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Federal Contracts
States News Service
Monday, June 23, 2003; Page E09
Saft America Inc. of Cockeysville, Md., won a $20 million contract from
the Air Force for a lithium-ion battery development program.
Management Assistance Corp. of Middleburg won a contract worth up to $10
At 2003-06-22 08:02 -0700, you wrote:
From: Jurriaan Bendien
In reply to Joseph Green, whose comments you send me: I think he should
try learning to read a book, and not judge it by its cover.
My basic point is that when Engels wrote the text of anti-Duhring, he
was doing so in an
- Original Message -
From: Chris Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I suspect the really difficult debate is about whether there is a single
scientific socialism now, and what it is in today's context. Or whether
marxism is a method of science, rather than a definitive body of
science.
Chris
At 2003-06-23 17:41 +0800, Grant Lee wrote:
Even though Greg and I live in the same city, we had some serious
disagreements during his time at LBO-talk
I suspect there is a law of the internet that two correspondents from the
same city cannot agree.
Chris Burford
It is even worse. According to one of the British tabloids this morning,
the Comedy Terrorist who gatecrashed Prince William's twenty first
birthday party at Windsor Castle, kissed the blushing prince on both cheeks
and left the stage voluntarily amidst applause from the royal guests.
This is
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:08:28 +0100, Chris Burford wrote:
I suspect there is a law of the internet that two
correspondents from the
same city cannot agree.
No there isn't.
dd
London.
Loren says
Less visible is unpaid labor inside the capital relation itself, that is a
non-reproductive wage paid to the actually capitalist work force
It is false. for accumulation of capital, unpaid labor is needed. it's
self-evident.Why Loren error? because he confuses cost of reproducing
The Economics Department at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand,
has an opening for a heterodox economist.
Further details at: http://www.aut.ac.nz/staff/current_vacancies/index.shtml
I have been following Chris Burford's comments on New Labor and related
discussion sites. He mentioned Marxism Today.
I long wondered about Marxism Today, who was behind it, where did the
money come from. It appeared in mainstream book store magazine sections
in Toronto in the early-mid 90s. I
SIDE COMMENT:
I find it curious that Jacques, in the interview from Tribune in the
previous post (Marxism Today), refers to the last special issue of MT
as dealing with Blair's performance to date (the interview is posted as
9th October 1998):
But now the Blair project, as Marxism Today will
Tom Walker wrote:
Science World here in Vancouver runs a continuous loop of
the 1987 Fischli and Weiss film The Way Things Go. The
borrowings of the Honda ad from the film are obvious to
anyone who has viewed both.
I didn't know that. But not surprising. It's an ad -- and people in
Title: RE: [PEN-L] PK
I remember back when the US government regularly did the kind of stuff that the Bushmasters do these days (invading -- I mean incursing -- sovereign countries with out even a by your leave (Cambodia), overthrowing bad foreign leaders (Lumumba, Bosch, Arbenz, Allende,
1. Downloading the Future of TV Advertising
In April 2003, Honda U.K. debuted an extraordinary two-minute television
advertisement called 'Cog.'...
2. Apropos of 'Readymades' - Marcel Duchamp
In 1913 I had the happy idea to fasten a bicycle wheel to a kitchen stool
and watch it turn
Tom
Title: RE: [PEN-L] Marxism Today and The Blair Witch Project
I think it was Tariq Ali who referred to the Blair Kitsch Project (in MONTHLY REVIEW).
This seems appropriate. As an opinion-piece in the GUARDIAN explained awhile back, kitch is not the same as camp. The latter (e.g., the film
Title: rise of a new Great Power?
To my mind, this article makes some good points but basically fails, as a result of the intellectual hegemony of neo-liberalism. Instead of telling us that the EU can rise as a Great Power by following a laundry list of programs that Paul Kennedy thinks are
Robert Knight of Pacifica refers to the latest War as the Blair Bush
Project.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 08:19:46AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
I think it was Tariq Ali who referred to the Blair Kitsch Project (in
MONTHLY REVIEW).
This seems appropriate. As an opinion-piece in the GUARDIAN
Prior to Vietnam, none of these incursions caused much of a domestic
ruckus.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 06:46:21AM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
I remember back when the US government regularly did the kind of stuff that
the Bushmasters do these days (invading -- I mean incursing -- sovereign
Title: RE: [PEN-L] Monbiot on the WTO
isn't the WTO run according to the principle of one country/one vote, while the IMF and World Bank are controlled by their big stockholders (mostly the US)? If so, then the WTO is a relatively democratic organization (though of course the voters represent
There weren't any weapons of mass destruction. We knew and we know
the war was a fraud. I've been a mayor and I understand where the
weapons are, Mr. Bush. You come to urban America - we'll show you
weapons of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction.
Homelessness is a weapon of
USA TODAY, May 30, 2003
British postwar approach provides model for U.S.
Our view: Chaos and hostility are less prevalent in area controlled by ally.
Call it a tale of two Iraqi cities.
In Baghdad this week, U.S. soldiers in full combat gear sit nervously
atop tanks scanning the horizon
Bush to NGOs: Watch your mouths
By NAOMI KLEIN
Friday, Jun. 20, 2003
www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/ 20030620/CONAOMI20/
TPComment/Columnists
The Bush administration has found its next target for pre-emptive
war, but it's not Iran, Syria or North Korea -- not yet, anyway.
U.S. revises account of convoy strike
Officials now say Syrians may not have fired on U.S. troops during chase
NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES June 24 Nearly a week after U.S.
commando forces attacked a convoy of suspected Iraqi fugitives near the
Iraqi-Syrian border, Pentagon officials on
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From: Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Monbiot on the WTO
isn't the WTO run according to the principle of one country/one vote,
while
the IMF and World Bank are controlled by their big
Kenneth Campbell wrote:
Rather, those spouting conventional wisdoms are able to be more easily
understood in the small space of time they will get on camera.
Or, to cite the Far-Sighted Manifesto by Francis Picabia, worn by Andr
Breton on a sandwichboard:
POUR QUE VOUS AIMIEZ
QUELQUE CHOSE
I wrote:
Rather, those spouting conventional wisdoms are
able to be more easily understood in the small
space of time they will get on camera.
Tom Wrote:
Or, to cite the Far-Sighted Manifesto by Francis
Picabia, worn by Andr Breton on a sandwichboard:
POUR QUE VOUS AIMIEZ
QUELQUE CHOSE IL
Title: middle east news
From SLATE's news summary: All the major US newspapers' front
pages report the latest on last week's still-murky U.S.
attack on an Iraqi convoy near the Syrian border: U.S. forces
actually wounded three to five Syrian border guards, who are now
in U.S. hands and being
Jim has been taking in some advanced US art.
The Hulk was kind of creator Stan Lee's Freudian extreme example of
the general way he made Marvel Comics a serious competitor against DC
Comics.
As I recall, Marvel arose around 1961 or so. It was far distant in
revenues.
Lee built on a trend in
Title: RE: [PEN-L] the Hulk
And creative people tend to be Democrats.
are you saying that Arnold Schwartzenegger isn't creative?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
-Original Message-
From: Kenneth Campbell
I just saw in the WSJ that they are trying some of the principals for tax
evasion. Stiglitz was a witness.
Is anyone following this? Doug, Nomi?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael writes:
I haven't gone into it much farther since I read Michael
Lewis's Moneyball yesterday. Although it deals with
the management of the Oakland Athletics, it actually
contains some very interesting material about market
inefficiencies -- how a very cash-poor team was able to
buy
Fed Set to Cut Rates to 45-Year Lows
By Glenn Somerville
Reuters
Tuesday, June 24, 2003; 2:33 AM
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve, seeking to rev up a slow recovery
while keeping price deflation at bay, is universally expected to cut
interest rates to 1958 lows this week.
A recession.
And they weren't considered that low against the then background experience.
Gene Coyle
Ian Murray wrote:
Fed Set to Cut Rates to 45-Year Lows
By Glenn Somerville
Reuters
Tuesday, June 24, 2003; 2:33 AM
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve, seeking to rev up a slow recovery
while
Ian Murray wrote:
What was going on in 1958 that necessitated low rates?
It was a golden age. Rates were naturally low.
Doug
until the early 1950s, the fed had no discretion over interest rates.
Rates were kept low beginning with the wartime period to reduce the costs
of debt for the treasury. I suspect that they still felt rather
circumspect about increasing rates at the time. just guessing.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at
Ken, Try this:
72: James's analysis became more relevant since he published his
first Baseball Abstract in 1977, when salaries were beginning to
soar. There was but one question he left unasked, and it
vibrated between his lines: if gross miscalculations of a
person's value could occur on a
Very interesting.
I recall (and this is all from memory, so forgive errors on exact stats)
the most interesting financial conclusion James came to was about trade
value -- and how lesser lights in the front office were continually
taken on the market.
In particular, statistical analysis of the
Title: RE: [PEN-L] the Fed
Ian Murray wrote:
Fed Set to Cut Rates to 45-Year Lows
By Glenn Somerville
Reuters
Tuesday, June 24, 2003; 2:33 AM
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve, seeking to rev up a
slow recovery
while keeping price deflation at bay, is universally expected to
Sorry Michael --
I wrote too fast in this second last paragraph:
James also did another form of that study, showing
performance value based on when a player got the
big contract. It might be related to the age study,
maybe not. Applies a lot more to pitchers, who are
more age resistant.
I
Title: interesting quote
Paul Samuelson sneers at the sterile verbalizations by which economists have tended to describe fertility decisions in terms of the jargon of indifference curves, thereby tending to intimidate non-economists who have not mis-spent their youth in mastering the
I don't follow baseball, though I did when I was young -- I dreamed
(unrealistically) of becoming good enough to
But I recall that Ricky Henderson was great at having an excellent season
right before contract time. Is he still playing ball?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
Title: RE: [PEN-L] moneyball
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From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I don't follow baseball, though I did when I was young -- I dreamed
(unrealistically) of becoming good enough to
Michael, did you know Fidel when he tried out for the
i have a different question - to which i could, no doubt, look up the
answer - about federal reserve system (and i may well have come across
answer in long forgotten past)...
have reserve banks numbered 12 since system was established in 1913...if
so, have they always been located in same
I don't see what the athletic competence of baseball players has to do
with the value of their labor power. How much money do the TV networks,
the advertisers, and the makers of the products advertised make off of
them. Besides, I believe a huge proportion of mlb players are only in
the majors
He tried out for the senators, I believe.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 03:00:00PM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
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From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't follow baseball, though I did when I was young -- I dreamed
(unrealistically) of becoming good
Missouri is the most puzzling. The have 2 branches. I don't think that
the branches have ever moved.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 06:06:03PM -0400, Michael Hoover wrote:
i have a different question - to which i could, no doubt, look up the
answer - about federal reserve system (and i may well have
He was talking about the relative competence among baseball players.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:15:52PM -0500, Carrol Cox wrote:
I don't see what the athletic competence of baseball players has to do
with the value of their labor power. How much money do the TV networks,
the advertisers, and
Title: RE: [PEN-L] the Fed
i have a different question - to which i could, no doubt, look up the
answer - about federal reserve system (and i may well have come across
answer in long forgotten past)...
have reserve banks numbered 12 since system was established
in 1913...
yes.
Marc Lavoie at U. of Ottawa has written on sports in Canada, some of it
on discrimination against French-Canadians. A friend of mine from the
New School did his dissertation on political economy of baseball under
the late David M. Gordon's supervision. A U Mass grad student also did a
political
At 2003-06-24 13:42 -0400, Louis Proyect quoted:
USA TODAY, May 30, 2003
British postwar approach provides model for U.S.
Our view: Chaos and hostility are less prevalent in area controlled by ally.
NY Times, June 24, 2003
6 British Soldiers Are Killed in Southern Iraq
By KIRK SEMPLE
Six
From: Working Families e-Activist Network [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:36 PM
Subject: Take Action: 7 Days until Bush overtime cuts are final
June 23, 2003
There are just 7 days left to act!
Overtime pay cuts being pushed by the Bush administration
are slated to go into
I'm sure he must have meant to say ... mis-spent they youth in
*masturbating* the intricacies...
Paul Samuelson sneers at the sterile verbalizations by which economists
have tended to describe fertility decisions in terms of the jargon of
indifference curves, thereby tending to intimidate
Title: RE: [PEN-L] moneyball
Andy Zimbalist has a book or two:
Baseball and billions : a probing look inside the big business of our national pastime (1994)
Sports, jobs, and taxes : the economic impact of sports teams and stadiums (1997)
Unpaid professionals : commercialism and
Louis,
In fact, the USA has used every means within its disposal since the
Mexican revolution of Zapata and Pancho Villa (which actually predates
the Russian revolution) to crush attempts to control the wealth of a
nation for its own benefit--even when this is under the direction of a
* New York Times June 22, 2003
Nation Builders for Hire
By DAN BAUM
...Representative Henry Waxman, a Democrat from California, is in
high dudgeon lately, suggesting that Vice President Dick Cheney's
former chairmanship of Halliburton gave KBR the inside track on the
Iraqi oil-fields
Could you please give us the source of the quote?
Matías Scaglione
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--- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:
Paul Samuelson sneers at the sterile verbalizations
by which economists
have tended to describe fertility decisions in terms
of the jargon of
indifference
Title: RE: [PEN-L] Query from a Venezuelan
Grant writes:
In reality I don't really think there is much difference between
state socialism and state capitalism, although the former is distinguished
by the support of the working class and the stated intention to abolish the
state, at some point
Michael Hoover wrote:
if answer to question about number of banks is no, when did it become
12...how many have there been in times past...
Others have answered that it's always been 12 in the same place. My
contribution is this: no place in the U.S. was supposed to be more
than a day's train ride
Title: RE: [PEN-L] interesting quote
Yoram Ben-Porath quoted it in his review of Becker's TREATISE ON THE FAMILY in the March 1982 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE. Samuelson said it in An Economist's Non-Linear Model of Self-Generated Fertility Waves in POPULATION STUDIES, July 1976 (vol. 30,
Grant Lee:
From the viewpoint of US capital it makes no difference whether it is
excluded from a capitalist protectionist state or a socialist one.
Of course it does. A socialist state like Cuba is the threat of a positive
example. Malaysia is just a place that you can't make a fast buck.
Maybe
http://www.themoscowtimes.com
Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2003. Page 1
Oil Deals and Gas Pipeline on the Table
By Catherine Belton
Staff Writer
The last time a Russian leader visited Britain for a state visit was for
the marriage of Tsar Alexander II's daughter to Queen Victoria's son. This
time,
Here are some thoughts on Monbiot and some of the pen-l responses.
1. I think Monbiot came to the right answer, but mostly for the wrong
reasons. He is in grave danger of falling in with Oxfam and other
internationally minded NGOs who have bought into the notion that what
poor countries most
He was a finalist to be our dean a few years ago.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 04:04:05PM -0700, Devine, James wrote:
Andy Zimbalist has a book or two:
Baseball and billions : a probing look inside the big business of our
national pastime (1994)
Sports, jobs, and taxes : the economic impact of
Why 2 branches in Missouri?
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 07:42:12PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
Michael Hoover wrote:
if answer to question about number of banks is no, when did it become
12...how many have there been in times past...
Others have answered that it's always been 12 in the same
There are lots of articles about discrimiantion in pro. sports in the US.
It appears that pay for superstars is color blind; for benchwarmers,
whites earn a premium, especially in basketball where they are visible to
the crowd.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:38:34PM -0500, Forstater, Mathew wrote:
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