Re: Demodernizing of Russia (fwd)

1998-08-22 Thread Durant
> I don't think this is right. The Soviet economy was quite able to suffocate > on its own without anyone holding its head in the toilet. There were many > problems, but among the most important were a concentration on investment in > heavy industry without making that industry more efficient a

Biocentric Institute

1998-08-22 Thread Steve Kurtz
May be of interest; was new to me. Steve http://www.tscpress.com/biocentr.htm Title: Biocentric Institute | HOME | Six times a year The Social Contract home page is able to present a communication from The Biocentric Institute, sponsored by the

Re: Demodernizing of Russia (fwd)

1998-08-22 Thread Durant
... > (*The Russian Government would, of course, have to have some form of > taxation and one candidate would be an enlargement of value-added tax. This > would be much easier to administer. It is rather interesting that some > commentators are saying that, in the West, too, future taxation will h

Re: [FW] Re: Demodernizing of Russia (fwd)

1998-08-22 Thread Ray E. Harrell
Michael, how good to hear your voice and enjoy your ideas. Ray, Michael Spencer wrote: > Ed Wieck quotes Vladimir I. Markov to the effect that: > > ...fully 60% of the existing private companies [in Russia] are > in some way or another associated with the criminal world - either > t

Re: Entropy and economics

1998-08-22 Thread Jay Hanson
From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >structural integrations of aspects of the world? Suppose >someone found a bread mold that would cure AIDS -- >something which could be easily and cheaply produced, >and which would cure all the AIDS victims. I would like >to understand how this w

Some Thoughts on The Future of the UN/UNDP

1998-08-22 Thread Michael Gurstein
This was originally sent as a contribution to a UNDP sponsored list discussing its post 2000 future. M -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 10:19:36 -0300 (ADT) From: Michael Gurstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Some Thoughts on The Future So f

Re: Demodernizing of Russia (fwd)

1998-08-22 Thread Keith Hudson
I refer to Stephen Cohen's article in The Nation and Ed Weick's comments on it: At 11:49 21/08/98 -0400, you wrote: >>Johnson's Russia List >>#2316 >>20 August 1998 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>#3 >>The Nation >>September 1, 1998 >>Why Call It Reform? >>By Stephen F. Cohen >>Stephen F. Cohen is a pro