Global economics for lefties: sizing up what the USA imported in 2002

Thought I would draft this note anyway, folks. Some people might believe the BEA estimate for the total value of US imports of $1.4 trillion in 2002. I don't. I think it would be more correct to say that the US imported a monetary value of $2.5 trillion, comprising money capital (44%), industrial

Re: Brilliant analysis from a soft rock icon

That surprises me, I would assume that getting an erection on demand requires some skill -- but maybe not for the 20 to 30 crowd. I don't think that is true. The main factors that seem to be involved in this are: - age - individual anatomic structure - nutrition - lifestyle/conditioning -

India and Pakistan simmering down ?

India, Pakistan sobered by N-war threat: Powell Saturday, 21 February , 2004, 08:58 Washington: India and Pakistan are now moving towards peace after all sides were sobered by the prospect of nuclear war, US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said. Speaking at Princeton, New Jersey, on the

Re: dems, etc

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/20/04 8:08 PM Doug lives in New York: * NEW YORK BUSH 2,403,374 (35.2%) GORE 4,107,697 (60.2%) NADER 244,030 (3.6%) OTEHRS 66,898 (1.0%) http://www.presidentelect.org/e2000.html * Joanna lives in California: * CALIFORNIA BUSH 4,567,429 (41.7%)

Re: Brilliant analysis from a soft rock icon

gee, i almost hate to suggest below given how brilliant this discussion has been, i found responses to my - admittedly brief - comments about don henley's 60s romanticism, political economy of music industry, and mojo nixon as libertarian communist most illuminating, in any event, some folks may

Re: Brilliant analysis from a soft rock icon

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/21/04 8:01 AM gee, i almost hate to suggest below given how brilliant this discussion has been, i found responses to my - admittedly brief - comments about don henley's 60s romanticism, political economy of music industry, and mojo nixon as libertarian communist most

Thanks

THANKS very much Julio! The Herfindahl is the sum of the squared market shares. H = 1 means monopoly. H = 1/n (for n very large) means a perfectly competitive market. Julio ___

Re: US infant mortality increasing ? To Joanna

Joanna: Hari, I think you should add another factor to your list: women are not only giving birth later, but having children in a fairly stressed state (because of working full time until the last minute)...and having to

The situation in the Netherlands

SOME ARE DOING VERY NICELY IN HOLLAND... Queen Beatrix receives about 727,000 euros a year in personal income. Royal Dutch Shell announced a net profit of around 1.2 billion euros for the business year 2002-2003. The before-tax figure, according to the company, is almost identical to the

Roger Burbach reconsiders the state

(Although Roger Burbach explains Nestor Kirchner's taking on the IMF in terms of Piquetero pressure, it is of some significance that he (and they) give him critical support. This probably reflects a willingness to engage with reality, now that a number of Latin American heads of state are showing

Maybe they should start calling him angry

NY Times, February 21, 2004 Democrats United in Asking That Nader Not Enter Race By JIM RUTENBERG Some of Ralph Nader's best friends are desperately trying to persuade him not to run for president this year. The left-leaning Nation magazine has pleaded in an open letter, Don't Run. And yesterday

Re: Brilliant analysis from a soft rock icon

joanna bujes wrote: That surprises me, I would assume that getting an erection on demand requires some skill -- but maybe not for the 20 to 30 crowd. It does - that was one of the themes of the Ron Jeremy documentary. But with Viagra, anyone can do it, so there's no need for skilled workers like

The jobless issue

The Bush administrations many critics are hoping the current jobless recovery will turn the US working class against it, but a review of the job market in the latest Economist suggests this is unlikely. American workers are conservative because the US economy continues to furnish them with job

Re: dems, etc

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/20/04 8:08 PM Doug lives in New York: * NEW YORK BUSH 2,403,374 (35.2%) GORE 4,107,697 (60.2%) NADER 244,030 (3.6%) OTEHRS 66,898 (1.0%) http://www.presidentelect.org/e2000.html * Joanna lives in California: * CALIFORNIA BUSH 4,567,429 (41.7%)

Foreign firms export most of China's electronic goods

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200402/21/eng20040221_135425.shtml Foreign firms export most of China's electronic goods Foreign-invested enterprises exported 70.7 percent of China's electromechanical products last year, according to a national work conference on export, import of

ethnicity and the varieties of capitalism

The power of the ethnic minority Martin Jacques salutes Amy Chua's World on Fire, a book that faces up to the true nature of globalisation Saturday February 21, 2004 The Guardian There is a plethora of books about globalisation, many saying roughly the same thing. This one is different. It is

pentagon whistle-blower on Iraq war

L.A. WEEKLY/ FEBRUARY 20 - 26, 2004 Soldier for the Truth Exposing Bushs talking-points war by Marc Cooper After two decades in the U.S. Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, now 43, knew her career as a regional analyst was coming to an end when in the months leading up

Re: Foreign firms export most of China's electronic goods

What would it take for Chinese firms to jump into such a market successfully? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: dems, etc

Mike B wrote... IMHO, the anti-war, anti-empire movement will grow substantially if *everyone* in the mother country has to face the existential consequences which go hand in hand with the militarized maintenance of imperialism, *not* just those desperate enough to sell their skills to the

Re: Brilliant analysis from a soft rock icon

Ah hah! I'd forgotten about Viagra! Thanks Doug. Another occupation deskilled. Oh, well. Joanna Doug Henwood wrote: joanna bujes wrote: That surprises me, I would assume that getting an erection on demand requires some skill -- but maybe not for the 20 to 30 crowd. It does - that was one

Bestseller exposes social powderkeg in rural China

Bestseller exposes social powderkeg in rural China —No-holds-barred book blows the lid on shocking injustices against the country's 900 million peasants Straits Times | 21 feb by Chua Chin Hon http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,236301,00.html BEIJING - Like any hot-blooded

An interesting observation

Friends, Just go to www.google.com and do the following search: corporate+governance Also try this one: corporate governance Then see how many hits you get! You may be surprised to see that the above two, at least the first one, beat any of the following google searches: Karl Marx Adam

At least a bit of the wall is being removed...

Israel will tear down part of its controversial West Bank barrier on the eve of World Court hearings challenging its legality, officials said on Saturday. Workers will start dismantling an eight-kilometre section of the barrier in the northern West Bank on Sunday after soldiers removed a

Natural Scientists protest misuse of science

February 18, 2004: Washington, D.C.-Today, more than 60 leading scientists-including Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors and university chairs and presidents-issued a statement calling for regulatory and legislative action to restore scientific integrity to

Re: An interesting observation

- Original Message - From: Sabri Oncu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:10 PM Subject: [PEN-L] An interesting observation Friends, Just go to www.google.com and do the following search: corporate+governance Also try this one: corporate