For what its worth, here is a recent Stratfor analysis. Sabri
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Argentina: Duhalde May Have More To Gain in Default
24 September 2002
Summary
The chance that the International Monetary Fund will sign an aid
agreement with Argentina's government appears slim at best.
Senior fund
Since the liberation of Aghanistan from the fundamentalist Taliban regime,
the BBC reports that the supply of heroin has increased by 1400%. Most of
this goes to western Europe.
The advantage of this is that the proletarian youth of England will be more
likely to become dependent on heroin
Singapore also has substantial government ownership of industry -
Government-linked companies, according to the WTO's March 2000 Trade
Policy Review of Singapore [sorry to quote such a source!], some of
which are the largest in Singapore ... account for around 25% of the
market capitalization of
I'd appreciate a link(s) for this, if available.
thanks,
max
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/2282617.stm
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I'd appreciate a link(s) for this, if
[Financial Times]
Gerard Baker: A gathering of incompetents
By Gerry Baker
Published: September 25 2002 20:03 | Last Updated: September 25 2002 20:03
There are many reasons to question the judgment of the protesters who will
try to disrupt the International Monetary Fund/World Bank/Group of
September 25, 2002
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Paying the Bills in Brazil:
Does the IMF's Math Add Up?
By Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker
Executive Summary (full paper is at www.cepr.net)
The IMF has recently approved a $30 billion loan
to Brazil, with the idea that the government
I stole this from Lou's Marxism list.
I do not know whether this is common knowledge outside Germany, but the
German Greens are definitely to the right of the Social Democrats. This
is
not just my opinion as a malevolent Marxist, but it is confirmed by
today's
Financial Times (see below).
NY Times, Sept. 26, 2002
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Artists Fight Music File-Sharing
By LAURA M. HOLSON
WHEN it comes to musical styles, Britney Spears, Luciano Pavarotti and Sean
Combs, lately known as P. Diddy, do not appear to have much in common. But
in a series of advertisements that begin running today
maybe 2 word telegrams to his fraudulency would be better:
no war stop
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
With war against Iraq looming, this is the right time to call President Bush
and express your view.
Please take a moment now and call the Whitehouse:
Call: 202-456- (9AM-5PM).
Be sure
Dear Friend,
You may be surprised to receive this letter from me, since you do not
know me personally.
I am DUMEN MOMOH, the son of NDIATA MOMOH, the most popular black farmer
in Zimbabwe. He was recently murdered in the land dispute in my country.
I got your contact through network online
The editor of the new book on the Grateful Dead says that they owed much of
their popularity to bootleg tapes that spread the word about the band.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Internet Debacle, by Janis Ian
http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html
When I research an article, I normally send 30 or so emails to friends and
acquaintances asking for opinions and anecdotes. I usually receive 10-20 in
reply. But not so on this subject!
I sent 36 emails
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To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: BLACK CARBON CONTRIBUTES TO DROUGHTS AND FLOODS IN CHINA
David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington September 26, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1730)
Robert J. Gutro
From the combined lists of globalizethis.org
+++ please forward this important info! +
QUARANTINE CORPORATE RULE WITH NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION
CONFRONT THE IMF/WB IN WASHINGTON DC SEPT 28-29, 2002
Stop the corporate greed epidemic!
Info for affinity groups joining the Sept 28th Mass
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Michael Perelman quotes Johannes saying:
I do not know whether this is common knowledge outside Germany, but the
German Greens are definitely to the right of the Social Democrats. This
is not just my opinion as a malevolent Marxist, but it is confirmed by
today's
[with the goal of angering Ms Spears I pirated the following from Max's blog
in the hopes we might have an amiable discussion of the topic given the
event planed in DC and London this weekend.Max, be forwarned; I'll hire
Michael and Justin as expert witnesses if we wind up in court..]
Question:
How relevant do you all think the Bush-Hitler comment was? I think that
German Chancellor was right on...the war on Iraq is a strategically timed
diversion from an ailing economy prior to an important election. Hitler was
known for employing political diversions. Considering Saddam
Found this at this site
http://cityhonors.buffalo.k12.ny.us/city/aca/hist/ibhist/ibhiststud/histlit.
html
Under his new government policy, every economic activity in the country was
put under a government-appointed panel, called a corporation.
Representatives of management and labor, in each
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From: Lisa Stolarski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Found this at this site
http://cityhonors.buffalo.k12.ny.us/city/aca/hist/ibhist/ibhiststud/histlit.
html
Under his new government policy, every economic activity in the country
was
put under a government-appointed
The editor of the new book on the Grateful Dead says that they owed much of
their popularity to bootleg tapes that spread the word about the band.
That's referring to the tapes recorded at concerts, which they encouraged
... the good ol' hippie capitalists were as aggressive as anyone else in
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