economic war against Germany

2003-02-16 Thread Chris Burford
A new step in the escalating inter-imperialist conflict: America is to punish Germany for leading international opposition to a war against Iraq. The US will withdraw all its troops and bases from there and end military and industrial co-operation between the two countries - moves that

What is wrong with the mainstream economics?

2003-02-16 Thread Mengen Lucy
Thank you all very much for all the emails and sources you have provided on the weaknesses of mainstream economics. Although it will take a while to digest them all, at this stage I am rather puzzled by the general weaknesses of the arguments produced against the mainstream economics. There

Re: economic war against Germany

2003-02-16 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Chris Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now Rumsfeld has decided to go further by unilaterally imposing the Pentagon's sanctions on a country already in the throes of economic problems. 'We are doing this for one reason only: to harm the German economy,' one source

wto

2003-02-16 Thread Ian Murray
WTO Ministers Fail to Make Tariff Deals By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer 3:38 AM PST, February 16, 2003 TOKYO -- Exporting giants seeking new markets and nations intent on protecting their own farmers could not bridge their differences on tariffs at the last day of a World Trade Organization

taxes/pensions

2003-02-16 Thread Ian Murray
http://www.latimes.com LETTERS Tax Changes Could Be Costly to Pensions February 16, 2003 I am absolutely amazed by the apathy and lack of interest shown by workers (particularly those 40 and older) regarding the proposed Treasury Department rule changes to tax treatment of cash-balance pension

[Fwd: Anti-War rally: Norfolk, VA]

2003-02-16 Thread Carrol Cox
Original Message Subject:Anti-War rally: Norfolk, VA Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 14:14:50 -0500 From: Steve Rosenthal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In addition to the enormous anti-war marches of millions of people that took

Biernacki

2003-02-16 Thread Michael Perelman
Has anybody else here read: Biernacki, Richard. 1995. The Fabrication of Labor? I am about 60% through now. He shows how different the British and German conceptions of labor were. He attributes this difference to the historical conditions in which wage labor arose. He suggests that many of

Re: Biernacki

2003-02-16 Thread Paul Zarembka
I have read some of it. Very interesting, but what's your question, Michael? Paul --On Sunday, February 16, 2003 3:21 PM -0800 Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody else here read: Biernacki, Richard. 1995. The Fabrication of Labor? I am about 60% through now. He shows how

Consumers favor a kind of communism of intellectual property

2003-02-16 Thread Ian Murray
The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com Copy wrongs Lee Dembart International Herald Tribune Monday, February 17, 2003 Industries' unending battle against software piracy PARIS Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value, it says on a wall and on a T-shirt - and that, I

offsets as protection rents

2003-02-16 Thread Ian Murray
[New York Times] February 16, 2003 Foreigners Exact Trade-Offs From U.S. Contractors By LESLIE WAYNE WASHINGTON A DECADE ago, when the ruling sheiks in the United Arab Emirates decided to expand the local economy after the gulf war, they turned to American military contractors like Boeing,

FW: NYC 2/15

2003-02-16 Thread Devine, James
Title: FW: [PEN-L:34785] NYC 2/15 meanwhile... I arrived in NYC to go to the toy fair on a red-eye, went to the hotel where my family was staying and slept for quite awhile, missing the demo. (I am told, though, that the area around the hotel -- the Waldorf-Astoria -- was totally filled with

Re: Fwd: Anti-War rally: Norfolk, VA

2003-02-16 Thread Sabri Oncu
Steve Rosenthal in Carrol's forward: The argument that a trans-national capitalist ruling class has largely become detached from nation states is a figment of the imagination of the anti-globalization movement, a movement that mistook U.S. domination for U.S. omnipotence. This is rubbish.

RE: What is wrong with the mainstream economics?

2003-02-16 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34787] What is wrong with the mainstream economics? Lucy writes:In my area of interest, criticising the mainstream trade theory is very easy. Both Ricardian and HOS models of comparative advantage theories suffer from many weaknesses and logical inconsistencies. I would

Re: Re: Biernacki

2003-02-16 Thread Michael Perelman
I found the book to be interesting as well. I was wondering if there might be a problem with the argument that I was missing. On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 06:30:05AM -0500, Paul Zarembka wrote: I have read some of it. Very interesting, but what's your question, Michael? Paul -- Michael

more on the wto

2003-02-16 Thread Ian Murray
The poor folk can play hardball too Larry Elliott Monday February 17, 2003 The Guardian The French hate the Americans. The Americans loathe the French. Developing countries wonder what on earth is going on. The spat within Nato over what to do about Saddam Hussein? No, this is an issue that it

US uses UN to advance war aims

2003-02-16 Thread k hanly
The US administration is planning to have the UN require Iraq to meet threebenchmarks to show that it is co-operating with the inspection process.Each requirement furthers the US invasion plans either by providing alleged evidence of Iraq's weapons of mass destructions, weakening Iraq's

Re: economic war against Germany

2003-02-16 Thread joanna bujes
Wait a second, they're punishing Germany by withdrawing U.S. troops? Isn't that a good thing? So far as economic punishment is concerned, what would happen if the Germans turned all their dollars into Euros? Joanna At 11:47 AM 02/16/2003 +, you wrote: A new step in the escalating

Re: Re: Sacramento anti-war rally

2003-02-16 Thread joanna bujes
Hey Ravi, Thanks for the NYC report. Chuck Grimes, Sabri Oncu, and I spent about seven hours at the SF demo today. That's more or less how long it took for everyone who wanted to show up, to walk from the ferry building up Market street to the civic center. The speeches, as usual, were awful.

Re: NYC 2/15

2003-02-16 Thread joanna bujes
Loved the pretzel sign. Thanks for the photos. Best, Joanna At 09:52 PM 02/15/2003 -0500, you wrote: I've just put up a few words about and 15 pictures of today's antiwar demo in New York: http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Feb15_intro.html Doug

Re: What is wrong with the mainstream economics?

2003-02-16 Thread soula avramidis
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