interested in. There is a large literature in law and economics on the economics of contracts. There's a book in the Oxford Foundations series, Foundations of Contract Law. I forget the editor. A good starting place is Posner's Economic Analysis of
You have been sent this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a courtesy of the
Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com
More balanced than much of what we see, but still lockout would be a better word in
the title, or even better opposition-torn. Paul
To view the entire article, go to
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From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yoshie writes:
For starters, avoid using such ungainly words as incentivize
straight out of the book of CorporateSpeak.
right. In addition, I'm afraid the word incentive is inextricably
bound
with individualistic ideas of
- Original Message -
From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yoshie writes:
For starters, avoid using such ungainly words as incentivize
straight out of the book of CorporateSpeak.
right. In addition, I'm afraid the word incentive is inextricably
bound
with individualistic ideas of
Hi Paul,
Thanks for calling our attention to the Dumenil-Levy article and for your
comments and questions.
I think it misleading to talk in terms of a new long-run upward trend in
the rate of profit. I think D-L are measured and cautious in what they
have to say about this. The recovery in
Justin:
I still don't understand what questions you are interested in.
Basicly, I am interested in the theory of incentives in
organizations. So the applications of the theory I have in mind
are performance measurement, capital budgeting, internal pricing
and the like. Patents and property
Have you looked at the Encyclopaedia of Law and Economics, a multivolume set with articles on all these topics and references for more? jks
Sabri Oncu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Justin: I still don't understand what questions you are interested in.Basicly, I am interested in the theory of incentives
Also look through The Journal of Legal Studies and the Journal of Law Economics, which publish articles on these topics. jks
andie nachgeborenen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have you looked at the Encyclopaedia of Law and Economics, a multivolume set with articles on all these topics and references
The ELE is apparently available on line. Here are two relevant links:
Bouckaert, Boudewijn and De Geest, Gerrit (eds.), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Volume III. The Regulation of Contracts , Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2000, 1205 p. ISBN 1 85898 986 8
IV. General Contract Law
V. Regulation of
Also look through The Journal of Legal Studies and the Journal of Law Economics, which publish articles on these topics. jks
andie nachgeborenen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have you looked at the Encyclopaedia of Law and Economics, a multivolume set with articles on all these topics and references
washingtonpost.com
IMF Readying 'Transitional' Loan to Head Off Argentine Default
By Paul Blustein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 14, 2003; Page A07
More than a year after cutting off its lending to Argentina, the
International Monetary Fund is poised to grant a transitional
[ New York Times ]
January 14, 2003
Stimulus for Lawyers
By PAUL KRUGMAN
My colleagues on the editorial page dubbed the Bush administration's
proposal to eliminate taxes on corporate dividends The Charles Schwab
Tax Cut. Indeed, the idea seems to have originated in remarks Mr.
Schwab made last
Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yoshie writes: For starters, avoid using such ungainly words as "incentivize" straight out of the book of CorporateSpeak.
When ideas like those traded on the pen-l list reach the the
Published on Monday, January 13, 2003 by the Los Angeles Times
U.S. Quest for Oil in Africa Worries Analysts, Activists
by Warren Vieth
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's search for more secure sources
of oil is leading it to the doorsteps of some of the world's most
troubled and repressive
Jean Jacques Rousseau addressing the strains of economic wants and war : [e]very people, to which its situation gives no choice save that between commerce and war, is weak in itself.
He is saying that people whose population to land ratio is in excess or deficieceny simply are weak andgo to
At 13/01/03 23:27 -0500, Fred Moseley wrote:
In the past (as you no doubt know), strong recoveries of the rate of
profit have been accomplished by the widespread bankruptcies of capitalist
firms, which significantly reduces the capital invested (the denominator
in the rate of profit) without
Chester Crocker, whoserved as assistant secretary of State for African affairs in the Reaganadministration. "We're not running a church. We're running a greatnation."
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At 13/01/03 11:25 -0500, you wrote:
Chris Burford wrote:
I was wondering about the lack of reference on this list to George Ryan's
dramatic decision to pardon all Illinois prisoners on death row.
I thought it was great news. Watched a former federal prosecutor on Fox
News last night who was
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