Re: housing bubble

2004-01-16 Thread Michael Perelman
Perhaps worse, he wrote the take the con out of econometrics. On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 05:51:17PM -0800, Devine, James wrote: ah, he's one of those cranks who think that international competition depresses US wages. Jim -Original Message- From: Michael Perelman [mailto

compassionate conservatism

2004-01-15 Thread Michael Perelman
Today our compassionate leader will visit a homeless shelter and honor Martin Luther King. I don't know if Halliburton will get a contract to run the shelter. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: Michael Moore and General Clark

2004-01-15 Thread Michael Perelman
://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: quote

2004-01-13 Thread Michael Perelman
of demagogy going on here. Blacks and Latinos constitute no more than .05 of Vermont's population. Meanwhile Sharpton endorsed the racist Al D'Amato for Senator in 1986. -- The Marxism list: www.marxmail.org -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

false recover

2004-01-12 Thread Michael Perelman
here is another Stephen Roach report http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/latest-digest.html#anchor0 His note on the number of jobs created is interesting. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael

Re: Iraq: the legal contradictions of market construction

2004-01-10 Thread Michael Perelman
Didn't the Washington Post obmudsman recently apologize for burying an important story in the style section? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

book recommendation

2004-01-10 Thread Michael Perelman
I am just now reading Beder, Sharon. 2003. Power Play (NY: New Press), which I learned about from an interview she gave on Doug's radio program. It is very slow going -- not because it is difficult or boring, but because I'm finding so much that I want to copy down for my note -- Michael Perelman

Re: the contradictions of foreign aid--summa contra Monbiot

2004-01-09 Thread Michael Perelman
Tony Benn must be proud. On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 07:47:14PM -0800, Eubulides wrote: Why Britain leads the way in aid We're already working out global solutions to target the world's poor Hilary Benn Friday January 9, 2004 The Guardian -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Re: Iraq banking

2004-01-07 Thread Michael Perelman
the availability of local credit. An unlimited number of banks may purchase up to 50% of an Iraqi bank. Foreign banks may enter Iraq as branches, subsidiaries, representative offices, or through partnerships with Iraqi banks.) -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University

Re: a neoclassical model of Marxian exploitation

2004-01-07 Thread Michael Perelman
This paper was much better than some of the others on the panel. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

economics meetings

2004-01-05 Thread Michael Perelman
in the flesh is always the highpoint of the meetings. Martin Hart-Lansdsberg gave a paper he briefly discussed on the list. I would like him to lead a conversation about it. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USA: overtime pay redux

2004-01-04 Thread Michael Perelman
been discredited. Does anyone have the skinny on this issue? Max, are you out there? Ian -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USA: overtime pay redux

2004-01-03 Thread Michael Perelman
discredited. Does anyone have the skinny on this issue? Max, are you out there? Ian -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USA: overtime pay redux

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Perelman
You might remember how Reagan improved nutrition in the school by defining Ketchup as a vegetable. By redefining overtime, maybe Bush can make people feel les overworked. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL

Re: [political] industrial ecology

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Perelman
I am semi-retired -- at the economics meetings now for a few days. What is remarkable is that the article says nothing about the EPA sanctioned use of toxic waste is fertilizer. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL

pen-l archives

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Perelman
I think that the csf computer might be gone. It was supposed to go last September. Hans Ehrbar is hosting the archives now. We all owe him a great debt of thanks. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the political economy of oil; minor historical footnote

2004-01-01 Thread Michael Perelman
was convenient in hobbling US's rivals -- esp. Germany and Japan. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

finally israel does something right

2003-12-31 Thread Michael Perelman
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/2003-12-30-israel-vs-microsoft_x.htm -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Abolition of the antithesis between town and country

2003-12-31 Thread Michael Perelman
that is the way dialectics work. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: a warning for Michael Perelman

2003-12-30 Thread Michael Perelman
sh! -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread Michael Perelman
or two lucky people. Film at 11. dms -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the PGE bankruptcy

2003-12-28 Thread Michael Perelman
Gene's informative article ended by noting the importance of the rating agencies. In the Portnoy book, which I have been tauting, the ratings agencies were at the core of the fraudulent practices of the 90s -- Enron et al. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University

debt problems???

2003-12-27 Thread Michael Perelman
OMB Watch has some nice graphics about the growth of debt. http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/1938/1/198/ -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

boom fizzles????

2003-12-25 Thread Michael Perelman
You should not predict on the basis of a couple of observations, but new home and durable goods sales are down. Right now anything the bothers President Rove gives me Christmas cheer. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: The entrails of finance

2003-12-25 Thread Michael Perelman
Duffie shows the sophisticated math behind these derivatives. Partnoy shows that the purchasers don't have the foggiest notion of what they are buying; they only see a high rate of return --- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E

Re: The entrails of finance

2003-12-25 Thread Michael Perelman
waiting to happen. Sabri -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The entrails of finance

2003-12-25 Thread Michael Perelman
with such complex financial instruments. Sabri -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scriptures

2003-12-23 Thread Michael Perelman
. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The coming global rebalancing

2003-12-23 Thread Michael Perelman
The Roach article seems quite good at identifying some of the international weaknesses. I would add another that cannot be fixed by repricing: global capital is so fluid that a flutter in one market can set of panics in others. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: nano-dirigisme

2003-12-22 Thread Michael Perelman
Nanotech. also has some environmentalist concerned. Most biological systems, including our own, may not be prepared to deal with such small objects. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

something new???

2003-12-21 Thread Michael Perelman
Is Qadhafi the first person in US history to make the transition from demon to statesman? Usually, it goes the other way. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: something new???

2003-12-21 Thread Michael Perelman
Waldheim was a secret demon. That does not count. On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 05:57:45PM -0500, dmschanoes wrote: Kurt Waldeheim? - Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: [PEN-L] something new

Re: On the economy (was on the capture of Saddam)

2003-12-20 Thread Michael Perelman
that the farm economy is starting to boom. High prices for cattle and grains. Leading to big purchases of tractors and other heavy equipment, and building of houses, etc. That seems to be an additional bump that may be enough to keep the expansion going for a year. -- Michael Perelman

marxian vs. neoclassical categories

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Perelman
of the capital stock. What is the depreciation of software? I still write using a DOS program, which I consider to be better for organizing information than any more advanced software. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898

Re: Query

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Perelman
. who refers to higher education as public good? We need to be backed up by critics from abroad. Otherwise benchmark with the US will lead to adopting your system. Any thoughts? Gene Coyle -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E

stephen j. gould thought of the day

2003-12-18 Thread Michael Perelman
it. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what knowledge economy?

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Perelman
/~codept/goodtext.html -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: oooops

2003-12-17 Thread Michael Perelman
medicines do not work on most people who take them. Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Saddam

2003-12-14 Thread Michael Perelman
I am surprised that they caught him so early. I thought that it would come closer to the election. But then, since he has doubles, maybe they could catch a Saddam every few weeks. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: the evolving exchange value of the human body

2003-12-14 Thread Michael Perelman
only be possible through steroids. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Texas redistricting fairness

2003-12-12 Thread Michael Perelman
corporate gerrymandering of markets to avoid dread ruinous competition and how thereby a large percentage of our so-called market economy is anything but. Bill -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Texas redistricting fairness

2003-12-12 Thread Michael Perelman
-0800, Devine, James wrote: in many states, there's also a deal between incumbents (of both parties) to protect the positions of incumbents using gerrymandering. It's not just a partisan thing. it pushes me in the direction of favoring term limits, but I'm not that far gone yet. -- Michael

Re: Texas redistricting fairness

2003-12-12 Thread Michael Perelman
absolutely. On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:18:36PM -0800, Eugene Coyle wrote: That was Phil Burton, wasn't it? Gene Michael Perelman wrote: In all fairness, John Burton did one of the first modern redistricting in California. What is new here is that the Repugs. want to do it whenever

Re: most SSRIs banned in the UK for children

2003-12-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Healy, the Dr. mentioned in the article was banned from a job in Toronto b because of pressure from the drug companies. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Friendly folks and U.S. taxpayers

2003-12-11 Thread Michael Perelman
their lives, and therefore the contracting is going to reflect that, and that's what the U.S. taxpayers expect, Ui said. Vino vendibili hedera non opus est. Tom Walker 604 255 4812 -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail

Re: Palast on Baker

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Perelman
All other poor countries should honor their sovereign debt until the US is willing to liberate them. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

wto vs. cpa

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Perelman
The NYT reports that the US will not let old Europe get contracts for reconstruction in our new colony. Is that a violation of the WTO? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Interview with John Kenneth Galbraith

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Perelman
Galbraith is a treasure. He was also protective of the left during the 60s. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dickie Perle and big bird the $

2003-12-06 Thread Michael Perelman
Two comments. A disappointing employment growth might suggest that the dollar would strengthen, although high growth could - high interest rates which could increase the dollar. Also, what is the background of Albaugh, except being a Bush hack? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: Estimating the surplus - Turkey (Cem Somel)

2003-12-05 Thread Michael Perelman
a workable proxy, in the same way the NIPA accounts are workable proxies) is too difficult empirically or is it theoretically illogical ? Thanks Paul -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USA humbled

2003-12-05 Thread Michael Perelman
, but it is a nice idea. On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:48:36AM -0800, Devine, James wrote: and not California ones? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine The EU was set to impose tariffs on imports of Florida oranges. Seth -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: Inflation and productivity questions

2003-12-05 Thread Michael Perelman
were not comparable with productivity figures from other countries, because most did not do that adjustment. My question: are recent productivity gains a product of the same statistical adjustments? Thanks, Marty Hart-Landsberg -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: Estimating the surplus - Turkey (Cem Somel)

2003-12-05 Thread Michael Perelman
, and Economic Institutions ? J. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Estimating the surplus - Turkey (Cem Somel)

2003-12-04 Thread Michael Perelman
the intelligent use of bourgeois stats and categories doesn't accomplish the same task. Unless you're trying to make the argument that rising OCC = FROP = system collapses as profits go to 0. But no one makes that anymore, right? Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: Questions about California Budget Crisis query

2003-12-04 Thread Michael Perelman
, Doyle -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Marxian papers on CD

2003-12-03 Thread Michael Perelman
Listmembers based in North America may be interested in two CDs with approximately 1200 papers on or around Marxian political economy. For information, please contact Erdogan Bakir [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530

Re: college students again and a question

2003-12-02 Thread Michael Perelman
40 years from my age, I suspect I would have difficulty in getting a job today, just as many more capable graduates do. If I were to market myself as a conservative, I do not think I would have much difficulty. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: threatened cut-backs for the disabled in California

2003-12-02 Thread Michael Perelman
Shocking that the movie hero needs to pick on the weakest most vulnerable. Not just the disabled. Outreach for disadvantaged students. Health care for the poor. Also, Berkeley's labor studies program. So far, not one hit on the middle class or their betters. -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: Army Reserve Battling an Exodus

2003-12-02 Thread Michael Perelman
One of the kids I play basketball with is in the reserves. I had not seen him for a while, so I imagined that he had been called up. He was not. Instead, his job was to inform others that they were called up -- 2 days after Thanksgiving they were supposed to report. -- Michael Perelman

imperialism run amuk

2003-12-01 Thread Michael Perelman
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/64/34272.html The US seems to be demanding that Europe degrade its GPS system. Only the US is allowed to have a good one to maintain military superiority. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321

Re: Question for Louis Proyect

2003-11-30 Thread Michael Perelman
to go? Please clarify. Your 11/27 posting appears to argue against the continued existence of urban living of any kind. True or false? Louis Proyect, Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898

Re: Question for Louis Proyect

2003-11-30 Thread Michael Perelman
posting appears to argue against the continued existence of urban living of any kind. True or false? Louis Proyect, Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: US: manufacturing

2003-11-29 Thread Michael Perelman
I like the part about passing the benefits of improved technology on to wage earners. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Marxism] Winners and losers

2003-11-28 Thread Michael Perelman
think he is heard this? I suspect from his editors. You have been too hard on Bush, Paul. Lay off a bit. Reemphasize your earlier pro-globalization stance so that you will not appear so partisan. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929

Re: Malthus/Thanksgiving

2003-11-28 Thread Michael Perelman
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Easterbrook's new book

2003-11-25 Thread Michael Perelman
Oh damn. I will have to look at that crap, since I am taking on that literature in my new book project. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Michael Yates on Bob Pollin

2003-11-24 Thread Michael Perelman
I don't see anything here or in Lou's comments that Bob Pollin would disagree with. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Forces of production

2003-11-23 Thread Michael Perelman
This Walmart article is excellent. So was the Business Week piece I posted a couple of weeks ago. Both were useful in showing the wide range of effects that follow from a simple commondity transaction. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel

Re: Forces of production: more

2003-11-23 Thread Michael Perelman
I should have addred that Walmart supposedly accounts for a good portion of the recent increase in measured productivity in the US. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Greenspan squawks on trade

2003-11-22 Thread Michael Perelman
/2003/11_19_03.htm So Robert Blecker and the rest of us just shouldn't worry anymore Ian -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the next wedge issue

2003-11-21 Thread Michael Perelman
dated 11/20/03 12:50:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why should I not kick their ass. Do you have kids or just stupid? Melvin, Michael Perelman is probably too busy writing his next book to pay attention to this thread but I will not dignify your question with a reply

Re: the next wedge issue

2003-11-21 Thread Michael Perelman
who are singled out for special repression under contemporary capitalism? Solidarity is not a sentiment. And on this list now solidarity is measured by the total repudiation of the kind of horseshit melvin has been putting out. Carrol -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Re: the next wedge issue

2003-11-21 Thread Michael Perelman
I think that the debate with Melvin has gone on long enough. Let's call it finished. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Nitzan on oil

2003-11-21 Thread Michael Perelman
? To read more, click on the following links: It's All About Oil Dominant Capital and the New Wars Ch. 6 in The Global Political Economy of Israel -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Re: Berrigan bros.

2003-11-21 Thread Michael Perelman
Although the thread degenerated, one point I appreciated was Melvin's ability to transcend his abhorrance of gay sex to show solidarity with a gay worker. Almost everybody had useful contributions to the thread, amidst the heat and excessive verbiage. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: the next wedge issue

2003-11-20 Thread Michael Perelman
am going to kick their asses. Why should I not kick their ass. Do you have kids or just stupid? Melvin, Michael Perelman is probably too busy writing his next book to pay attention to this thread but I will not dignify your question with a reply. If I were him, I'd give you the boot

the next wedge issue

2003-11-19 Thread Michael Perelman
It looks like gay marriage will be the wedge issue next year to take people's attention away from the war in Iraq, environmental ravaging, corporate looting, and other assorted crimes. It will also be useful in marginalizing the few progressive Democrats left in politics. -- Michael Perelman

Re: value and gender

2003-11-19 Thread Michael Perelman
, is quite meaningless? do you really need to resurface the deck hardwood? or do the laundry not because you have run out of clean clothes but because the bag is full? or put the books away? or organize the garage? etc, etc. --ravi -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

speaking of Bob Pollin

2003-11-19 Thread Michael Perelman
policies for economic growth with increased equality. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Re: the next wedge issue

2003-11-19 Thread Michael Perelman
hits at Dean. Rove really needs this, because I don't think that another war in Oct. will help him much. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the next wedge issue

2003-11-19 Thread Michael Perelman
. Of course, I'd avoid them even more than I do already. The basic principle is that of the division between church and state. Render unto Caesar and all that... Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: Keynes on the war economy

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Perelman
, along with the warfare state, the building of freeways, etc. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the Clinton years

2003-11-17 Thread Michael Perelman
While Robert Pollin's writings are not explicitly Marxist, he has an uncanny ability to get a hearing among non-radicals. He is also able to influence policy in wonderful ways, for example, his work on the living wage movement. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University

Re: the Clinton years

2003-11-17 Thread Michael Perelman
or so ago, showed that this tactic won him reelection, but also propelled the Dems. downward. I have only gotton through the first Clinton chapter so far, but Pollin seems quite balanced. He is not blaming Clinton, only saying that things were not going well during the boom. -- Michael Perelman

Re: China's fault lines

2003-11-17 Thread Michael Perelman
A glance at the water chapter seems fairly solid. China does not seem to have adequate water resources to continue along the same path much longer. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Step into a classroom [was the Clinton years]

2003-11-16 Thread Michael Perelman
excellent point. On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 02:55:53AM -0500, Kenneth Campbell wrote: More faith in people and less preaching to people would help. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: My working class students

2003-11-16 Thread Michael Perelman
something about red baiting with him. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Step into a classroom [was the Clinton years]

2003-11-16 Thread Michael Perelman
(higher in south) lived amidst poverty, overcrowding, cholera, and typhoid epidemics... michael hoover -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Big Pharma: faux innovation

2003-11-16 Thread Michael Perelman
This article is mostly nonsense, especially with respect to drug reimporation. The critique of me-to drugs is correct, however. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

you can't mine coal without machine guns

2003-11-16 Thread Michael Perelman
I don't have access to Time. Could anyone near a good library be able to copy the article and send it to me? Probably just one page is needed. You can't mine coal without machine guns. --Richard B. Mellon, Congressional testimony quoted in Time, June 14, 1937 -- Michael Perelman Economics

embedded news channel

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Perelman
heads. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Role of Sov. Un. welfare state in West

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Perelman
of welfare state provisions in the West? Thanks Dave __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530

Re: the Clinton years

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Perelman
into a classroom, factory or call center, you *start* with talking about working conditions, health care, education-skill sharing and then open up the context.. Ian -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the Clinton years

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Perelman
oh, my god. I am in pomo hell! On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 09:14:33AM -0800, Devine, James wrote: Some sort of overarching vision is, at some point, necessary. but that would be essentialism, surrender to a Master Narrative, while denigrating the Otherness of the Other! Jim -- Michael

Re:

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Perelman
address of their leader: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Weird... -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Clinton team

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Perelman
. Albert, I got less than 50 percent of the vote. The first requirement of the Treasury job is acceptability to the financial community. Reeves, Richard. 1993. President Kennedy: Profile of Power (NY): pp. 27-8. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel

Re: George Soros and the Rise of the Neo-Centrics

2003-11-15 Thread Michael Perelman
Walt was on pen-l. I have not seen any sign of him lately. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: is this a great country or what?

2003-11-14 Thread Michael Perelman
on the taxpayers. He's not foisting his religion on taxpayers, he's displaying a monument. As far as I know, he's not requiring anyone to agree with him. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Holy Land roadmap techniques for the Iraq occupation forces: the 11 point program

2003-11-14 Thread Michael Perelman
is always wrong, unless it accepts principle #5. 7. the United States is always right, except when if violates principle #5. 8. the Palestinians should be grateful that we treat them so well. 9. ??? 10. ??? 11. ??? JD -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State

Re: Doonesbury

2003-11-12 Thread Michael Perelman
with other aging show business figures like Georgie Jessel. Pathetic. -- The Marxism list: www.marxmail.org -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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