I would guess it was probably someone who got pissed
off at having their hidden income reported in Forbes'
100 Richest in Russia list. Or it could be someone in
the Chechen Mafia angry at his depiction of Nukhayev.
Or a combination therefof. Who knows?
This is really, really sad. Klebnikov was a
It is not Stalingrad, in that US troops are not surrounded, and the
news is spun heavily to make each retreat sound like a success for the
US-UK coalition, but the language of commentary is slipping towards
the
language of defeat.
Yes, the US is mighty enough to use awesome force to destroy any
BTW the oligarchs and the Chechen Mafia are not
mutually exclusive. Berezovsky's links to the Chechen
militants are well-known. In fact, Klebnikov wrote a
couple of whole books about it.
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I would guess it was probably someone who got pissed
off at having
(It was bound to come to this - something which always eludes liberal
imperialists like George Ignatieff and Thomas Friedman, seduced by the
promise that US intervention abroad, however messy, will yield democratic
results. The Pentagons widely discredited choice for strongman, Ahmed
Chalabi, was
Sorry. Michael Ignatieff. George was his dad, a Canadian diplomat.
How did they use each other?
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 05:06:28AM -0700, Chris Doss wrote:
BTW the oligarchs and the Chechen Mafia are not
mutually exclusive. Berezovsky's links to the Chechen
militants are well-known. In fact, Klebnikov wrote a
couple of whole books about it.
--
Michael
Auerbach writes: The reference to Hubbert's peak -- after the geologist who first
made the case for depletion dynamics in the oil patch -- omits to note that the
prediction was highly controversial inside and outside of the oil business until the
1980s, when it was proven correct.
no
Oh Jim, you are much too generous. The Hubbert Peak theory, far from even
being randomly correct has been shown to be internally inconsistent, and
externally inaccurate.
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kinda like astrology?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
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Oh Jim, you are much too generous. The
Egg-zackly.
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kinda like astrology?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
I have not followed Sachs closely in most recent times but I think he would
strongly object to being called a 'man of the left'.
maybe I was being too charitable on this point ... I'd say he's a man of
the left in the same sense in which Brad DeLong is; ie, the plain man would
identify him as
One of the interesting things about the whole imbroglio is that very, very
few African states have material debts to privately owned capital. It's
almost all government-to-government debt or IMF debt apart from SA, Botswana
and a bit of trade finance (which IMO shouldn't really be analysed as
It's a useful corollorary (?) of social network theory that almost all bad
lads are joined up together, via a smallish number of connected node
individuals. The North Korean government's forged $100 bills ended up
financing the ecstasy trade in Birmingham, via the Libyans, the mafiya and
the
Paul wrote:
I have not followed Sachs closely in most recent times but I think he would
strongly object to being called a 'man of the left'. I have heard him
point out that his macroeconomic views are thoroughly mainstream (akin to
his Harvard ex-colleagues) and that indeed starting in Bolivia
LA Times, July 11, 2004
THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Kerry to Reach Out to 'People on the Right'
Candidate's new strategy embraces conservatives. He seems unconcerned
about ruffling liberals
By Matea Gold and Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writers
ALBUQUERQUE Counting on his liberal base to stick
From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have refrained from saying anything about Jeffrey Sachs or (Joseph
Stiglitz) being more to the left than other economists, especially in
their role as window dressing at Columbia University--my employer.
Come, come. You're not threatening a crime against
In a message dated 7/11/2004 1:20:45 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It's a
useful corollorary (?) of social network theory that almost all badlads
are joined up together, via a smallish number of "connected
node"individuals. The North Korean government's forged
From: Daniel Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have not followed Sachs closely in most recent times but I think he
would
strongly object to being called a 'man of the left'.
maybe I was being too charitable on this point ... I'd say he's a man of
the left in the same sense in which Brad DeLong is ...
[In
Hi, Rick,
I am cc'ing Marxmail and PEN-L on this. I doubt that the howling
extremist mob on the former would have much interest in how the
Democrats can become a majority party again, but I know that PEN-L is
very tuned in to this topic.
To start with, everybody should take a look at Rick's
Michael was just asking how the Russian
oligarchs would go about making use of Chechen freedom fighters; my point was
only that, in general, there is a surprisingly efficient global community of
violent men and no particular instance of thugs of two kinds working together
ought to
In a message dated 7/11/2004 3:13:15 PM Central Standard Time,
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Cynical jaded New Yorker wants to know: When you lend someone
counterfeit money, are you still doing that person a good turn? Should
expect repayment, with interest? In real or counterfeit
I hate to say I told you so department:
Tom Ridge asking Ashcroft to look into what it would take to postpone the
November elections...
No joke.
Hmmh.. what comes to mind? Declaring everyone enemy combatants? Simple
exercise of executive privilege? Resolution of Congress authorizing the
Usually I get requests from the families of disgraced dictators. Now look who writes
me.
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Cynical jaded New Yorker wants to know: When you lend someone
counterfeit money, are you still doing that person a good turn? Should
expect repayment, with interest? In real or counterfeit money?
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JK Galbraith referred to it as "the bezzle"
-- the increment to national wealth during that period when the conman knows he
has got the mark's money, but the mark is as yet not aware that he has been
dispossessed of it ...
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In a message dated 7/11/2004 5:02:03 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Galbraith referred to it as "the bezzle" -- the
increment to national wealth during that period when the conman knows he has
got the mark's money, but the mark is as yet not aware that he has been
Just added to my radio archive
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html:
July 8, 2004 Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycles Research
Institute and co-author of Beating the Business Cycle, on cycles in
general, this odd one specifically, and the likely slowdown by
yearend * Norman Kelley,
It is my understanding the biggest counterfeiter of currency is the world today is
the US government. Is not fiat money counterfeit by definition?
no. in a system of fiat money, the state defines what's counterfeit and what's not. If
you disagree, they've got more guns than you.
by the way,
Michael P wrote:
Usually I get requests from the families of disgraced dictators. Now
look who writes me.
Office of the Chairman
The Independent Committee of Eminent Persons
20 rue de Candolle (3rd Floor), 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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My
The Claims
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interstate
Should be reading dying intestate or without a will.
Jim C.
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In a message dated 7/11/2004 5:48:40 PM Central Standard Time,
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It
is my understanding the biggest counterfeiter of currency is the world today
is the US government. Is not fiat money counterfeit by definition?
no. in a system of fiat money, the state defines
New that Jim, it was just a joke...
interstate, Volker can't wait to send this guys my CC number
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Should be reading
Gresham's Law says that you should spread the counterfeit money quickly. There should
be more counterfeit currency as a percentage of currency in circulation than in
people's hoards of cash (unless it's recently been printed).
a friend once found that his $20 was fake. He was so frustrated,
After many years, the csf archives -- in fact the whole csf system -- is going to
disappear. We all owe a debt of gratitude to Don Roper Michael Yount for keeping
it going.
http://csf.colorado.edu/pen-l/
Some of you have not subscribed to pen-l directly, but only though the CSF site. You
will
The New York Times is suggesting that the Bush boom might be fizzling.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/business/12slow.html
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
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