Women changing the world

2002-03-17 Thread Chris Burford
Demographers have been meeting at the United Nations this week to contemplate and confirm the evidence that women in their hundreds of millions in the developing countries, perhaps their billions, are apparently taking decisions to have smaller families. In a reminder that economics

Re: Class relation buying and selling

2002-03-17 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 3/15/2002 4:00:04 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Comrade melvin Thank you your reply I propose some question on your argument. 1. I suggest that you grasp capitalist society as firstly relation between buying and selling labor power and secondly surplus

Barcelona

2002-03-17 Thread Ian Murray
Europe's strong trade unions are opposed to any restrictions on the cradle-to-grave government cushion. That was the key point of 50,000 union members who took part in the peaceful march. We don't want the American model, said Tony Young, president of the Trades Union Congress, Britain's

India-Iran-Russia to bulid new Asia transport bridge

2002-03-17 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
HindustanTimes.com Friday, March 15, 2002 India-Iran-Russia to bulid new Asia transport bridge Fred Weir (Moscow, March 14) A new India-Iran-Russia transport corridor will be the most important bridge between Europe and Asia since the Suez Canal and the Trans-Siberian Railway, say Russian

Gettin' richer

2002-03-17 Thread Ian Murray
Why the Rich Get Richer Exotic and complicated investments, unavailable to the rest of us, help explain . . . By Ben White Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 17, 2002; Page H01 Value chain arbitrage. Pair trades. Seagulls. Restructuring plays. Forget hedge funds. These are the true

Re: Barcelona

2002-03-17 Thread Chris Burford
At 17/03/02 10:41 -0800, you wrote: Europe's strong trade unions are opposed to any restrictions on the cradle-to-grave government cushion. That was the key point of 50,000 union members who took part in the peaceful march. We don't want the American model, said Tony Young, president of the

Re: Re: Barcelona

2002-03-17 Thread Alan Cibils
At 3/17/2002, you wrote: I thought that the total size of the demonstration was more like 100,000. That is very welcome considering how mass demonstrations have fallen away in the USA. Lef of center press here (Argentina) reported that 250,000 protesters marched through Barcelona Alan

Re: Re: Re: Barcelona

2002-03-17 Thread Ian Murray
the article simply singled out the 50,000 *trade unionists*. Other guesstimates put the total at out 100k or moreOnce again it looks like the cops opened fire Ian - Original Message - From: Alan Cibils [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 17,

Fortune on the Carlyle Group

2002-03-17 Thread Michael Perelman
http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtmldoc_id=206684page=1_DARGS=%2Fartcol.jhtml.3_A_DAV=artcol.jhtml -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Re: Barcelona

2002-03-17 Thread Shane Mage
At 3/17/2002, you wrote: I thought that the total size of the demonstration was more like 100,000. That is very welcome considering how mass demonstrations have fallen away in the USA. Lef of center press here (Argentina) reported that 250,000 protesters marched through Barcelona Alan

Re: Fortune on the Carlyle Group

2002-03-17 Thread Carrol Cox
I have not really read much material on the Carlyle Group (or been very interested in it), but reading the Fortune piece it seems to me here is an instance where LOV as a _sociological_ rather than (merely) economic concept is useful. It looks like all they do is redistribute surplus value. And

Re: Re: Fortune on the Carlyle Group

2002-03-17 Thread Michael Perelman
Yes, your appraisal is correct. Of course, redistribution of the surplus via government spending has led to a multitude of interpretations. On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 08:05:16PM -0600, Carrol Cox wrote: I have not really read much material on the Carlyle Group (or been very interested in it),

Enron spillover?

2002-03-17 Thread Ian Murray
[Financial Times] Enron failure boosts Latin America By Richard Lapper Published: March 17 2002 18:41 | Last Updated: March 17 2002 22:32 When policymakers studied the impact of last year's two big financial disasters, Latin America seemed more vulnerable to the impact of debt default and

Re: Enron spillover?

2002-03-17 Thread Michael Perelman
This article is like A.G. Frank's analysis of Latin America prospering during the Depression. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fortune on the Carlyle Group

2002-03-17 Thread Charles Jannuzi
What interests me about Carlyle Group is, in a way, still rather amorphous. 1. They give revolving doors an entirely new 'spin'. At first the strategy was how to benefit from the consolidation of the defense industries of the US and UK that took place from the late 1980s onward. No one took

Re: Gettin' richer

2002-03-17 Thread Charles Jannuzi
Perhaps you'll try value chain arbitrage. How does it work? Simple. Take a sector -- say, telecommunications. At the top of the chain are carriers. Beneath them are the suppliers, such as optical-network equipment maker JDS Uniphase, which depend on the carriers for revenue. If you think a

Please Identify Quotes, was Re: Re: Gettin' richer

2002-03-17 Thread Carrol Cox
Charles Jannuzi wrote: Perhaps you'll try value chain arbitrage. How does it work? I really wish posters would indicate who they were quoting. Can _anyone_ read all or even most of the posts that they download each day? I can't and won't. And as a result I sometimes can't follow a thread at

Re: Fortune on the Carlyle Group

2002-03-17 Thread Charles Jannuzi
While CG's funds cherry pick profitable holdings and clients, it does another important type of cherry picking: head hunting through the revolving doors of DC and other government centers. It's got the former head of the World Bank, the former head of the FCC, and the former head of the SEC. I'm

Re: Fortune on the Carlyle Group

2002-03-17 Thread Charles Jannuzi
And if CG enters an area, you can be sure (1) the stakes are high, (2) they've got key insider knowledge, and (3) they know who to lobby (imagine being lobbied by your former boss with a promise of a job at a company like CG!). Anyway, it was Kennard, now at CG, when he was in charge of the FCC,

Re: Please Identify Quotes, was Re: Re: Gettin' richer

2002-03-17 Thread Charles Jannuzi
Carrol wrote: . Can _anyone_ read all or even most of the posts that they download each day? I can't and won't. And as a result I sometimes can't follow a thread at all unless the posters identify who they are quoting. Carrol I quoted the Washington Post article that Ian posted. Yes, I

Re: Re: Fortune on the Carlyle Group

2002-03-17 Thread Michael Perelman
I am not sure that we should side with Nextwave. They overbid and went bust. Why give the creditors a free ride? Why not resell the spectrum to a new set of vultures? Although if the funds just finance more war, then ... -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University

RE: RE: We are proud to be dinosaurs

2002-03-17 Thread Davies, Daniel
The poor fellow already has an impossible last name to pronounce for English speakers: Öncü. Why don't you give it a try? Oncyurr? Enchway? Ownkwer? gimme some help here in return I'm prepared to give a few tips on Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantisliogogogoch :) dd

Re: Fortune on the Carlyle Group

2002-03-17 Thread Charles Jannuzi
MP writes: I am not sure that we should side with Nextwave. They overbid and went bust. Why give the creditors a free ride? Why not resell the spectrum to a new set of vultures? Although if the funds just finance more war, then The biggest creditor is the federal government here, since

Re: Gettin' richer

2002-03-17 Thread Charles Jannuzi
From the Post article, which doesn't name names (of course): Or you could steer some of your capital into restructuring plays. All you have to do is know what sleeping giant is likely to respond well to a dash of fresh capital, stronger management or some other medicine. Now see how it