Mandela inches left toe forward

1994-11-22 Thread Patrick Bond
Hey, comrades... Since SA has been the subject of some PEN-L debate (and since I've just returned from five years there, and am not adjusting well to the new political climate!), here's a report from the SA version of AP news wire that may or may not boost your spirits, depending on your expectat

Money laundering

1994-11-22 Thread D Shniad
AMEX subsidiary fined MONEY LAUNDERING CASE SETTLED FOR $32 MILLION DALLAS -- A banking arm of the American Express Company agreed to pay a $32 million settlement Monday in a money-laundering case involving Mexico's largest drug cartel. The cartel is a principal conduit for Colombian cocaine en

Need Analysis of NAFTA and Immigration Issues?

1994-11-22 Thread Nathan Newman
Hi all, One service PEN-Lers could do for the anti-187 fight is to find or write some very short, popular articles on the relation of free trade to immigration. Other aspects of immigration are appreciated of course, but it would be wonderful to compile a whole collection of PEN-L briefs on

recent references on rural economic development in the US

1994-11-22 Thread Joseph Medley
David Vail and Michael Hillard are looking for references on the topic of rural economic development in the US. They wonder if anyone on this list can provide leads or citations on analytic perspectives, applied analyses and policies. Given the breadth of their request I suspect that if anyone c

Re: social security

1994-11-22 Thread Doug Henwood
On Tue, 15 Nov 1994, Helene Jorgensen wrote: > But talking about reforming the social security system, I would like to > hear the opinion of other pen-lers about changing to a fully funded system > (instead of the pay-as you-go system we have today). In Denmark a fully fun- > ded socia