Re: Doonesbury

2003-11-12 Thread Michael Perelman
whoops! You have me there. On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:30:00PM -0500, Louis Proyect wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: I did not read it that way at all. He is describing a world of sleeze -- sleezy US administrators and sleezy collaborators. I don't think that Duke is supposed to represent

Re: new radio product

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

Re: new radio product

2003-11-11 Thread Michael Perelman
like to see after the revolution is a permanent ban on advertising. It will mean as much to us as ending tipping did in Cuba after 1959. Louis Proyect, Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530

Re: US troops clash with 'PKK rebels'

2003-11-10 Thread Michael Perelman
solution is to negate the question. Karl Marx, 1857, Grundrisse, The Chapter on Money, p.127. E. Ahmet Tonak Professor of Economics Simon's Rock College of Bard 84 Alford Road Great Barrington, MA 01230 Tel: 413 528 7488 Fax: 413 528 7365 www.simons-rock.edu/~eatonak -- Michael

incompetant Iraqi politicians

2003-11-09 Thread Michael Perelman
than in planning for Iraq's political future. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Professor Patrick O'Brien on looting

2003-11-08 Thread Michael Perelman
oblige them politically. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Myron Scholes' day in court

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Perelman
in hock for this $40 mln debt to the IRS. Even if his wife can pay it off out of savings, it must have caused at least a little cloud to pass across his summer's day. But I wouldn't be surprised if it was the humiliation of both events that really stung him. Michael -- Michael Perelman

Re: Myron Scholes' day in court

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Perelman
billion richer than he was. it's easy for the rich to _say_ such things. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Ridiculous paper of the day

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Perelman
action is similar to that used in other natural resource/environmental settings. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Guardian: Resurrecting Draft Boards?

2003-11-05 Thread Michael Perelman
I mentioned this in class yesterday. My students immediately responded that they would get student deferrments. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Guardian: Resurrecting Draft Boards?

2003-11-05 Thread Michael Perelman
It would be very unpopular otherwise. On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:21:24PM -0800, andie nachgeborenen wrote: I don't think those will be available this time around, do you? --- Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I mentioned this in class yesterday. My students immediately

outsourcing

2003-11-04 Thread Michael Perelman
Rakesh recommends this article by a friend. The part I found most interesting is the potential effect on commercial real estate -- although I only skimmed it for a couple of moments. http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/news/Research_Report_Fall_2003.pdf -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: new frontiers for caring corporations

2003-11-04 Thread Michael Perelman
could you please send me a tee shirt with the logo? http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/current.html On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 02:55:37PM -0800, Eubulides wrote: Corporate Voices for Working Families http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/facts.html -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Re: The concept of corruption

2003-11-03 Thread Michael Perelman
of office to gain sexual favors change corrupt; professors are not immune from such corruption. To others, violations of biblical law seem corrupt. In short, a concept like this defies definition. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898

Re: More on anti-corruption

2003-11-03 Thread Michael Perelman
Isn't this thread getting corrupted? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Privatizing and selling off Iraq oil assets

2003-11-03 Thread Michael Perelman
Cheers, Ken Hanly -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

my new book is out

2003-11-03 Thread Michael Perelman
The Perverse Economy: The Impact of Markets on People and Nature (NY: Palgrave, 2003). -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Iraq's new tax system

2003-11-02 Thread Michael Perelman
How can they be so ungrateful -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Joan Robinson question

2003-11-02 Thread Michael Perelman
new rules post tomorrow. To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any. [Les Paul] -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: In defence of Krugman and against Alexander Cockburn: choice oftargets

2003-11-01 Thread Michael Perelman
Burton, who usually seems pretty bad. Kucinich told him to interview Burton, and he found some surprisingly good features in his take on life. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Indisepensable IMF

2003-11-01 Thread Michael Perelman
because you are always connected with high-speed Internet access. Click here to comparison-shop providers. https://broadband.msn.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: In defence of Krugman and against Alexander Cockburn: choice of targets

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Perelman
-Landsberg -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: In defence of Krugman and against Alexander Cockburn: choice of targets

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Perelman
That is what I meant, but clearer than what I wrote. On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:08:20PM -0800, Devine, James wrote: Michael Perelman writes: Stiglitz seems a bit different. He is much more of a pure academic who was offended by the political hacks -- Doug would know better than I

Re: Teaching in Large Classrooms

2003-10-29 Thread Michael Perelman
-Awda-Ohio: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio * Solidarity: http://www.solidarity-us.org/ -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: China question

2003-10-27 Thread Michael Perelman
wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: I am reading all sorts of reports about soaring Chinese demand pushing up commodity prices. Has anybody thought abut the extent to which this effect undo the the beneficial effects of cheap Chinese imports?? Commodity prices, outside oil, have almost no effect

Re: insurance question

2003-10-27 Thread Michael Perelman
Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Michael's question: Iraq

2003-10-27 Thread Michael Perelman
Paul's response was very informative. I wonder if the Madrid conference did anything to increase the respectability of the war. I read that the socialists just lost in Madrid, supposedly in part because the UN vote gave legitimacy to the Spanish action Iraq. -- Michael Perelman Economics

monetary/fiscal policy

2003-10-26 Thread Michael Perelman
That the economy is doing so poorly with massive tax cuts, military spending, and stimulative fed policy. Does anybody have a handle on how much each of these factors is propping up the economy? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898

insurance question

2003-10-26 Thread Michael Perelman
Does anybody know of a nice thumbnail history of insurance? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

China question

2003-10-26 Thread Michael Perelman
I am reading all sorts of reports about soaring Chinese demand pushing up commodity prices. Has anybody thought abut the extent to which this effect undo the the beneficial effects of cheap Chinese imports?? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: gift idea

2003-10-24 Thread Michael Perelman
As someone who as had to opportunity to read it, I give it a big thumbs up. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Brian's article

2003-10-24 Thread Michael Perelman
Brian, I think that a comparison with Walter Adams, a wonderful president from MSU, might be appropriate. Adams taught courses as president and was a strong opponent of monopolies. Maybe he did bad things as pres. that I don't know about. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Re: congressional research service

2003-10-24 Thread Michael Perelman
=25180443 -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Iraq death question

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Does the US quickly remove seriously injured from Iraq right away so as to not count them among the dead? Aren't all the counted deaths people who did not survive attacks, even temorarily? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E

congressional research service

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Does anyone have any idea why I might be having trouble locating the Congressional Research Service web site? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: congressional research service

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
unbelievable! I was looking for the source of this story. http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/7079437.htm On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 07:37:06PM -0700, Eubulides wrote: - Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23

Itel vs. California

2003-10-22 Thread Michael Perelman
not just the population of California but that of the entire U.S. (Reuters/21 Oct 2003) http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/techcorporatenews/2003-10-21-intel -rips-cali_x.htm -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax

starve the beast

2003-10-22 Thread Michael Perelman
Does anybody recall where Norquist made his starve the beast statement? Supposedly he said it on NPR. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

200,000 jobs

2003-10-21 Thread Michael Perelman
Snow(job?) is predicting job growth of 200,000 per month. Does anybody believe this prediction? What sort of jobs would be produced? In what country? Outsourcing seems rampant. Manufacturing is in decline. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: spinsanity.com

2003-10-21 Thread Michael Perelman
Many years ago, when John Stockwell was in Chico, he said that Lumumba's body was stuffed into the trunk of his car -- at least to the best of my recollection. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 200,000 jobs

2003-10-21 Thread Michael Perelman
Today, the Sacramento Bee had an article about a plan to increase jobs. If we can cut salaries, companies will not want to outsource Back to the 20s??? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Britain-India

2003-10-20 Thread Michael Perelman
I thought that the WalMart connection to job loss that I posted yesterday would have caught some interest. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Economics question

2003-10-19 Thread Michael Perelman
Has there ever been a sustainable job-loss recovery? I see a number of signs of recovery, but they seem relatively superficial. Business week says that the positive earnings is deceptive. Is this apparent recovery going to be sufficient to give Bush a second term? -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: China redux

2003-10-19 Thread Michael Perelman
Business Week suggests that a revalued currency might be a disaster for Chinese Banks. The Chinese may be renegages (Mao might have been more attuned to the course of Chinese communism than we have credited him), but I don't think that their leaders are stupid or crazy. -- Michael Perelman

health economist needed

2003-10-17 Thread Michael Perelman
Does anyone know of a lefty health economist who would like to work on the EPA/World Trade Center/asbestos scandal? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Tax cut ignorance

2003-10-16 Thread Michael Perelman
to economic inequality, but because they largely fail to connect inequality and public policy. In this sense, Homer Simpson had it backward when he said, Just because I don't care doesn't mean that I don't understand. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL

what's going on

2003-10-15 Thread Michael Perelman
? Or are they just cowards? Or stupid? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cancun

2003-10-14 Thread Michael Perelman
, they -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cancun

2003-10-13 Thread Michael Perelman
development in an effort to preserve existing arrangements? Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cooper on the Gray demise of the Lib-Dems

2003-10-13 Thread Michael Perelman
else to make electricity? And so we end up with less energy than we started with. Why is this good? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hydrogen

2003-10-13 Thread Michael Perelman
started. It is a waste of bandwidth and an eyesore. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cancun

2003-10-13 Thread Michael Perelman
hectare...seem to recall study indicating that equal distribution of ag land to farming families would result in substantial increase in food production (countries studied included colombia, malaysia, pakistan, brazil, among others)... michael hoover -- Michael Perelman Economics Department

Re: cooper on the Gray demise of the Lib-Dems

2003-10-12 Thread Michael Perelman
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cancun

2003-10-11 Thread Michael Perelman
farmers without support. Maybe David Barkin or someone more familiar with Mexico could comment. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: free trade in animals

2003-10-11 Thread Michael Perelman
This idea seems stupid, even by the prevailing Repug. standards of the day. I would imagine that only a few people or corporations would be enthusiastic about this, while many middle of the road people will be apalled. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico

Peter Fisher

2003-10-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Didn't Peter Fisher do some of the heavy lifting in putting Long Term Credit Mgmt. together after it crashed? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

important article

2003-10-10 Thread Michael Perelman
: labor relations, product quality, Bridgestone/Firestone, strike -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Re: Subject: California Dreaming

2003-10-10 Thread Michael Perelman
Chronicle took on each. Seth Sandronsky Date:Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:04:42 -0700 From:Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: California Dreaming It's too early to tell if the recall will turn out badly. For example, Proposition 54 -- the racial ignorance proposition -- failed

california/iraq

2003-10-09 Thread Michael Perelman
The Bushies keep comparing California with Iraq. An $87 billion occupation could solve the state's financial problems. Arnold could play the role of Paul Bremer. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: california/iraq

2003-10-09 Thread Michael Perelman
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 12:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: california/iraq The Bushies keep comparing California with Iraq. An $87 billion occupation could solve the state's financial problems. Arnold could play the role

California Dreaming

2003-10-08 Thread Michael Perelman
. The negative side of the campaign is too obvious to mention. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

30 yr. bond auctions

2003-10-07 Thread Michael Perelman
What was the rationale (and the real reason) for ceasing the 30 yr. bond auctions? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 30 yr. bond auctions

2003-10-07 Thread Michael Perelman
- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] 30 yr. bond auctions What was the rationale (and the real reason) for ceasing the 30 yr. bond auctions? -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: Allen Barra defends Limbaugh's football comments

2003-10-06 Thread Michael Perelman
, 2003 at 11:35:55AM -0400, ravi wrote: Michael Perelman wrote: Welcome to America! You might also add that the people popping off about overrated quarterbacks were not athletes themselves. indeed! btw, is it not true that the quarterback has some sort of wireless communication

Re: Allen Barra defends Limbaugh's football comments

2003-10-06 Thread Michael Perelman
instructions at all times? I don't know if they're in wireless contact or not, but it sure looks that way. I remember reading a short story about that type of communication based on the premise that it was against the rules -- or at least seen as bad sport. Jim -- Michael Perelman Economics

Re: Allen Barra defends Limbaugh's football comments

2003-10-06 Thread Michael Perelman
that basketball was a jewish sport. Any reading recommendations? Marty --On Monday, October 06, 2003 8:39 AM -0700 Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for basketball, the NBA evolved out of traveling Jewish teams. In the 20's, basketball was supposed to be a naturally Jewish

Re: Allen Barra defends Limbaugh's football comments

2003-10-05 Thread Michael Perelman
- http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/gMeksyAko1WZvDERAobuAJ9qUJgc2BAsg+GR5gUmC0XyLeta3QCdHx03 sT5dUl1CJFRfE9u6q0+rl14= =q5lG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: An American Jubilee

2003-10-04 Thread Michael Perelman
that the price of gold rose from $20.67 per ounce to $35 per ounce when the U.S. officially devalued in 1934, the abrogation of these clauses was tantamount to a debt jubilee. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530

Re: Allen Barra defends Limbaugh's football comments

2003-10-04 Thread Michael Perelman
on the electric fence again. Michael -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Allen Barra defends Limbaugh's football comments

2003-10-04 Thread Michael Perelman
But sports pages have some of the best writing in the newspapers. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: George W. Bush, c'est fini

2003-10-03 Thread Michael Perelman
springsteen (due to his call for the impeachment of bush). --ravi -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: weather question

2003-10-03 Thread Michael Perelman
hurricanes. The point is to change them! Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Republicans Unsure of Bush's Chances for 2004 Election

2003-10-03 Thread Michael Perelman
Does October Surprise mean anything? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gore eyes CBC-launched cable company Newsworld International

2003-10-03 Thread Michael Perelman
Great news! I have trouble sleeping sometimes. A Gore network would do the trick. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

good news, at last

2003-10-02 Thread Michael Perelman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33159-2003Oct2.html -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

2003-10-02 Thread Michael Perelman
better a vision of a future economy to make people excited and energetic? What is to be done?, as an old Russian once wrote? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Re: Michael Pollak's Pebble Theory

2003-10-02 Thread Michael Perelman
ps. I hit the send button too soon. I wanted to ask Michael Pollak and the rest of you, when the pebbles will turn into rocks or boulders? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Michael Perelman
in a domestic violence incident involving his wife, and that the incident resulted with a service revolver turning up missing. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

2003-10-02 Thread Michael Perelman
was pretty bad on Haiti also, even after he left office. In short, he was not universally bad. Bush is. Carter was domestically a conventional Republican. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

2003-10-02 Thread Michael Perelman
story anyways. Everything had been done with a very soft style. It was obvious that everything had been planned extremely carefully. Ibrahim Balta / Istanbul / TURKEY -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bush failing?

2003-10-01 Thread Michael Perelman
article about about the Ponzi economy seemed right on target, even though nobody commented on it. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can computers help reverse falling employment?

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Of course, if computers are productive enough, we could reduce the workday to 2 or 3 hours per day. Only a capitalist vision would look for ways to make work. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Re: Can computers help reverse falling employment?

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Perelman
of the day? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: racism-segmented markets

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Doug H. had a very interesting guest -- Michael Hudson -- discussing this subject. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FT: Critique of US renminbi policy

2003-09-29 Thread Michael Perelman
on the subject? I would also like to know how revaluation would affect US profits in general. I am thinking of Nike, which profits from cheap imports and which would never think of producing a single shoe lace in the US. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: interesting thesis

2003-09-25 Thread Michael Perelman
by the government? Off the charts. What is an upward shift of the wage-education profile? Does that mean a rise in real wages relative to education levels, or more plainly, simply a rise in real wages? the former. Bill -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL

Re: us/chinese real estate bubbles

2003-09-24 Thread Michael Perelman
Is there no pretense of socialism anymore? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: An observation

2003-09-23 Thread Michael Perelman
to the list don't show any genuine interest in getting them involved? Best, Sabri -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: An observation

2003-09-22 Thread Michael Perelman
of e-mails posted to a list in a day. Neither is 15 when it is the number of posts by a single person in one day. Sabri -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pensions legislation

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Perelman
This new pension legislation seems to imply that firms can just pretend that they will earn more money in the future in the pension investments by using a different discount rate. Also, Nomi, if you read this, my e-mail to you just bounced. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

industrial org. question

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Perelman
Anti-trust enforcers prohibited IBM, Xerox, et al from a lease only policy. Intellectual property sellers are forcing buyers to treat purchases as a lease (e.g., Monsanto's seeds). Is that arrangement legal? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: nostalgia for equilibrium

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Perelman
broke out in laughter before he finished. As if he could know what the political-economy-ecology will be like in 2007. Ian -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 7,200 Kilometers of Pipelines, 19,000 Kilometers of Power Lines

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Perelman
Nice collation, Yoshie. One possible correction. On you point about the number of support personnel per fighting soldier, Rumsfeld is changing that ratio by contracting out much of the support. How much, I don't know. Also, you have seen the reports about the no-show contractors. -- Michael

Re: 7,200 Kilometers of Pipelines, 19,000 Kilometers of Power Lines

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Perelman
wrote: I'd like to have better estimates on this topic: what proportion of logistical support jobs has been contracted out? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: nostalgia for equilibrium

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Perelman
I got my job in 1971. A 25 year old clone of Michael Perelman would have a hard time getting a job today, except for the few small liberal arts colleges that would hire a lefy economist today. As a result, all of the old lefty programs seem to be becoming more conventional or extinct, possibly

Re: nostalgia for equilibrium

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Perelman
rather than the content per se of an econ. grad program? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

leading economic indicators

2003-09-19 Thread Michael Perelman
study. With business doing this well, recovery is just around the corner. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11

2003-09-18 Thread Michael Perelman
Does anybody have a clue about why the Bushies are backtracking? Why is Germany caving and agreeing to help? What does Turkey have to gain by sending troops? Everything seems murky to me at this time. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel

Re: China

2003-09-18 Thread Michael Perelman
. Treasury notes !!! -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Re: Some economic comments on disk storage

2003-09-18 Thread Michael Perelman
I found this very interesting. The idea that it is cheaper to send data by ups, wrapped in a computer, rather than over the internet does not jive with the jive about the weightless economy. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E

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