Read it and weep
>From the Wall Street Journal 8/15/94, p. A6: "Vanguard Car-Pool Lane Illegal" "The Netherlands scrapped an experimental car-pool lane, said to be Europe's first, after an Amsterdam court ruled that the restriction illegally discriminated against people who drive alone. The $33 million lane, limited to vehicles containing at least three people, was opened last October in a bid to ease traffic jams for commuters to the Dutch capital. A former Dutch official challenged the lane by refusing to pay a $55 fine for driving solo on it. The court ruled that taxpayers can't be disqualified from using public roads based on the number of people in vehicles." One more example of the problems with "rights"-based political movements. Blair Sandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NYC uenmployment
** Eban GoodsteinDepartment of Economics 518-584-5000 (2739) 811 N. Broadway fax: 518-584-3023 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 [EMAIL PROTECTED] In response to right wing claims about the disastrous state of the New York economy, I've been doing a little digging and have come up with the following picture: Over the last four years the state has risen from fifth to first in the overall unemployment rankings. But this trend is driven wholly by the grim employment picture in New York City. Indeed, outside of the five boroughs of New York City, the unemployment rate in the state is well below the regional average. Thus, for most of the state, job growth issues are clearly reflective of regional trends. Here's the data: 1993 1993 1992 1992 1991 1991 1990 1990 RATE RANK RATE RANK RATE RANK RATE RANK New York 7.71 8.52 7.2 3 5.2 5 NYC 10.2 10.8 8.6 6.8 Excluding NYC5.6 5.9 6.0 3.9 Connecticut6.26 7.54 6.7 5 5.1 6 Massachusetts 6.94 8.52 9.0 1 6.0 2 New Jersey 7.42 8.43 6.6 6 5.0 7 Ohio 6.55 7.25 6.4 7 5.7 3 Pennsylvania 7.03 7.54 6.9 4 5.4 4 Rhode Island 7.71 8.91 8.5 2 6.7 1 Vermont5.47 6.66 6.4 8 5.0 8 Table 1-- State Unemployment Rates, 1990-1993 SOURCE: Employment and Earnings, May Issue (US Dept. of Labor: Washington, DC) Does anyone have any ideas of why unemployment is so high in NYC right now? The other big Northeast cities: Boston, Philly, Pittsburg, Cleveland, all have unemployment rates at or below their state average. Thanks Eban
Re: WE NEED HELP: Economists for Single-Payer in California
YOu can add me to the list endorsing the California single-payer initiative. Marc Breslow, Ph.D. (U. Mass. Amherst), Co-Editor, Dollars and Sense Magazine.
Re: WE NEED HELP: Economists for Single-Payer in California
Add me to the list of endorsers: Eban Goodstein, Assistant Professor of Economics, Skidmore College ** Eban GoodsteinDepartment of Economics 518-584-5000 (2739) 811 N. Broadway fax: 518-584-3023 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: WE NEED HELP: Economists for Single-Payer in California
You can also add me to the list of endorsers Antonio Callari, Professor of Economics, Franklin and Marshall College Antonio Callari E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] POST MAIL: Department of Economics Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster PA 17604-3003 PHONE: 717/291-3947 FAX:717/399-4413
RE: WE NEED HELP: Economists for Single-Payer in California
Is it necessary that everyone who adds an endorsement posts it to the list instead of the sender ? On Mon, 15 Aug 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You can also add me to the list of endorsers > Antonio Callari, Professor of Economics, Franklin and Marshall College > Antonio Callari > E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > POST MAIL: Department of Economics > Franklin and Marshall College > Lancaster PA 17604-3003 > PHONE: 717/291-3947 > FAX:717/399-4413 > >
RE: WE NEED HELP: Economists f
Another endorsement: Peter Dorman Assistant Professor of Political Economy James Madison College Michigan State University
Finding a tiny bit of info on California Gold's impact
Dear Pen'lrs, I'm trying to hunt down a few bits of info for Dick Walker on the impact of California Gold on the financial world in the mid-19th century. Any ideas--economic history textbooks that might have a few paragraphs or anyone who's written an article on the subject? (I couldn't find anything about it in on-line economic indexes). Thanks, Anders Schneiderman Center for Community Economic Research University of California at Berkeley
RE: WE NEED HELP: Economists for a single payer plan in California
I also endorse the single-payer plan on the ballot in California. I used to live there. My name, title and address are: Peter Bohmer Faculty in Political Economy The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA 98505 tel. 206 866-6000 X6431 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a degree (ph.D) in Economics if that is relevant. In solidarity, Pete Bohmer
