ces that can win them some elbow room
> so that they can break from the constraints of capitalist politics.
> Unfortunately, the careerism of the vast majority of politicians (with the
> notable case of Clinton burning our retinas) prevents them from doing so.
> They go the path of least resistance, seeking campa
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the Administration reneged on a number of deals it had made to
pass NAFTA. Some Members were not ready to be suckered a
second time.
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ince Congress plans to
adjourn by about November 21, if it goes down on
11/7 it's probably dead till 1999.
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can see.
I'd say it will take a lot more than a 10 percent
decline in U.S. stocks to discredit n-l.
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ic) has witnessed similar disasters,
the problem probably goes deeper than the mere fact of
private ownership of capital or its absence.
> Any remarks on these ill-formed thoughts ?
No less well-formed than most of the other jive
on this list.
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Anything interesting happening in your neck of the woods?
Let me say that if the socialist revolution is finally upon us,
I always have been deeply sympathetic.
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;t know, the definitive treatment of this
is Joseph Heller's novel, "Good as Gold." If you haven't
read it, stop whatever you're doing now and get a copy.
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might still have resort to arguments regarding
the volatility of profits and finance in general.
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Sure. That doesn't eliminate the possibility of conflict.
To some extent, the insistence on a 'unified system' concept may be a
different form of the perennial reform versus revolution debate.
Differences between finance and industry make for politic
ashington Post Book World
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I liked the Zizek quote and agreed with Wojtek that it is more
difficult to read than it needs to be. I'll leave the translation
debate to Tom and W.
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> >The subjugation of women is the easiest argument against
> >the PK's, since they are relatively open about it, but in
> >practice I wonder how important it will turn out to be.
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process would
seem to be less extreme at the front end,
at least. On balance, you'd have to say
we're all better off as a result, though the
blessings are mixed.
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odious affronts to democracy and labor rights, among other things,
that they in fact are (e.g., Sudan, Vietnam, PRC/China, etc.)
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short or long?
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>From there you can probably pick up more
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ing the payroll tax carries the threat
of upsetting the current U.S. system of social
insurance. Any thoughts on this?
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was not why we divorced years later.
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crew --
Bosworth, Gramlich, etc. -- has been supportive of
this position and critical of the analytics behind
the Boskin Commission report.
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ain of labor and environmental standards, for
pretty obvious political and technological reasons,
respectively.
BTW, I was serious about soliciting better fuel for this
debate from you and this list. Thus far it seems you
have been dwelling on the maximum program.
Solidarity with workers in other n
eements. You say here these should
be "in the interests of working people in all countries."
Your alternatives seem to consist of:
a world without borders
capitalism is rotten
a "massive increase" in industry in this country
underdeveloped by imperialism, including
by allowin
is still a
> problem. The institution of patriarchy will not be easy to
> eliminate.
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As testament to Lenora-Lola's erratic nature, she took
some of her folks into the Perot's Reform Party and
may still be there, for all I know.
I agree with the rest of your post.
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the effort would stimulate a national
debate about what fair trade ought to mean, a
natural setting for promotion of progressive goals.
Let the ruckus rise.
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If you can do better, by all means make your contribution.
It will be appreciated, if it proves of any use.
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Don't we?
I am struck by the contrast between your
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labors of trade union and social-democratic
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> That was precisely my point. I'm glad we agree. Or were your arguing with
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Not then, though I note it had one too many periods.
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and find useful Paul Buhle's (Radical America) work on Yiddish labor
activists, which I understand includes oral history as source and
output. He's at Brown Univ.
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1960's, would have been helpful.
When the rising tide lifts the smallest boats,
it's going to lift the big ones too.
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I have some dim
recollection of problems of this nature in the
past.
By my reckoning this puts you roughly to the
right of Milton Friedman, but everybody has
a bad day now and then. I'm sure you'll
rebound, or maybe the right word is reflate.
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I understand Margaret Sanger and other early feminists said
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This will be explicated at length in an EPI report, probably out
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> better job in building the union than Chavez. One of the problems is that . . .
The new president is a very impressive guy. I heard him
speak at one of our ADA meetings, and I predict great
things from him.
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g., Tipper
Gore, etc.)
Obviously a show whose protagonists are cops is going to
portray them in a sympathetic light. Most of the shows have
bad cops too, or even protagonists who do bad things.
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hat effect.
Even if there were such facilities, there would be people
who would refuse to live in them and civil libertarians
who would defend their right to do so, with the best
intentions in the world. It's not quite the simple morality
tale you make it out to be. There are v
now probably would not be. In any case, it's
irrelevant because such confinement is illegal.
I know what I'm talking about, here if nowhere
else.
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the system, so it is a form of propaganda, notwithstanding
the fact that everybody here seems to have some familiarity
with the material that goes beyond social-scientific
investigation.
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itizen Action, Mike Ansara, Ron Carey,
and the victorious IBT UPS strike leadership
from State harrassment and tendentious
Internet posts
Coming in September:
"How to turn into your opposite."
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a variety of deceptions to get
them to come clean. In the context of the stories, this is
portrayed sympathetically as resourcefulness in nailing
guilty parties.
The show's stories follow headline cases very closely,
so I am willing to bet anybody here something of value that this
year
y on this into the Progressive or In These Times.
It's not as much an LBO story.
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as a lead-in
to thinking about market failure in capital allocation.
With some stretching, one could imagine a line from these
types of arrangements to traditional populist critiques of
finance and proposals for new banking systems.
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> described in terms of a specified decision rule."
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> Can you dig it?
I give it an 86, Dick.
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doesn't seem without merit from a democratic
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> a spirited, informed public discussion around precisely those dimensions --
> what used to be known as "democracy".
Sounds good, maybe too good.
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argue against any scope for voluntary individual risk-taking, with
its attendant rewards and losses, but I don't doubt that the more
left among us would take exception since in their vision capital
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is holding a one-day conference entitled "Privatization for the
Common Good? Implications for Social Health and Welfare."
ICR is a feminist-oriented organization. They are looking for
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Another good example of the divorce between politicians
and mainstream research is the recent tax bill, which
violated every principle of tax design ever enunciated by the
economics profession.
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> have data on this?
As I thought I mentioned here a couple of weeks ago,
this year's gala EPI Labor Day release will be a study
on non-standard work arrangements. Check our web
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ng an erosion of family values is
the idea of WSB diverting the course of
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Cheers,
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"As one judge says to another, 'Be just, and if
you can't be just, be arbitrary."
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ensian in their desire to improve the system by requesting more
> virtuous functionaries of the system. Are you there, Max?
You must be talking about some other Max.
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to exist openly as individuals in the first place.
> I must admit I only glanced at the book, so if anyone has corrections I'd
> appreciated them.
Only these few.
Cheers,
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"People say I'm arrogant, but I know better."
Diane Di Prima, among
others) are still worth reading and will inspire some young
people to incline towards the left.
Cheers,
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Sleepless in D.C.,
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revolutionary implications you impute to it.
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Check our web site (EPINET.ORG) for details.
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A few notes on one of my college literary heroes,
William S. Burroughs, who died yesterday,
partly to correct the predictably sappy NPR
piece this a.m.
The only book of his really worth reading is
Naked Lunch. The ones that came after are
somewhat repetitive, not as funny, and even
more disconne
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T?
Mr. A: Why, you no-good #@$%^&*+= so-and-so!!!
Mr. B: I would say that about sums us this "debate."
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go worry my hang-nail.
"People say I'm arrogant, but I know better."
-- John Su
> From: "William S. Lear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [PEN-L:11514] Re: Home Mortgage Deduction
> On Tue, July 29, 1997 at 16:28:27 (-0700) Max B. Sawicky writes:
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with working husbands. I
> am simply arguing that we should be able to defend this aspect of the
> eitc.
I don't disagree. Making such a case is feasible if
one adult in the household is working.
Cheers,
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his is called 'operational
unity.'
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> Subject: [PEN-L:11509] Re: Home Mortgage Deduction
> On Tue, July 29, 1997 at 13:50:38 (-0700) Max B. Sawicky writes:
> >> this be held socially, how do you square that view with the historical
>
deralizing the support programs low-
wage workers need to maintain economically-viable families,
along with guarantees of employment.
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Is this a great country or what?
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> Subject: [PEN-L:11498] Re: Home Mortgage Deduction
> On Tue, July 29, 1997 at 10:00:33 (-0700) Max B. Sawicky writes:
> >Do we want the working class to accumulate wealth held
> >individually
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ement on behalf of poor people
who are working, as opposed to people who would like to work
but don't for an assortment of reasons, some of them not credible,
I think it will be a major tonic for progressive politics.
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e car for free.
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me esoteric form
of wit. In this case the stick and carrot are
independent (in law, policy, and politics, I
would argue), so the carrot ain't responsible for
the stick.
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Both, albeit temporarily.
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rt to get something
that can be classified as "public investment" accomplished.
The right time to be screaming about this was last year during
the debate on welfare reform. It's a little late for that now,
though I'm sure the opportunity will return.
Cheers,
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children get a few hundred dollars per kid in tax credit
refunds is not quite on a par with 'Eugenics.' Save your
energy for when we really need it.
Cheers,
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12:30 till about 2 pm, and please do come.
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24th, Thursday), come to a brown-bag at EPI given by Costanza. There
was a president's Commission on Sustainable Development (Dean was on
it) which did reports or statements of some kind.
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