Barkley,
Let me ask you the question. Should the Serbs retreat and stop
trying to oust the KLA and their Albanian supporters? You realize I
know that that would bring about the extermination of the Serbs in
Kosovo. Once the bombing started what alternative did the Serbs
have?
Paul
Paul
he problem is, are their any appropriate theory texts that
could be used for two such courses. I welcome suggestions.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
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THE VANCOUVER SUN
Max,
There were huge pictures in the Globe and Mail two days ago I think
of unexploded cluster bombs that had been dropped in Kosovo.
Paul
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The Globe and Mail March 26, 1999
CANADA
GDP per capita, 1995 in ppp USD:
Czech Rep: 9547
Hungary :6639
Slovakia: 7486
Poland: 5522
Slovenia: 10606
Russia:4442
Greece:11541
Portugal: 12582
Turkey5936
Source: Havlik, Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies,
Oct. 1996
Paul
in the old system, is
well below the EU average level. There is no debt overhang with
central bank reserves approximately equal to total foreign debt.
Slovenia has not relied on foreign investment in the process of
privatization.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
Date: Mon
the
first day after voting in favour of the bombing, the party's office
received 1,000 e-mails from members protesting.
Paul
Paul Phillips
Economics,
University of Manitoba
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Organization: UNB Saint John
To:[EMAIL PROTEC
by email at:
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or by mail at
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University College,
University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3T 2M8
or fax at (204) 261-0021
Thanks,
Paul
it worthwhile to send this
to the list.
I did not save the responses but just printed them out and gave
them to the student. However, I believe that all were sent to either
pen-l or pkt and therefore will be archived at csf.colorado.edu.
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
that countries with more
billionaire heirs' wealth are less open to inward foreign direct
investment and have lower private-sector RD spending.
This strikes me as odd because Canada has a higher proportion of
foreign investment than any other industrial country I believe.
Paul
Paul Phillips
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May 1999
In These Times magazine
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Interview with José Ramos-Horta
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STRATFOR's
Global Intelligence Update
April 23,
countries with lower policy-induced barriers to international trade
grow faster. But, Rodrik asserted, the empirical evidence does not
back this claim of a direct link between trade policies and growth.
In fact, he said, even in theory, the effects of lowering trade barriers
are ambiguous.
Pau
ich are shown on a screen over the opera stage
so that the audience can understand what is going on in the opera
whatever language it is sung in -- to the extent that the opera makes
sense in any language.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
entertaining in commenting on
ENE. Nicely done.
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
(realization as per
Charles) would lead to falling profits would it not. What then is the
root cause of the falling profits?
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 28 Jan 02, at 12:41, Charles Brown wrote:
Fred: The rate of profit declined from 1997 to 2000, and during this time
instantaniously, does not need to
be paid to exist, and able to determine the future in perpetuity.
Sounds like God to me.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
have been, I can not see for the life of
me what relation they have to the Dutch disease.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
treatment has been affecting
(preventing) the reproduction of fish.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 22 Mar 02, at 9:30, Devine, James wrote:
don't we also have to worry about hormones in the food. (I've heard that
it's now a no-no to flush medical pills down the toilet, since
Not an anthropologist Jim, but I have been working on a paper on
property rights and redistribution among Canadian aboriginals.
Here is the definition of potlatch from the New Canadian
Encyclopedia.
Paul
Potlatch, a highly regulated event historically common to most
Northwest Coast
, sentence him to
his punishment.
What punishment you ask?
Why a full blown sex change of course! And then send him back to his
home of Afghanistan to live out the rest of his life as a woman under the
Taliban government
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
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I, for one, would like to see more on this. Perhaps Scott could
break his reply up into a number of shorter pieces dealing with
each of these market failure arguments.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 28 Nov 01, at 15:32, Robert Scott Gassler wrote:
My lecture arguments
Michael,
I have already started a file to contain all responses to my
suggestion. If we get a substantial response, I will try to make a
digest or summary or something that we can post or put in the pen-
l archives at csf.
Paul
On 28 Nov 01, at 8:31, Michael Perelman wrote:
So far, we
the comment:
You can always tell when the American economy is in trouble.
The bombs start falling.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
d thus can not continue as a system.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 17 Nov 00, at 7:29, Jim Devine wrote:
actually-existing capitalism depends heavily on fossil fuels, but does
capitalism in general? though capitalism is amazingly inflexible on issues
of preserving class
al warming,
the fact that he is so ignorant of science and rejects scientific
evidence in favour of the 'good book', it makes me shudder.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
as capital become any less mobile.
Not so Doug. Canada has also had a sustained decline in real
wages for almost two decades up until the last couple of years.
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 15 Jan 01, at 12:54, Doug Henwood wrote:
Paul Phillips wrote:
On 15 Jan 01, at 9:46, Doug Henwood wrote:
Could you offer some empirical evidence for this? Of the first world
countries, the U.S. was the only one to see a sustained decline in
real wages, a trend that reversed
y position, the selection of candidates will be less than
thrilling.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 17 Jan 01, at 12:43, Charles Brown wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/17/01 11:10AM
I think that David is correct, that we do not to a good
job of supporting each other.
I d
e development of its
internal markets and productive capacity occurs, as did the
Slovenes. And Yugoslavia in general, both Serbia and Cerne Gora
have a much longer way to go. The IMF route, I believe will be a
disaster more like Ukraine than Poland.
Paul Phillips
Economics,
University of Manitoba
Some on the list might be interested in contributing or attending.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
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in raw material exporting countries is export
taxes or bans. Your economics is only relevant to the developed,
importing countries.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
theory just to prove it was
impossible in reality? Does anyone else remember hearing or
seeing this?
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
the barbaric death penalty. Ugh!
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 28 Feb 01, at 18:17, Keaney Michael wrote:
The latter point was the substance of one of Nestor's mailings at around the
time we were discussing Argentina's economic history and current prospects.
Recently
Do any of the legal beagles on this list know whether there is
something equivalent to or similar to 'takings' law in Canada?
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 2 Mar 01, at 9:05, Michael Perelman wrote:
Thank you very much, both Nathan and Justin, for giving me some insight
of the social gain). Thus, a
graduate of a business school who makes a very high income
would pay a much higher tuition fee than a poor philosophy
graduate. However, no one has seen fit to follow my suggestion
that I am aware of.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 5 Mar 01
adjusted) and trending up, disposable family income in 2000 was 494.2 thousand won compared with 610.4 thousand won in 1997.
Paul Phillips
I don't remember if anyone referred to this study, but if not here is
the abstract that I just came across.
Paul Phillips
Economics,
University of Manitoba
NBER WORKING PAPER
BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY
Dollarization and Economic
.
(The second part of this piece, the industrial revolution in Canada,
to be cont'd tomorrow.)
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
Doug, when is it due out?
Paul Phillips
Economics,
University of Manitoba
On 3 Aug 00, at 14:05, Doug Henwood wrote:
Charles Brown wrote:
CB: What about a measure of the concentration of all the wealth in
the whole world ?
That's gotten undeniably more concentrated. First-Third
th regards to a socialist bloc would have to involve
international planning of managed trade -- much as do the
multinational corps do now -- though on the basis of democratic
negotiations between the countries. A model for that might be the
Canada-US Autopact.
Just a few ideas.
Paul
Pau
, for
some reason, we have produced a disproportionate number of
'world class' animation artists that prefer to stay and work in
Canada than move to Hollywood where the living costs are so
much higher. The high American $ is a major factor in all these
considerations.
Paul Phillips,
Economics
, more limited than some on this list would
suggest.
Paul Phillips,
Economics
University of Manitoba
On 31 Jul 02, at 16:32, Justin Schwartz wrote:
I have already responded noless dogmatically. I see no reason why
representative govt is incompatible with public ownership of productive
the links in the text). The text does not have a
chapter on the radical model for which I plead the Egyptian
Mummy excuse -- strapped for time.
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
The Yugo team is just made up, as far as I know, of Serbs and
Montenegrins who constitute the current Yugoslavia -- soon to be
renamed as Serbia and Montenegro when the new constitution is
adopted. The Croats and Slovenes have separate teams.
However, it should be pointed out that one of the
if the whole west coast longshore
operations were subject to such problems.
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
these institutional factors and we, as economists,
should automatically dismiss any figure that purports to do so.
Paul Phillips
_The Globalization of Poverty_ and Scott
Gordon's _INAD: Images of War in Kosovo and Yugoslavia_ to get
the background facts correct rather than repeating NATO
propaganda.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba,
American Studies,
University of Ljubljana,
Slovenia.
that others on the list take such as fact.
By the way, (speaking of misinformation) the author of INAT is Scot
Taylor (not Gordon as I think I originally posted.)
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
Is this a sign? If so of what?
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
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or give us an address where I can read it?
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
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Stratfor.com's Weekly
capitalist development.
Gee, just replace England with the USA and that old German guy
is just as on the mark today.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
ge between the commercial/transportation sector which
used its monopoly power to extract surplus from the primary
producer, not from appropropriated surplus value from waged
workers.
Therefore, I'm with Mat and Charles on this one, not Jim.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
other coalition
partners. The hard right have only 28 seats. Hence, probably a
stable centre-left coalition government.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
on the left for control of
government, the left has been able to deflect or temper most of the
attempts at more neo-liberal reforms.
Paul Phillips
On 6 Nov 00, at 11:40, Jim Devine wrote:
At 01:36 PM 11/6/00 -0600, you wrote:
Liberals (former Communist Youth, now a small-l liberal party
ge notions
people like Brad have.
Paul Phillips
I sent this reply to a student who asked questions (see below)
about my comment in class this morning about the Bush proposed
tax cuts. If I have got it wrong and anybody wants to provide
alternatives, please do so.
Paul
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Economics Forum in Canada and
Economist for the Canadian Auto Workers.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
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and is
avoided like the plague by those economists who reject
government intervention in markets precisely to make them efficient.
Paul Phillips
Ah, the vaunted efficiency of capitalism.
Paul P
Quoting Kenneth Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I am still trying to figure out what happened. TV is out. Radio is
repeating same stuff. CNN site didn't work, last I tried it. CBC.ca is
repeating CBC Radio. Anyone outside the zone of collapse with
Ah, the vaunted efficiency of capitalism.
Paul
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.
Paul Phillips
Dan Scanlan wrote:
These are from the nitpickers (they help keep lice from spreading) at
http://www.spinsanity.org/
ive mechanism backed by appropriate technical expertise. Within
this policy framework there is ample scope to develop participatory mechanisms
that do not undermine economic (in the larger context of the word economic)
efficiency and stifle individual initiative.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
that we could present,
not only to our students, but also to the general public. Without
ideological baggage.
In Solidarity,
Paul Phillips.
Louis Proyect wrote:
Carl, I smoked a pipe for several decades before quitting -- and I would
be afraid to add up how many thousands of dollars (not covered
For an in-depth critique of neoclassic (and other) streams of thought from
an institutionalist position, see Geof frey Hodgson's, "How Economics Forgot
History."
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
Mario Jos de Lima wrote:
I agree to your points of view. An interest
An earlier version of this article appears on www.swans.com.
Paul Phillips
Economics,
University of Manitoba
For Jews the Real Worry should be Sharon not Arafat
by John Ryan
The recently released text of the Geneva Accord seems about as good a
deal as could be worked out for a Two-State
/neoliberal country, being old becomes
a crime. It is disgusting.)
Small victories, but sweet nevertheless.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
NDP majority in Saskatchewan
Last Updated Thu, 06 Nov 2003 0:24:15
REGINA - Saskatchewan
voters have
I didn't give the actual results. Here they are from the Globe and Mail
which headlined its article something like "NDP squeeze by in Saskatchewan"
If Bush had anything like this support ...
Paul Phillips
Economics,
University of Manitoba
(BA, MA, University of Sa
This is a joke, no?
Paul Phillips
Eubulides wrote:
washingtonpost.com
No 'Cronyism' in Iraq
By Steven Kelman
Thursday, November 6, 2003; Page A33
There has been a series of allegations and innuendos recently to the
effect that government contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan are
being
which served to consolidate
monopoly capitalism. My paper documented and quantified the process.
Unfortunately, the journals I submitted the article to turned it down, largely
from the readers comments, because they did not understand (or accept) the
concept of 'primitive accumulation'. Ah well.
Paul
Jurriaan,
Do you want me to e-mail you a copy? (as a Word Perfect attachment)
Paul
Jurriaan Bendien wrote:
That is pretty amazing. I supposein America
ithas to be sexy, yet civilised,and use the right words. In the USA, I
have noticed you always have to keep it
productivity. i.e. the average productivity rose because of the
elimination of low productivity firms while higher productivity firms
had relatively stagnant productivity. To what extent is this true of
the US?
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
employees as a proxy for unproductive labour, is
consistent with the hypothesis through the time period I looked at.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
is that the theoretical/philosophical distinction
between productive and unproductive labour is a useful tool in
understanding recent economic trends. The fact that the empirical data
seems to support Marx's distinction is, however, welcome.
Paul Phillips
reading the book. It suggests a
profound ignorance of Balkan history and the politico-economic basis of
the ethnic divisions that resulted and which were fanned, not by
democracy and markets, but by outside intervention from Germany, the US
and the Catholic Church.
Paul Phillips,
Economics
and if so, why?
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
also be a factor in the failure of the profit rate to
recover to the levels of the golden age.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
Denison's (or was it Fabricant's) studies showed that productivity
growth largely due to increases in 'human capital' was the major source of
economic growth in the US. Dorethy Walters studies for the Economic
Council of Canada reported similar results.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
Michael Pere
Neither do I. My research into aboriginal society prior to the European
invasion reveals a society which was very caring of their children and
one very intolerant of sexual abuse of children.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
at a Canadian audience.
It is: Paul Phillips, _Inside Capitalism: An Introduction to Political
Economy_ (Halifax: Fernwood, 2003) 215 pp.
It is primarily directed at the introductory textbook market for labour
or union studies programs thought it is also used at intro and
intermediate political economy
approach is that
prescriptions are not at the discretion of the sick but rather at the
discretion of their doctors -- or what some refer to as 'supply
determined demand'. In such cases, the concept of efficiency always
breaks down, as Stiglitz and others have demonstrated.
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics
efficiency
whereas taxation that took from some against their will to pay for the needs
of the poor would be inefficient!
Cheers, Ken Hanly
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Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
. It
is much easier to just delete any article that I am not interested in.
Paul Phillips
Michael Perelman wrote:
Please try not to send large articles to the list -- like I did yesterday.
It is better just to send the url.
Large articles cause several problems.
They fill up mailboxes for people
policies stance? Can any of you down
there give us furriners an objective evaluation of him? Northern minds
want to know.
Paul Phillips
of declining employment industries --
by 20 to 40 per cent lower. In the 'growth' industries, lowering wages is
a major source of improved profits.
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
Sabri Oncu wrote:
Jim:
This means that profit booms are most likely
to be based
Sabri,
Of course, no individual is indispensable and employers can downsize and
increase the intensity of work for support staff or can, in many cases replace
white collar workers with capital (e.g. replacing telephone receptionists
with voice mail or touchtone routing) but the point that I
Ideology has taken us from champ to chump
ByJIM STANFORD
Monday, February
2, 2004 - Page A13
This seems to have been censored out by the major media.
Paul Phillips
Just another bit of evidence that what's good for big
business is good for the rest of us, eh?
WSWS : News Analysis
: Medicine Health
US blocks UN proposal to combat obesity
By Barry Mason
9 February
with racisim because of competition from
immigrants who 'self-exploit' in easy to enter sectors such as ethnic
restaurants, mom-and-pop stores, truck farming and personal services.
Paul Phillips
Doug Henwood wrote:
Julio Huato wrote:
Why would concentration be more propitious for progressive
because now it
might, because of the political pressures of an election year, actually
be used to rescue the wages and employment of the working class.
Nothing could be more anathama to a neoclassical economist.
Paul Phillips
Eubulides wrote:
[at least he's confessed]
http
Hey Jim,
I played polo for twenty years and I am not now, nor was I ever, an
aristocrat nor were any of those that I played with. On the other hand,
my string of ponies never exceeded three, the minimum needed to play a
full game.
Paul
Devine, James wrote:
Patton MacArthur were both from the
concern either with historical analysis or with
comparative analysis. I would suggest many would be well rewarded by
reading, and digesting, Geoff Hodgson's engaging book How Economics
Forgot History -- or how I might phrase it, how Economics forgot
institutions.
Paul Phillips,
Senior Scholar
Frankly, I don't think this is the case. I have quit the NDP on several
occasions and stopped supporting them materially when they voted for
world crimes against Yugoslavia. I just could not be associated with a
party that supported killing and bombing my friends that I had worked
with for
Jim, any idea who this Brooks is?
Paul
Devine, James wrote:
I wonder if Paul Krugman is embarrassed to appear on the same op-ed page
as this fellow:
March 2, 2004/New York TIMES
More Than Money
By DAVID BROOKS
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