"Tendentious" means that from the outset, the conclusions are overdetermined.
"Different" opinions may well be labeled sectarian and biased, but the best
way to defuse the charge is to build up the narrative tension in the text by
fairly and completely describing other positions. Then, when you
I urge PEN-L'ers to respect Michael Perelman's admonitions, which
apparently Doug Henwood brushed aside. I invite Doug and Justin Schwartz to
continue this debate on the Socialist Register mailing-list where I will be
happy to give the both of them a lesson on Russian history and politics. I
have
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
I'm looking forward to the PEN-L econ textbook, but no doubt some of my
students will find it "biased." The ruling ideas are in the interest of
the ruling class, and those who go against common sense have to be prepared
for a charge of "bias" and "tendentiousness."
OK, if Lou wants to
think of me as an anticommunist cold-warrior in the neighorhood of the
Reaganites, that is his right.
--Justin
Don't take it too hard. He thinks I'm a libertarian troll...
:-)
Brad DeLong
Yesterday, I received an e-mail request that I sign an e-petition in
support of federal hate-crimes legislation. The following is my reply, in
case anyone on pen-l is interested. I sent it to the e-address that they
said to send to, but it was rejected. Maybe the petition has taken on an
e-life
2.
a. J.M. "green cheese" Keynes
b. Walt W. "takeoff" Rostow
c. Milton "nairu" Friedman
Tom Walker
Presidential Terms and Federal Spending, 1980-1999
(By Fiscal Year, Percent of GDP)
(source: Economic and Budget Outlook, CBO, January 2000)
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Subject: Beijing exploits appalling safety record to shut mines
World Socialist Web Site
Beijing exploits appalling safety record to shut mines
By Terry Cook 31 January 2000
On January 11, a mine collapse in China's eastern Jiangsu province killed
seven workers instantly. The next day 23
Hola, dudes.
http://www.cincodias.es/scripts/cincodias/noticias/articulo.asp?ntc=113964a
p=2
(Information abstracted from Manitoba Co-operator Dec 23,
1999)
On December 14, a group of antitrust lawyers representing
U.S. and French farmers, sued life sciences firm Monsanto,
alleging that it sold genetically altered crops without
first ensuring they were safe for consumers and the
from SLATE magazine: Inevitably, reporters run out real questions and
start asking [US Senator GOP presidential candidate John] McCain why he
likes talking to them so much. "It's fun. It's intellectually stimulating,
" he says. "Some of the last of the Trotskyites have been on this bus. It's
I wonder what the B.S. stands for :)
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Louis Proyect wrote:
Thomas Hoban a sociologist at North Carolina State said
that his research showed that two thirds to three fourths of
consumers have a neutral or positive attitude to GM foods.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
The article
Jim Devine wrote:
from SLATE magazine: Inevitably, reporters run out real questions and
start asking [US Senator GOP presidential candidate John] McCain why he
likes talking to them so much. "It's fun. It's intellectually stimulating,
" he says. "Some of the last of the Trotskyites have been on
I think that the threat from GM food is less the human health than that posed
by the effects of genetic pollution to the general ecosystem when genes cross
from one species to another.
Louis Proyect wrote:
Thomas Hoban a sociologist at North Carolina State said
that his research showed
At 05:54 PM 1/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
Jim Devine wrote:
from SLATE magazine: Inevitably, reporters run out real questions and
start asking [US Senator GOP presidential candidate John] McCain why he
likes talking to them so much. "It's fun. It's intellectually stimulating,
" he says. "Some of
Somebody just posted a note on Louis's Marxism list to the effect that
East Timor will now be using the dollar as its official currency.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901
"The contemporary economics profession emphasizes the journal article as
the vehicle for developing new knowledge claims in economics. In important
and poorly understood respects, this practice has changed the ways in which
knowledge claims are developed. More importantly, it has also affected
Jim Devine wrote:
Doug answers:
I am not now, nor I have I ever been, a Trotskyite. Or a Trotskyist,
either. Just ask a real (ex-)Trot.
Doug, you make it sound like a bad thing!
Trotsky himself seems like not an entirely bad sort, but Trots are
another story entirely, except maybe for the
amen
Peter
Jim Devine wrote:
"The contemporary economics profession emphasizes the journal article as
the vehicle for developing new knowledge claims in economics. In important
and poorly understood respects, this practice has changed the ways in which
knowledge claims are developed. More
Trotsky himself seems like not an entirely bad sort, but Trots are
another story entirely, except maybe for the Mpls general strike. I
can't imagine their net contribution to human betterment to have been
positive, but I'm willing to hear arguments to the contrary.
Doug
Without the "Trots",
I don't really know much myself about the Trotskyist movement,
but I found the following post interesting when it appeared on
the marxist list.
Doug wrote: "I can't imagine their net contribution to human betterment
to have been positive, but I'm willing to hear arguments to the
contrary."
Louis Proyect wrote:
Try to find some room in your busy reading schedule for
some history, Doug. It will improve your mind.
Thanks for the advice. My mind needs all the help it can get.
Doug
Louis, please. I thought that we were going to put an end to the provocations.
Louis Proyect wrote:
Try to find some room in your busy reading schedule for
some history, Doug. It will improve your mind.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
That's the Doug I used to love.
At 09:19 PM 1/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
Louis Proyect wrote:
Try to find some room in your busy reading schedule for
some history, Doug. It will improve your mind.
Thanks for the advice. My mind needs all the help it can get.
Doug
Louis Proyect
Marxism mailing
OK, but consider that among the most important works of economics of the last
century are Mises' article from 1920 on socialist calculation, Lange's
"reply" and Hayek's response, all journal articles, and Coase's paper on the
theory of the firm, perhaps THE most important work in 20th century
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RELEASED TODAY: The total number of persons who worked at some point during
the year increased by about 1.6 million in 1998 to 144.8 million, according
to the annual survey of work experience. The number who experienced some
unemployment continued to
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Coase's paper on the
theory of the firm, perhaps THE most important work in 20th century
economics.
Eh? Why? Because for a moment, a big name future Nobelist took note
of nonmarket institutions? More an indictment of the profession than
something worthy of note in
Some one has a strange view of economics if these are considered the most
important articles. Coase's paper is one of the great mysteries of bourgeois
economics. How did such a vague, (fundamentally limited) paper ever attract any
attention at all. Mises is wrong on socialism. Calculation is not
Justin,
You need to go and work in a large corporation for about 10 years; Coase'
work is just so much phlogiston theory.
Ian
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G'day Rod,
I really hope you've excited some threads with these big calls, Rod! This
is stuff we have to grab with both hands, I reckon. I mean, how do CEOs get
away with extolling the virtues of capitalism when their own firms, based on
internal non-market relations as they are, definitively
Thank you, Doug. This sort of good humored response is the best way to
extinguish flames.
Doug Henwood wrote:
Louis Proyect wrote:
Try to find some room in your busy reading schedule for
some history, Doug. It will improve your mind.
Thanks for the advice. My mind needs all the help it
G'day Rod,
I really hope you've excited some threads with these big calls, Rod! This
is stuff we have to grab with both hands, I reckon. I mean, how
do CEOs get
away with extolling the virtues of capitalism when their own
firms, based on
internal non-market relations as they are,
Oh my God! Are these the most important? For whom?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, but consider that among the most important works of economics of the last
century are Mises' article from 1920 on socialist calculation, Lange's
"reply" and Hayek's response, all journal articles, and Coase's
Unlike the rest of economics? I mean, you aren't go to see general
equilibrium being attained or labor markets clearing. You won't see profit
maximization or factors of production being priced at their marginal
contribution. That's not news in these circles. You wil also not see labor
being
actually, I think that Palley is talking about the "contemporary economics
profession," i.e, since 1960 or so. (The work that Justin refers to was
done before that.) What's he's writing about (it seems to me) is that most
economics is like Kuhn's "normal science" without the science. The fix
I found this in a very interesting book: Brechin, Gray A. 1999. Imperial
San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin (Berkeley: University of
California Press).
32: In 1849, San Francisco's Alta California reported that "to get
the gold from [river bottoms and quartz veins], we must employ
gold.
In a message dated 00-02-01 00:04:31 EST, you write:
sn't that what you academics are for? Hell I work two jobs, do I have to
solve the theory of the firm problem too...don't tell me to unionize the
folks where I work; already tried that and the owner of my company went to
Congress, shelled
For those who are not in the know, the Coase article referred ask a simple
question. If the market is the most efficient mechanism for allocation, why do
firms not use the market to allocate resources internally? The answer is that
using the market costs. These costs are called transactions
Louis Proyect wrote:
No surprise here, Justin. We've been through this in previous go-rounds.
You are a supporter of Sam Farber's approach, who argues that there's a
dotted line between Lenin and Stalin. Zizek's arguments would appeal to
somebody whose understanding of the Russian Revolution is
Rod Hay wrote:
The problem is that the reasoning is circular. It is a tautology. The problem
has been given a name, but no demonstration, either logical or empirical, has
been given. It sounds nice, "Oh yeah, transactions costs, that makes sense." But
it means nothing.
The classic
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