Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments

2005-08-07 Thread Mike Weaver
Keith Addison wrote: Hello Mike Joseph Stiglitz (and my father, who is a development economist) make the following points: Globalization is not going away, nor can we wish it away. I don't know of anybody who does wish it away. I don't know why you might think that I'd like to - because

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments

2005-08-06 Thread Mike Weaver
Have a look at http://www.ceedweb.org/iirp/factsheet.htm I was in and out of the development world for years, though never as a program manager nor direct architect of projects. I did spend a fair amount of time reviewing and visiting projects, almost all in Africa. My thoughts are, and it

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments

2005-08-06 Thread Dale Seto
Thanks, Mike But don't you think that this hypothetical "2%" could be put into a fund to do just that? A nestegg, so to speak, to give out these low interest loans? But then who would be trustworthy enough to administer these loans and make it transparent enough for all to watchdog it? I guess we

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments

2005-08-06 Thread Mike Weaver
we are running into the same problem over and over again. See ya. From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:49:31 -0400 Have

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments

2005-08-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Mike Have a look at http://www.ceedweb.org/iirp/factsheet.htm I was in and out of the development world for years, though never as a program manager nor direct architect of projects. I did spend a fair amount of time reviewing and visiting projects, almost all in Africa. My thoughts

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments

2005-08-06 Thread Mike Weaver
Joseph Stiglitz (and my father, who is a development economist) make the following points: Globalization is not going away, nor can we wish it away. I think the most realistic approach is to work hard to put as human a face as possible on it. Work to make it more equitable, and keep track of

Re: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country - Tobin tax and comments

2005-08-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Mike Joseph Stiglitz (and my father, who is a development economist) make the following points: Globalization is not going away, nor can we wish it away. I don't know of anybody who does wish it away. I don't know why you might think that I'd like to - because I said this? It all