Re: RE: EPI Paper on U.S. FDI in China

2000-05-14 Thread Martin Hart-Landsberg
Nathan said: So given that the China deal is coming to a vote, does MHL say that in protest of the fact that the GOP Congress won't let pro-labor legislation come to a vote, US labor should abstain from lobbying on the China deal in order to maintain a balanced ideological profile? If

RE: EPI Paper on U.S. FDI in China

2000-05-14 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
[mbs] If you spend money it's the company that you deal with, but if you WORK, where the job is and where you is matter a great deal. The bit about 'shaming' firms is pretty funny. ("Go you Gates, and sin no more!") But actually the point is ingrained in the views of others as well. If you

Re: Re: Sowing Dragons (fwd)

2000-05-14 Thread JKSCHW
In a message dated 00-05-14 00:02:44 EDT, you write: Ransom, Roger L. and Richard Sutch. 1977. One Kind of Freedom: The Economic Consequences of Emancipation (Cambridge University Press). show that leisure increased immediately after the Civil War, however, that phenomenon was short lived

Re: Re: Re: Re: Sowing Dragons (fwd)

2000-05-14 Thread Brad De Long
Title: Re: [PEN-L:18928] Re: Re: Re: Sowing Dragons (fwd) How much of the legislation relates to tariffs? Brad De Long wrote: And this is supposed to be an argument that U.S. restrictions on imports of African textiles are for Africans' own good? -- Michael Perelman Title: An act to

Krugman Watch: Japan

2000-05-14 Thread Jim Devine
New York TIMES May 14, 2000 / RECKONINGS / By PAUL KRUGMAN / "Nihon Keizai Shambles" In this column, PK re-applies his (mildly famous) analysis of the Japanese stagnation. Again, he suggests that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) pump up the Japanese money supply, in hopes of producing inflationary

Re: Krugman Watch: Japan

2000-05-14 Thread michael
Japanese interest rates were negative for a while. How much more could monetary policy do? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

an exchange on oil

2000-05-14 Thread M A Jones
Jay Hanson's energyresources list (http://www.egroups.com/group/energyresources ) has turned into a good site for tracking the fate of big oil, mainly because of the presence there of authoritative voices like Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrere, 2 oil geologists who last year singlehandedly

Protest the World Petroleum Congress! (June 11-15, 2000)

2000-05-14 Thread peoples
Subject: Protest the World Petroleum Congress! (June 11-15, 2000) Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 16:08:18 -0400 From: Mike Ewall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: End of Oil Action Coalition [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, Looking for

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: RE: EPI Paper on U.S. FDI in China

2000-05-14 Thread Max B. Sawicky
MHL: I guess we have a difference of opinion on what politics is about. The issue is not short-run "victories" which are really non-victories. Keeping China out of the WTO will only ensure the status quo. At issue is first determining what kind of political understanding we want to promote

Intellectual property update

2000-05-14 Thread Jim Devine
L.A. TIMES Sunday, May 14, 2000 DNA Device's Heredity Scrutinized by U.S. Scientists insist they invented technique without federal funding, but paper trail suggests they relied on millions in grants. Inquiry will determine if there is need for payback. By PETER G. GOSSELIN and PAUL

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sowing Dragons (fwd)

2000-05-14 Thread Michael Perelman
Brad, Thank you very much the for sending the summary of the bill. I only skimmed through it briefly. I know that Carl Linder with got some provisions put in the bill that makes the retaliation against Europe stronger regarding his banana interests. I also noticed that the bill was concerned

Exhuming History: Taylor, Parenti Delong (was something about American Looneyism)

2000-05-14 Thread Michael Hoover
Michael Hoover [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/12/00 05:48PM btw: Michael Parenti has noted that policy of containing spread of slavery was promptly reversed following death of President Zachary Taylor (southern slaveowner opposed to extension of slavery and secession) death. Parenti's article

Re: Re: Re: Sowing Dragons (fwd)

2000-05-14 Thread M A Jones
Franz Neumann, Behemoth Alfred Soh-Rethel: Class Structure of German Fascism ostensibly both about Germany in the 1930s, actually about planning in conditoons of autarky/containment on the basis of fordist inddustry. Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList - Original Message -

[fla-left] (Fwd) Baseball Diplomacy Cuba (fwd)

2000-05-14 Thread Michael Hoover
forwarded by Michael Hoover --- Forwarded message follows --- Send reply to:"Fredy and Sherry Champagne" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Baseball Diplomacy Cuba Date sent:Thu, 11 May 2000 16:14:45 -0700 Organization: Veterans For Peace, Chapter 22