Mike Ballard wrote:
Neither wage-labour nor state ownership will ever lead
to anything but capitalism.
This is not very dialectical.
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Le Monde DIplomatique
February 2004
A WAR AGAINST ELITES
The America will vote for Bush
The US is currently going through the peculiar process of deciding which
Democratic presidential candidate will stand against
I have somewhat the same kinds of feelings about these two figures.
Although there is little in their political philosophies that I can
agree with, I get totally disgusted with how the mass media has framed
them. In the first instance, we found the word angry pinned to him in
over 868
Joanna writes: ... I'd just like to note that correctional jobs remain some of
the best paid unskilled work in the U.S. In fact, a lot of the folks who
lost their manufacturing jobs wound up being prison guards. The job is
relatively secure, well paid, and will not be outsourced. It creates
jobs,
From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there a shadow of socialism or social democracy left in China?
Ian answered:
One party rule and the penal code...
Of course, it depends what one means by the word socialism. When referring to a
socio-economic system (mode of production), there
Counterpunch, February 19, 2004
Don't Run, Don't Run, Don't Run, Don't Run...
Whither The Nation?
By RALPH NADER
The following letter is a response to An Open Letter to Ralph Nader,
which appeared in the February 16 issue of The Nation.
As I reread slowly your open letter, which kindly started
I am struggling to remember a name and it's bugging me, so I thought
maybe bugging pen-l could help. (I tried googling...) What is the name
of the Democratic Party candidate for President who ran in the early
1950s presidential primaries and was pretty successful in the primaries
but lost -- and
Lou's note suggests an enormous difficulty in organizing by way of the
Internet. Dean did a magnificent job of energizing young people who
would have sat out the election. The media, together with the
establishment parties, took him out in no time whatsoever, morphing
him into a demon.
could you mean the Repub. Harold Stassen?
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 09:05:59AM -0800, Devine, James wrote:
I am struggling to remember a name and it's bugging me, so I thought
maybe bugging pen-l could help. (I tried googling...) What is the name
of the Democratic Party candidate for President
he was a Republican.
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From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael
Perelman
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:11 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: query
could you mean the Repub. Harold Stassen?
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 09:05:59AM -0800, Devine,
Jerry Brown? Oh, no, that was later.
Devine, James wrote:
I am struggling to remember a name and it's bugging me, so I thought
maybe bugging pen-l could help. (I tried googling...) What is the name
of the Democratic Party candidate for President who ran in the early
1950s presidential primaries
that's him! by today's standards, he was a liberal Democrat!
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
-Original Message-
From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:11 AM
To: [EMAIL
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=1518ncid=1518e=11u=/afp/20040219/bs_afp/china_forex_040219085615
Economists warn dramatic change in Chinese currency could spell disaster
Thu Feb 19, 3:56 AM ET
BEIJING, (AFP) - A growing number of economists are warning any dramatic
change
an interesting article on the curse (and I don't mean the one that
haunts the Red Sox) --
February 19, 2004/New York TIMES
ECONOMIC SCENE
Resources Form the Basis for Economic Growth
By JEFF MADRICK
POPULAR notion in economics today is that an abundance of natural
resources is a curse for
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/19/04 12:10PM
could you mean the Repub. Harold Stassen?
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 09:05:59AM -0800, Devine, James wrote:
I am struggling to remember a name and it's bugging me, so I thought
maybe bugging pen-l could help. (I tried googling...) What is the
name
of the
http://www.latimes.com
IBM Loses Pension Ruling
A judge says 140,000 employees and retirees are entitled to back pay in a
'cash-balance' case.
By Kathy Kristof
Times Staff Writer
February 19, 2004
In a decision that could cost IBM Corp. billions of dollars, a federal
judge has ruled that the
Weekend Edition
February 14/15, 2004
Michael Moore's Lesser Party
Clark Endorses Kerry
By MICKEY Z.
When War Criminal Wesley Clark dropped out of the race the other day,
my thoughts were with Clueless Mikey Moore. He must have been
heartbroken. Clark's smiling visage has vanished from
It's scarier to keep the prisons in the U.S. It's like having beggars on
the street; of course we can afford to feed them and shelter them...but
then we'd lose that deterrent quality. The point about prisons is that
they make prisoners of both the people inside and the people outside.
Joanna
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/18/04 03:37PM
Washington Post, Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Killing the Music
By Don Henley
Simply put, artists must regain control, as much as possible, over
their
music.
The writer is a singer and drummer with the Eagles and a founding
member
of the Recording Artists'
--- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike Ballard wrote:
Neither wage-labour nor state ownership will ever
lead to anything but capitalism.
I think that this is simplistic. State ownership of
the means of production seems necessary to the rise
of socialism and the eventual abolition
I was thinking again about the implications of a lowering dollar for various
types of US seigniorage, and I found this item:
About 560 billion dollars in cash circulates through the world at present.
About 70 percent of this cash is used beyond American borders [note:
according to FRB, M1
Public diplomacy initiatives sponsored by the US government are severely
under-funded. The Council on Foreign Relations Task Force Report states
that, for every dollar spent on the military, the US spends seven cents on
diplomacy.
Source: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FB19Ad01.html
... the Chinese trade surplus from its export to the United States has a
quadrupling effect on added US gross domestic product (GDP). In other words,
for every dollar of US trade deficit in favor of China, the US economy
registers $4 of additional GDP in value-adding services, such as marketing,
- Original Message -
From: Jurriaan Bendien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
... the Chinese trade surplus from its export to the United States has a
quadrupling effect on added US gross domestic product (GDP). In other
words,
for every dollar of US trade deficit in favor of China, the US economy
* February 17, 2004
Another President for the Occupation?
The Cause of Israel is the Cause of America
By SEN. JOHN KERRY
Editors' Note: We offer this unfettered pledge of fealty to Israel by
John Kerry as yet more evidence that there's scarcely a dime's worth
of difference between the major
Well, if 60-75 cents of every $ of imports from China to the US are
from-to US firms [intrafirm commodity chains] that are located there why
should we insist on seeing contemporary trade accounting flows/identities
as first and foremost having to do with nations simply by virtue of the
path
Last night I met with John Bellamy Foster's undergraduate class in
political economy at the University of Oregon. Among the texts John is
using is my new book "Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global
Economy." John thought the students would enjoy having the author of one
of
... the Chinese trade surplus from its export to the United States has a
quadrupling effect on added US gross domestic product (GDP). In other words,
for every dollar of US trade deficit in favor of China, the US economy
registers $4 of additional GDP in value-adding services, such as marketing,
These services add to the price of products--thus they do increase
the *current dollar* GDP. But they add nothing at all to the *real*
quantity of produced *final* goods and services. Thus they add
nothing at all to *real* GDP.
But what is real GDP in that case ? The American concept is
--- Jurriaan Bendien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Council on Foreign Relations Task Force Report
states that, for every dollar spent on the military,
the US spends seven cents on diplomacy.
Source:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FB19Ad01.html
If this number is true -- I doubt it -- it also has to do with the low
cost of the Chinese products. A $2 Nike shoe that sells for $120. If
the shoe had been made in the U.S. for $40, it would have added $38 to
the US GDP.
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 11:01:33PM -0500, Shane Mage wrote:
... the
Is Colin Powell melting down? It's hard to come up with another explanation
for his jaw-dropping behavior last week before the House International
Relations Committee. There he sat, recounting for the umpety-umpth time why,
back in February 2003, he believed the pessimistic estimates about Iraqi
--- Jurriaan Bendien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is Colin Powell melting down?
Suddenly, he stopped and
glared at a Democratic committee staffer who was
smirking and shaking his
head. Are you shaking your head for something,
young man back there?
Powell grumbled. Are you part of the
These services add to the price of products--thus they do increase
the *current dollar* GDP. But they add nothing at all to the *real*
quantity of produced *final* goods and services. Thus they add
nothing at all to *real* GDP.
But what is real GDP in that case ? The American concept is
In this difficult time we must again reaffirm we are enlisted for the
duration--and reaffirm our belief that the cause of Israel must be
the cause of America--and the cause of people of conscience
everywhere.
Bear in mind that Kerry is the wealthiest member of Congress, and worth
around
$550
If I buy a dozen large brown eggs, the net contribution to
GDP in constant (say 1990) dollars is what I would have
had to pay for them in 1990. It makes no *real GDP* difference at
all how much of the price I actually paid went to the farmer
and how much to various middlemen and indirect
--- MICHAEL YATES [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Among the texts John is using
is my new book Naming the System: Inequality and
Work in the Global Economy.
Go Michael (both of yuz)! Keep on keepin' on. You
and John and the rest of you lurking out there are
really doing something worthwhile. Don't
Mike Yates writes: In the recently published Economic Report of the President,
Bush's economists ... re-dated the beginning of the last downturn, to make it occur in
the Clinton administration.
isn't it the NBER, not the Prez's Council of Economic Advisors, that dates downturns?
In any
Robert Hall still chairs the committee. He was a big honcho in
Reagan's transition team.
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 09:26:03PM -0800, Devine, James wrote:
Mike Yates writes: In the recently published Economic Report of the President,
Bush's economists ... re-dated the beginning of the last
Editors' Note: We offer this unfettered pledge of fealty to Israel by
John Kerry as yet more evidence that there's scarcely a dime's worth
of difference between the major political candidates of both parties
on the life-and-death issues of our time.
This is not the issue on which to come down hard
Editors' Note: We offer this unfettered pledge of fealty to Israel
by John Kerry as yet more evidence that there's scarcely a dime's
worth of difference between the major political candidates of both
parties on the life-and-death issues of our time.
This is not the issue on which to come down hard
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