michael perelman wrote,
>A couple of days ago NPR had a story about Native Americans being poor
>employees because their family obligations are too strong. They are too
>prone to take time off to help a friend or family member in need.
Yesterday, I went to a memorial service for a good friend
Intrigued by Valis extract from his pamphlet, I requested a copy. Here is
his response.
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A couple of days ago NPR had a story about Native Americans being poor
employees because their family obligations are too strong. They are too
prone to take time off to help a friend or family member in need.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
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><< you get a little wiser and discover that it's exogenous forces
>that are making you all that money. >>
Bigwayne wrote,
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> and yet, you had to be in the market and your money had to be at
>risk . . .
That is unless your a big hedge fund or a humougous bank
Has anyone beside me bothered to read the balance of the Leon Levy
interview that Louis posted yesterday? I don't think there was
anything really revelatory said, but the effect of Levy's comments
in full, as well as Madrick's promptings, might stimulate some
interesting thoughts in someone on
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>>so if the bottom 80% ends up with 'more' (even though it's a smaller
portion of the total ) , it's a worse situation?>
Doug H.:
>People judge their welfare in large part against their peers, not some
absolute transhistorical standard. So if the rich get way richer,
Max Sawicky wrote,
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>The relativist standard can easily be
>taken to a logical, absurd conclusion:
>
When discussing subjectivity, any *logical* conclusion is proBabely absurd.
Here's the way I look at: I have an expectation of how much money I should
be able to earn and how much work I shoul
When is a Loss not a Loss?
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 24 Sep 1998 10:43:26 -0400
To whom...,
A loss, it seems, even in this great bastion of market-rationality,
risk-management and (gulp) transparency (except for hedge funds, playgrounds
of the Gods) is not
In a message dated 98-09-23 14:03:11 EDT, you write:
<< The resolution
cites a '"fivefold increase" in the number of striking
enterprises since the beginning of 1998 but notes that many
Communist Party raion and city organizations have "little
influence" on local labor collectives. >>
yes,
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>so if the bottom 80% ends up with 'more' (even though it's a
>smaller portion of the total ) , it's a worse situation ?
People judge their welfare in large part against their peers, not some
absolute transhistorical standard. So if the rich get way richer, and
visibly
>--- so if the bottom 80% ends up with 'more' (even though it's a
>smaller portion of the total ) , it's a worse situation ?
There are mores and there are mores. Some mores actually bring with them
more collective and individual vulnerabilities (to disease, abuse, hunger,
humilitation,
Thanks to Louis Proyect for his help posting Fidel's greeting to the Pope.
One other request. Can anyone direct me to some insightful and current
analysis of Cuba's economic problems and prospects? You may send
suggestions directly to me if you don't want to distract others from the
current disc
Wall St. Struggles to Save Big Fund
By Steven Mufson and John M. Berry Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 24, 1998; Page A01
A huge private investment fund run by Wall Street legend John Meriwether
and two Nobel Prize-winning economists teetered on the verge of collapse
yester
At 07:21 PM 9/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>A bit back I remember some incensed comment about the Citicorp-Travelers
>Merger. It seems they announced the merger prior to securing approval from
>Washington regulators; and the announcement was seen as a move to force
>Washtington's hand.
>
>Well, it see
Posted at 7:40 p.m. EST Wednesday, January 21, 1998 Translation of
Castro's speech
The official translation of Cuban President Fidel Castro's statement of
welcome to Pope John Paul II:
Holy Father,
The land you have just kissed is honored by your presence. You will not
find here the peaceful
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>Time is short. The trial is only two weeks away on Oct. 7th.
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>Be careful to include the full text below.
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>NOTE: There have already been some good replies and additional
>information shared on the back
C. Perelman,
Go to sattelite.nikkei.co.jp and look around. The story is a
couple weeks old, I think, but they should still have it available. I was
actually going to forward it to the list when I first read it, but it was
at a time when my e-mail had gotten away from
On Thu, September 24, 1998 at 00:43:43 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>...
>-- my point being that when you 'condemn' rich people for being rich
>yet the rising tide that has allowed that 'richness' to effloresce also raises
>all the boats in the harbor, including the poorest 80% -- whic
To whom...,
My reaction to Levy's point about Japanese capital investment is that
it was true some time ago but not, apparently, today. The Nikkei news
service reported that U.S. industrial equipment is now newer than Japanese
equipment for the first time in a great
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