[PEN-L:4307] Changing Questions (Was Where Did Marx Go Wrong)

1995-02-27 Thread patrick l mason
Pen_lers: Instead of debating the question, "Where Did Marx go wrong," would it not be more fruitful (and more painful) to ask: Why has the left failed so miserably since 1965? Marx, afterall, is dead. Why did the "new left" agenda fail? Why hasn't a "newer" left arisen in response to the d

[PEN-L:4306] scary...please do this! (fwd)

1995-02-27 Thread Jennifer . Hill
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[PEN-L:4305] April 15 Demonstration at State Capitol, Olympia, Washington

1995-02-27 Thread Michael Drohan
On Saturday April 15 at 12.00 noon activists in the eastern part of the State of Washington will be congregating at Sylvester Square, Olympia, the state capital to voice their opposition to the Contract with America. After a few speeches on various aspects of the Contract, there will be a mar

[PEN-L:4304] Re: alphabetized pen-l list

1995-02-27 Thread bill mitchell
Well with such a big list my email from pen-l should be huge each day. bill ** William F. MitchellTelephone: +61-49-215027 .-_|\ Department of Economics +61-49-705133 / \

[PEN-L:4303] alphabetized pen-l list

1995-02-27 Thread Jim Devine
Once again, I couldn't STAND the thought of the work I _had_ to do, so instead I created the following, an alphabetized list of pen-lers. Some folks are at the end because I didn't know what to do with them. Please post corrections if anything is wrong. ALPHABETICAL LIST: Randy Albelda[EMAI

[PEN-L:4302] Re: library of congress magazine

1995-02-27 Thread Paul Cockshott
Gil Writes: 1) Rubin's "well-known fact" that in a "commodity economy", all commodities can be equalized with each other, and that a given commodity "can be equated with an infinity of other commodities", is in general nonsense. To say that commodities are *exchanged* with each other

[PEN-L:4301] Re: library of congress magazine

1995-02-27 Thread FAC_BROSSER
There has now been a rather long thread about this "noted economist" in the Library of Congress magazine who dissed Marx. But I have yet to see anyone actually identify him, aside from speculations that it is (or should be) P. Samuelson or Gil Skillman :-). So, is there anybody out ther

[PEN-L:4300] Re: biotechnology

1995-02-27 Thread Marshall Feldman
>Posted on 25 Feb 1995 at 17:20:05 by TELEC List Distributor (011802) > >[PEN-L:4284] biotechnology > >Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 14:17:52 -0800 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Nicholas Witheford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >This is to ask if anyone can give me recommendations on books and >articles o

[PEN-L:4299] Re: biotechnology

1995-02-27 Thread Marshall Feldman
One other thing I forgot to mention in my recent posting. Ric McIntyre and I recently completed a study of flexible manufacturing for the US Economic Development Administration. Part of the study covers industry case studies for three industries, with Medical Instruments & Supplies being one (t

[PEN-L:4298] More on Currency Boards

1995-02-27 Thread Colin Danby
Two aspects of currency boards have been ignored by their advocates in recent public statements. 1. A currency board requires (a) pegging the exchange rate and (b) restricting base money, at that rate, to the monetary authority's foreign reserves. This prevents additional credit expansion by the

[PEN-L:4297] Re: library of congress magazine

1995-02-27 Thread GSKILLMAN
Part II of my response to Alfredo re Rubin and Marx on the labor theory of value. In the earlier post I argue that Rubin begs the same question as Marx, and that Marx's critical premise, to the extent that it is correct, holds for any exchange economy, not simply one limited to the exchange o

[PEN-L:4296] Re: library of congress magazine

1995-02-27 Thread GSKILLMAN
Alfredo Saad Filho writes, in response to my comment on Marx's derivation of his theory of value in CAPITAL, Vol. I: > >Well, this does remind me of the old argument by Bohm-Bawerk, as > Michael Lebowitz says. But this argument has been disposed > of by Rubin decades ago. All it takes is a lo

[PEN-L:4295] NEW: EDIN Web site for Progressive Net Info

1995-02-27 Thread Nathan Newman
** PLEASE REPOST ** = New EDIN Web Site of Progressive Info & Web Links http://garnet.berkeley.edu:/ = The Economic Dem

[PEN-L:4294] Re: The "noted economist

1995-02-27 Thread Jim Devine
where did Marx go wrong? It depends on your viewpoint. As Andrew Kliman points out, from a mainstream economist's point of view, Marx went wrong when he decided not to pursue a career in poetry. >From a Roemerian viewpoint, Marx went wrong when he decided not to major in math. From the empiricist

[PEN-L:4293] new list

1995-02-27 Thread ZEZZA
* NEW LIST ANNOUNCEMENT *** Please redistribute freely * Announcing POLEC-ITA, a mailing list on economic policy in Italy. La Citta' Invisibile, an Italian non-profit association at citinv.it is opening a new mailing list on Italian economic policy. The list, named POLEC-ITA, will cover

[PEN-L:4292] list of penners

1995-02-27 Thread Michael Perelman
I haven't sent this out for a while, as Art McEwan just reminded me. You can get this yourself by mailing the command "rev pen-l" to listproc@antrhax. ecst.csuchico.edu. Here is the current list of non-concealed subscribers: <@ICINECA.CINECA.IT:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Giacomo Pignataro <@YALEV

[PEN-L:4291] The "noted economist

1995-02-27 Thread akliman
On Thurs, 23 Feb. 1995, 18:30:02, Cathy Mulder asked to whom the Library of Congess ad was referring, when it asked "Have you heard about the noted economist who's located the precise point where Karl Marx went wrong ...?" The answer is (or should be, anyway): Paul Samuelson. He noted that Mar

[PEN-L:4290] LOBBY AGAINST BALANCED BUDGET

1995-02-27 Thread HEATHER GROB
PLEASE FORWARD TO APPROPRIATE LISTS TODAY ! If you want to do your part to oppose the balanced budget amendment, the following Senate targets are: SENATOR DECIDING FACTORS Breaux (D-LA) leaning yes but concerned about judicial review and soc se

[PEN-L:4289] Re: library of congress magazine

1995-02-27 Thread Alfredo Saad Filho
> Date sent: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 18:52:34 -0800 > Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:[PEN-L:4281] Re: library of congress magazine Gil Skillman writes: > Oh, what the heck. I'm working late, and I need a break. I don't know > who the "not

[PEN-L:4288] Re: biotechnology

1995-02-27 Thread Alfredo Saad Filho
> Date sent: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 14:17:41 -0800 > Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Nicholas Witheford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject:[PEN-L:4284] biotechnology > This is to ask if anyone can give me recommendations on books and > articles offering critical analysis o