[netz] Article On IAM JOURNAL (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread Michael Gurstein
For Clara Mikeg -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:11:15 EDT From: Louis Dequesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [netz] Article On IAM JOURNAL Hello Fellow Netizens: The following is a copy of an article which I am in

Re: American Worker at a Crossroads

1998-04-23 Thread Tom Walker
Clara, Perhaps you could give some background on the "American Worker at a Crossroads Project" and on Bernard L. Hayes' area of interest and expertise. This is, after all a Republican House subcommittee. Some of the language in Bernard L. Hayes' invitation was, well, ambiguous: "any government l

Re: UK Employment zones: will they work? (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread Michael Gurstein
A real difficulty with the degree of decentralization that is going on is that success in employment creation in the current economy is going to require more sophistication, more knowledge of the larger world and larger economic forces, more capacity to link the local with the regional, the nation

American Worker at a Crossroads

1998-04-23 Thread Clara Horvath
Hello everyone, I've been lurking on this list for some time and enjoying the conversation. I'd like to get some input from the members of the list on behalf of a friend who will be testifying early next week before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee,

Re: UK Employment zones: will they work? (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread peter stoyko
Greetings all... Let me thank Michael Gurstein for his thoughtful response to my comments. It rings true to my ears. Let me take this opportunity to add a few additional notes. On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Michael Gurstein wrote: [snip] > From what I can see, in Canada we have the worst of both wor

Re: UK Employment zones: will they work? (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread William Eric Perkins
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European Marches Against Unemployment

1998-04-23 Thread Tom Walker
marches97-info.eng -- The European Marches Assizes Against Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Social Exclusion Brussels, 18 and 19 April 1998 Final Motion Platform of European Demands against Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Social Exclusion We are witnessing the systematic d

Re: Bank mergers

1998-04-23 Thread Ed Weick
The following, from this mornings Globe and Mail, is the best explanation yet for why banks feel they are not big enough and feel compelled to merge. Ed Weick B of M eases stand on welfare clients Contract with Toronto will be extended BY MARGARET PHILP Social Policy Reporter Globe and Mail, Apr

Re: UK Employment zones: will they work? (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread D S Byrne
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Eva Durant wrote: > I admit I did not follow this thread > closely, what I'd like to know, where the EXTRA > jobs are coming from for these targeted > people? > > Eva Exactly the point made by Ken Clarke - the former Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer and a Keynesian, even

bootstrap jujitsu

1998-04-23 Thread Tom Walker
http://www.heritage.org/heritage/library/categories/theory/fyi102.html Mark Wilson and Angela Antonelli of the conservative Heritage Foundation offer a plan for "How to Raise Take-Home Pay without Destroying Jobs." As far as I can see there's only one problem with the proposal -- it calls on the

Boom in US Economy is Credited To Internet (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:07:37 EDT From: Curt Priest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Community and Civic Network discussion list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Boom in US Economy is Credited To Internet "Internet traffice is doubling

Re: UK Employment zones: will they work? (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread Eva Durant
I admit I did not follow this thread closely, what I'd like to know, where the EXTRA jobs are coming from for these targeted people? Eva > > I would like to share my concerns about an apparent contradiction in > the UK Employment Zones approach. > > Reform of active labour market measures in

Re: Boom in US Economy is Credited To Internet (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread Tom Walker
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? >"Internet traffice is doubling every 100 days, producing >tenfold annual increass and the biggest, fastest revolution >in the history of shopping, says an official US government report." > >from The Daily Telegraph 4/22/98 Regards, Tom Walker ^^^

Re: UK Employment zones: will they work? (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread Michael Gurstein
My compliments to Peter Stoyko for his very acute observations... I'ld like to add a few comments based on my current and direct experience at the "labour market measures 'coalface'" here in Cape Breton and rural Atlantic Canada where the needs are the most acute and the options are the most lim

Re: UK Employment zones: will they work? (fwd)

1998-04-23 Thread Tom Walker
Mike Gurstein wrote, >. . . I had half a mind to >pursue this absurdity through the Human Rights (agism) channel and would >still do so if someone wanted to offer some free legal support. This gets into an issue I discussed intensively with a lawyer last fall (for free). The government would