Amid the idealised sentimental ceremonies last week about Reagan and D
Day, the only serious discussion I picked up about the complex
politics of the very late opening of the Second Front against Hitler
was this item from a Russian source in the IHT.
Even if you accept the progressive nature of
Chris,
David M. Glantz, former US military historian at
the US War College, has written a number of great books on the Soviet
armies during WWII. These books describe the tensions between the allies and
give proper credit to the Soviets as the primary engine of the Nazi defeat.
The
bsent and sold so cheap or cheaper than fresh Sudanese milk on the Darfour market."
a story of subsidies and trade Eubulides [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[aren't all of us caught in a commodity trap?]Full @ :http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=4463intItemID=1634lang=1The majority
I probably should say something about the WSJ story I touted this
morning.
Edison Mission Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of what is now Edison
International, the giant southern California utility, along with GE and
others, won the right to build a coal plant at Paiton in Indonesia
Thanks Eugene, amazing stuff.
The story is also on the San Francisco Chronicle
website, for those of us who don't have subs and are unable to buy the WSJ at
the local newsagent:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/11/financial1013EST0050.DTL
Army Corps Clears Halliburton in Iraq Fuel-Pricing Flap
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 12:41 AM ET
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Army Corps of Engineers quietly exonerated
Halliburton Co. (HAL, news) of any wrongdoing in a Kuwait fuel-delivery
contract that Pentagon auditors asserted has overcharged
about how many angels we could fit on the
head of a pin.
Joanna
Jurriaan Bendien wrote:
Review of: Catherine Blackledge, The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box
(London: Weidenfeld Nicholson, 2003), 322 pp.
What in heaven's name is this book about, and why would anybody buy it ?
Does it make sense
We need a philosopher to invent some adequate concept for the
below...somehow, fetishism doesn't quite cover it. Perhaps, it is
just that academics are finally getting around to prostituting entities
more appropriate to prostitution. Who knows. I become nostalgic for
those days when we
Review of: Catherine Blackledge, The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box
(London: Weidenfeld Nicholson, 2003), 322 pp.
What in heaven's name is this book about, and why would anybody buy it ?
Does it make sense, or is it a fuck-up ? What is V, is it the 21st letter
in the alfabet, or a Latin
(well normally a kidney weighs less than a pound)
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F064D8EE-4834-44A1-9B0C-29E88432E788.
htm
I have possess'd your grace of what I purpose;
And by our holy Sabbath have I sworn
To have the due and forfeit of my bond:
If you deny it, let the danger light
Upon
[Thanks to body armor, the proportion of the wounded that are amputees is
supposed to be paradoxically higher, because without it many of them would
have died. I keep wondering whether the count of the wounded might not
end up someday being the politically important body count of the 21st
From: Michael Pollak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Thanks to body armor, the proportion of the wounded that are amputees is
supposed to be paradoxically higher, because without it many of them would
have died. I keep wondering whether the count of the wounded might not
end up someday being the politically
Doug Henwood writes:
David B. Shemano wrote:
Your daughter is correct. If you read the 10 policy measures set
forth in the Communist Manifesto to a modern liberal, the liberal
would think you are reading from the Democratic Party platform. You
should declare victory and go celebrate.
David B. Shemano wrote:
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of
land to public purposes.
Rent control (and related tenant protections), real property
taxation, zoning, environmental regulations, etc. are staples of
liberal orthodoxy.
Since when is regulation a synonym
: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 8/26/2003 4:45PM
Subject: Re: Sad Story
David B. Shemano wrote:
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of
land to public purposes.
Rent control (and related tenant protections), real property
taxation, zoning, environmental
On Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 17:51:22 (-0700) David B. Shemano writes:
See, I was right. You are too pessimistic and/or utopic. Regulation and taxation
aren't good enough for you, it has to be abolition or it doesn't count.
Regulation and taxation are often firmly advocated by the ruling
David:
See, I was right. You are too pessimistic and/or utopic.
Regulation and taxation aren't good enough for you, it has
to be abolition or it doesn't count.
I don't know about Doug but it is not a matter of regulation and
taxation being not good enough for me. It is just that regulation
I wonder, David Shemano, based on your interpretations conflating
liberals with the Communist Manifesto, if you similarly equate Ashcroft
and Bush with facism?
Have you worked out a list for that yet?
Gene Coyle
David B. Shemano wrote:
David B. Shemano wrote:
See, I was right. You are too pessimistic and/or utopic.
Regulation and taxation aren't good enough for you, it has to be
abolition or it doesn't count.
I think it was John Marshall who said the power to tax is the power
to destroy. The same can be said for regulation.
Marx was of course not describing even a lower stage
of communism in his list of ten initial steps for the
proletariat to take in the Manifesto, but the
completion of the democratic revolution (winning the
battle for democracy). Although Marx is (in)famously
spare and laconic in writing recipes
David B. Shemano writes:
See, I was right. You are too pessimistic and/or utopic.
Regulation and taxation aren't good enough for you, it has to
be abolition or it doesn't count.
Bill writes:
Regulation and taxation are often firmly advocated by the ruling class
to save themselves from
Gene Coyle writes:
I wonder, David Shemano, based on your interpretations conflating
liberals with the Communist Manifesto, if you similarly equate Ashcroft
and Bush with facism?
Have you worked out a list for that yet?
Gene Coyle
Of course Bush is a Nazi. See, for instance,
Doug Henwood writes:
That's delusional. An unregulated capitalist economy would quickly
destroy itself. Capital needs the state to discipline and rescue it.
The idea of bourgeois regulation is to preserve the system, not
transform it, which was what ME were all about. I can't believe you
David, who is this "modern liberal"? Joseph Leiberman?
(and thanks for your concession about Bush.)
Gene Coyle
David B. Shemano wrote:
Doug Henwood writes:
That's delusional. An unregulated capitalist economy would quickly
destroy itself. Capital needs the state to
I think it was John Marshall who said the power to tax is the power to
destroy. The same can be said for regulation. In fact, taxation and
regulation are better than abolition and confiscation. First, like a frog
in boiling water, creeping taxation and regulation create less resistance
than
Let's try to keep this nice. David has always behaved himself wonderfully
even though he disagrees with almost everything that we say here.
He might enjoy that Marx's final edition of his newspaper -- before the
gov't shut it down -- called for tax refusal. Surely David could get
behind this.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 10:34:11 (-0700) David B. Shemano writes:
Doug Henwood writes:
That's delusional. An unregulated capitalist economy would quickly
destroy itself. Capital needs the state to discipline and rescue it.
The idea of bourgeois regulation is to preserve the system,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/27/03 02:14PM
Let's try to keep this nice. David has always behaved himself
wonderfully even though he disagrees with almost everything that we say
here.
He might enjoy that Marx's final edition of his newspaper -- before the
gov't shut it down -- called for tax refusal.
David B. Shemano wrote:
For the third time, my serious point, which no one has refuted, let
alone disagreed with, is that the modern liberal sees nothing
fundamentally contentious about the policy prescriptions of the
Communist Manifesto.
And for the nth time, I say you're wrong: the modern
Gil Skillman writes:
By David Shemano's reasoning, not only are taxation, regulation and income
redistribution tantamount to abolition of private property and
centralization of economic power in the hands of the state, (the claim of
his previous post), but these forms are tactically superior
David B. Shemano wrote:
Yes, Hayek was a communist.
That's almost the line of the Von Mises Institute gang - Hayek was a
social democrat. Von Mises stayed pure.
Doug
Doug Henwood writes:
For the third time, my serious point, which no one has refuted, let
alone disagreed with, is that the modern liberal sees nothing
fundamentally contentious about the policy prescriptions of the
Communist Manifesto.
And for the nth time, I say you're wrong: the modern
David S: All I am saying that if you want to abolish something, the easiest way is to
tax and regulate it to death.
the addition of to death changes things. Most government regulation -- which is
highly influenced by the regulated industries -- doesn't regulate _to death_. There
are
Give her time to mature. At least you know what you
want. She just seems tired of dim bulbs in the
Whitehouse. Perhaps more concentration on the System
and less on particular personalities is the direction
more of our dialogues should go.
Good on ya,
Mike B)
--- andie nachgeborenen
[EMAIL
Awww, Justin, she's 13. This is why there's a point to education. She
thinks this because relative to her lived experience, Clinton does
represent a liberal Golden Age. She thinks this because nowadays the
idea that a worker is to have any rights or claims at all is labeled
communism in the mass
- Original Message -
From: andie nachgeborenen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On a long car trip today, I discussed politics with my
almost-14 year old daughter, and the Clintons came up
as a topic. She said she'd vore for Hilary cause she's
smart. I said I didn't like them because they knew
So that is how things look to a smart 13 year old. Old
style liberalism is communism. Clintonism is the far
limit of the possible. Are we fucked, or what? And not
in the nice way.
In my post getting there I referred to millions of reasons for failure.
I'd say that, if in the mind of your 13
In a message dated 8/25/03 8:22:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Like what, she
said. I said, like full employment, national health,
no striker replacement. Oh, she said, you mean
_communism._ Like Ralph Nader.
So that is how things look to a smart 13 year old. Old
style
I'd say that, if in the mind of your 13 year-old
daughter, communism is
identified with old-style liberalism
(libertarianism in some sense ?) and
with Ralph Nader then, probably, we're doing well.
In America, liberal does not mean what it does in
Europe, i.e. pro-market right wing Hayekian
a story which I believe correctly represents the
meaning of that data set. These beliefs guide me in considering different
frames of reference, and connect the significance of a set of observations,
codified as data, to criteria of practical utility and ethical norms. A
pragmatist just wipes this whole
, 2003 8:21 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L] Sad Story
On a long car trip today, I discussed politics with my
almost-14 year old daughter, and the Clintons came up
as a topic. She said she'd vore for Hilary cause she's
smart. I said I didn't like them because they knew
what
Justin writes:
On a long car trip today, I discussed politics with my
almost-14 year old daughter, and the Clintons came up
as a topic. She said she'd vore for Hilary cause she's
smart. I said I didn't like them because they knew
what was right and did the wrong thing. Like what, she
said.
David B. Shemano wrote:
Your daughter is correct. If you read the 10 policy measures set
forth in the Communist Manifesto to a modern liberal, the liberal
would think you are reading from the Democratic Party platform. You
should declare victory and go celebrate.
Really? These are:
1.
Your daughter is correct. If you read the 10 policy
measures set forth in the Communist Manifesto to a
modern liberal, the liberal would think you are
reading from the Democratic Party platform. You should
declare victory and go celebrate.
David Shemano
Are these the measures you are
had an effect, his
brother was freed, but arrested again in 1937, and subsequently
disappeared. Michael Zoshchenko (1895-1958) was the only one allowed to
write a chapter under his own name. His story concerns the prisoner
Rottenberg, who, as a petty thief, had lost the thread of his life
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
for handing you a heart worth breaking
: Eubulides [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] A story of nickel and dimes
- Original Message -
From: Jurriaan Bendien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You get all these Marxists talkin' about the Leninist theory of party
building, stuff
Remember how I reported that CEO Scott Hand of Inco Ltd. chief of the Goro
nickel mining project in New Caledonia, thanked Jacques Chirac at a mining
conference in Kone for the supportive attitude of your officials in
addressing French participation in providing financial support for the
project
- Original Message -
From: Jurriaan Bendien [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You get all these Marxists talkin' about the Leninist theory of party
building, stuff like that, but now have a look at this, guys.
Cheers
Jurriaan
Exactly. The cosmopolitanism of ownership via
I am suggesting that (according to the transcript) O'Reilly may have been
tolerant, in part, because what Fish had to say was not all that
provocative. If Fish had said, say, Bush in his environmental policy shows
the same disrespect for human life as Bin Laden, would he have received the
same
ORIGINAL NOTE: was:
full piece at:
http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/2002/0714/coverstory.htm
What your doctor doesn't know could kill you A computer program that
provides vast amounts of information for diagnosing and treating
patients could revolutionize the practice of medicine. So why
In a message dated 5/30/02 8:12:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I would differ with Melvin in one respect. I don't think that slaves
exactly replaced white indentured labor in the South, in the sense that
planters changed their crops to a large extent with the introduction
Anglo-European descent (the Anglo American people as a people are not yet formed; we have entered manufacture.) Perhaps it would add a more “colorful description” to the story if the wholesale rape of the African female was mentioned. This way I will not be accused of belittling the blood lust of homo-s
t" is in formation, "steal this idea"). The were of course tens of thousands of slaves of partial African and partial Anglo-European descent (the Anglo American people as a people are not yet formed; we have entered manufacture.) Perhaps it would add a more "colorful description&qu
I would differ with Melvin in one respect. I don't think that slaves
exactly replaced white indentured labor in the South, in the sense that
planters changed their crops to a large extent with the introduction of
slavery. For example, rice production in S. Carolina was unknown before
slavery.
A movie version of H. Melville's short story, Bartleby the Scrivener, will
appear this weekend. The story appears online at
http://www.bartleby.com/129/ and other places.
The story involves an employee who refuses to work and who refuses to be
fired. His employer is not entirely sure what to do
Eric and others,
Here is another movie you may find interesting. Whether to
encourage or discourage your students to watch it is up to you.
Best,
Sabri
http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1999/02/021903.html
Peter: Ron Livingston
Joanna: Jennifer Aniston
Milton: Stephen Root
Bill
From the LA Times, Cheers, Ken Hanly
Operation Anaconda Leaves Bitterness in Its Wake
Afghanistan: Residents of battle-torn region say the U.S. bombed their
homes and killed their relatives.
By DAVID ZUCCHINO, Times Staff Writer
GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- Every morning, a forlorn procession
detailed story of secret corporate machinations has emerged, according to
the WP. In 1966, Monsanto execs discovered that fish submerged in a west
Anniston creek turned belly-up within 10 seconds, spurting blood and
shedding skin as if dunked in boiling water. The managers kept this
information
. They're
10 times higher than the people around the Hudson.
The Anniston lawsuits have uncovered a voluminous paper trail,
revealing an unusually detailed story of secret corporate machinations
in the era before strict environmental regulations and right-to-know
laws. The documents -- obtained
Max Sawicky wrote:
The mere fact of a company failing,
even a large one, is not a market failure.
I'm away on an inter-holiday retreat, and only sporadically checking
email, so someone else may have made this point already. No free
marketeer would ever regard a big failure as an indictment of
Carl Remick wrote:
If you're going to fight an ideological opponent, you should have
some sense of what the opponent thinks.
Doug
You fight an ideological opponent by striving to change the reality
which generates the ideology, which is the spontaneous reflection in
human minds of
Transparency is a big problem for free-marketeers.
It is clearly a constituent part of efficiency, but
its pursuit in the real world affronts corporations
and leads some conservatives to defend lack of transparency
as a property right. Asymmetric information is of course
a major topic for
Carl Remick wrote:
In that respect, I think the soft underbelly of the free-market
position would be lack of transparency that contributed to the
magnitude of the Enron collapse. But, Doug, you've seemed reluctant
in the past to identify this as a key issue -- e.g., I recall your
comments
On Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 16:02:18 (-0800) Michael Perelman writes:
Is it ever possible to the disprove market efficiency to the satisfaction
of a conservative economist?
I think this is too narrow a battle field. Market efficiency can be
defined in any number of ways, short-term,
Max Sawicky wrote:
The mere fact of a company failing,
even a large one, is not a market failure.
I'm away on an inter-holiday retreat, and only sporadically checking
email, so someone else may have made this point already. No free
marketeer would ever regard a big failure as an indictment of
From: michael perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
... the NYT reports that ObL looks gaunt in the new tape.
The NYT also says that the tape was apparently made in late November or
early December -- in other words, at the end of Ramadan with all its
fasting. Since ObL doesn't appear to do things by
I would say the relevant test in this context is whether
the product kept flowing to customers at prices that
covered production costs. The California crisis is
clearly an example of consumptis interruptis, but no
role of Enron's bankruptcy in that crisis has been
raised, as far as I know. So I
is guilty of its successes,
not its failures.
mbs
To answer Michael's question below: No.
But the reason for the Wall ST Journal story was not to work through
micro theory to get the right answer. The article appeared to head off
any questioning of the market in Congress or State
You could read it that way, but whether or not
the affair does point to an inherent problem with
markets is another matter. Choice and imperfect
law creation/enforcement make illegal acts possible;
that doesn't mean the underlying arrangement isn't
the best available.mbs
Max, I read the
Gene writes:
Max, I read the big push to define the Enron affair as
criminal as an effort to
suggest that there is nothing wrong with the functioning of
the market, just
some bad apples who everybody thought were good apples...
Max writes:
You could read it that way, but whether or not
December 26, 2001
Commentary
Enron's Success Story
By SUSAN LEE
The collapse of Enron was many things -- a gratifying slap in the
face to corporate hubris and an exposure of the Alfred E. Neuman
club of stock analysts, rating agencies and the SEC. It may even
prove
nonsense!! see comments below -- Jim D.
December 26, 2001
Enron's Success Story
By SUSAN LEE
The collapse of Enron was many things -- a gratifying slap in the face to
corporate hubris and an exposure of the Alfred E. Neuman club of stock
analysts, rating agencies and the SEC. It may even
Is it ever possible to the disprove market efficiency to the satisfaction
of a conservative economist?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:20935] Re: RE: Enron's Success Story
Is it ever possible to the disprove market efficiency to the
satisfaction
of a conservative economist
Michael Perelman asks: Is it ever possible to the disprove market
efficiency to the satisfaction of a conservative economist?
no. They follow Hegel to see what's real as rational and what's rational as
real.
(This seems to be a false unfair presentation of Hegel, but what the
hell...)
Jim D.
To answer Michael's question below: No.
But the reason for the Wall ST Journal story was not to work through
micro theory to get the right answer. The article appeared to head off
any questioning of the market in Congress or State legislatures. People
were looking at Enron (and California
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/27/business/27RIVA.html?pagewanted=1
The story tells about the recruiting rivalry between Harvard and MIT.
Also, the NYT reports that ObL looks gaunt in the new tape. At least,
that is the headline for the paper that is always trying to find the
positive spin
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/27/business/27RIVA.html?pagewanted=1
"From his perch at M.I.T., Mr. Samuelson revolutionized economics. Although
firmly in the Keynesian camp, his foremost achievement was to unite a century of
economic insights, many of them seemingly at odds, into a single,
question below: No.
But the reason for the Wall ST Journal story was not to work through
micro theory to get the right answer. The article appeared to head off
any questioning of the market in Congress or State legislatures. People .
. .
Michael Perelman wrote:
Is it ever possible
Max, nicely clear statement, isn't there another issue here? Enron supposedly
proved that market forces were superior to government regulation. It could
create low prices for consumers and lush profits for investors.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico,
Is that story about the fbi flyer on how to tell a terorist a true
story or another internet hoax?
steve
Stephen Philion
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
2424 Maile Way
Social Sciences Bldg. # 247
Honolulu, HI 96822
Yes, it is true.
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/images/FBI-MCSOTerroristFlyer-Front.jpg
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/images/FBI-MCSOTerroristFlyer-Back.jpg
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 06:13:49PM -1000, Stephen E Philion wrote:
Is that story about the fbi flyer on how to tell a terorist a true
Commando raid took heavy casualties, report says
Reuters News Agency
Washington - Twelve elite U.S. Delta Force commandos were wounded by Taliban
troops in a raid last month in southern Afghanistan, and some American
officers were angered by the Pentagon's film show of a separate
Haq's Comrade's Called For Help
Saturday October 27, 2001 8:30 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the hours before the Taliban government said it
executed Abdul Haq, comrades of the doomed Afghan opposition leader
frantically phoned American supporters, saying soldiers were closing in.
American military
http://www.counterpunch.org/aftershocks.html
Where there was this was, Least credible news footage, in between,
Least credible analysis, and, America's Greens Rally to Flag, Run for
Cover. is now empty. HTML wiped clean, no retraction. Egg on face?
BTW, yrs. ago Alex Cockburn asked to
A great story from MSNBC three years ago about how the CIA created bin Laden
during the Cold War. If he does indeed become the target of choice, it's our
job to make sure this side of the story is told loud and clear. Anyone have
any other good cites on this thread?
Chris
*Jane's
te-collar layoffs are expected to come today,
two weeks before the company's self-imposed March 30 deadline.
YOUR STORY?
The Detroit Free Press is looking for DaimlerChrysler employees who are laid off, or
colleagues, willing to talk about their experiences.
Those interested can call (
Can anyone tell me if these thanksgiving stories are real or hoaxes? I
recall during past thanksgivings similar versions later turning out to be
hoaxes on the internet. Just wanted to be sure.
Steve
*
THANKSGIVING HOLOCAUST
The year was 1637... 700 men, women and children of the Pequot
Can anyone tell me if these thanksgiving stories are real or hoaxes? I
recall during past thanksgivings similar versions later turning out to be
hoaxes on the internet. Just wanted to be sure.
Steve
I consulted Jill Lepore's "The Name of War" (a definitive study of the
genocidal wars against
: [PEN-L:4762] Re: Thanksgiving story, real or hoax?
Can anyone tell me if these thanksgiving stories are real or hoaxes? I
recall during past thanksgivings similar versions later turning out to be
hoaxes on the internet. Just wanted to be sure.
Steve
I consulted Jill Lepore's "The Name o
Mark Weisbrot sent me this.
In March the World Bank released a paper, "Growth Is
Good for the Poor," by Bank economists David Dollar and
Aart Kraay. If you went to the research section of the World
Bank's web site between March and September, you would
find that paper as the Bank's most
Just a minor point about that Mobil ad. Their chart on child labor
uses official data for the wealthier countries, but this data is completely
misleading. The vast majority of child labor in all countries that
use permit systems (so this excludes the US, which has no federal permit
system) is
who fought in the Red Army against the Nazis.
Below is a story I gave my father for his birthday theyear he retired
from the glass factory (1984). An editor once criticized the
anti-semitic remark made by the narrator (me at age 11 or 12), but this
just reflected the almost casual anti-semiti
A tale of WTO Director-General Mike Moore from his past in the neo-liberal New Zealand
Labour government 1984-1990:
Background: the Mr Skelton is respected Judge Peter Skelton, who recently retired as
head of New Zealand's Environment
Court. The Tourist Hotel Corporation was then a
Stratfor's 3rd Quarter Forecast
Stratfor.com Forecasts
2245 GMT, 991011 - Local Chinese News Story Has National Implications
A regional Chinese government paper reported that the chief executive
of a state-owned enterprise
of interest, from the L.A. TIMES, at
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/NATION/UPDATES/lat_labor990604.htm
Friday, June 4, 1999
Chinese Rulers Fear Angry Workers May Finally Unite
Labor: Ten years after Tiananmen Square crackdown, unemployment, not
lack of democracy, fuels discontent.
By
I don't remember precisely, might have been Tobin, who led an economic theory that
income is everything, albeit they meant aggregate income and not wage rates per se.
But it seems to me, if we have to have a WTO, the least we can do is to insist on a
global wage scale for same work same pay,
Jim, this is interesting stuff. Henry sent me a couple of things about labor
unrest and organizing in China some months ago.
When Chinese workers say, they are not going to work for 46 cents an hour in
northern China or 23 cents an hour in southern China. Yes, in China people are
being thrown
CLINTON SENDING 90,000 GROUND TROOPS TO YUGOSLAVIA
30,000 of which will be reservists and national guard... Michael Hoover
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