Re: Fw: Below the Beltway:Is the Third Way Finished?

2002-06-30 Thread Keith Hudson
Hi Selma, The Third Way is certainly finished because it never really existed. It was just a vapid and sentimental notion invented by Giddings and then taken up enthusiastically by Tony Blair because it suited his purpose in turning the Labour Party through 180 degrees. Clinton, being streets

Re: Free lunch with every product

2002-06-30 Thread Keith Hudson
At 01:36 01/07/02 +0200, you wrote: >Keith Hudson wrote: > > 4. The adage of economists that "there is no such thing as a free lunch" is > > totally wrong -- indeed, every product contains a free lunch. > > > > What is this free lunch? It is the external energy that flows into > > economic activi

Re: Free lunch with every product

2002-06-30 Thread Christoph Reuss
Keith Hudson wrote: > 4. The adage of economists that "there is no such thing as a free lunch" is > totally wrong -- indeed, every product contains a free lunch. > > What is this free lunch? It is the external energy that flows into > economic activities. You may have had to pay for this energy b

Re: Fw: Below the Beltway:Is the Third Way Finished?

2002-06-30 Thread Christoph Reuss
> According to Ronald Schettkat of > Utrecht University, the lower costs in the Netherlands made possible a > boom in trade and employment, while higher wages in Germany have held > down growth and employment. By 2000, Dutch unemployment was at 2.6 > percent, the lowest in Europe, while Germany's

RE: Rookies

2002-06-30 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Good morning, Keith. While I am naturally sympathetic to the teaching profession and understand Levine's arguments that teaching is more than knowledge of subject matter, I do see the point you made about accelerating further divisions and conflicting priorities within the education establishment.

NYTimes.com Article: Two-Tiered Morality

2002-06-30 Thread swsinger1
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Excremental art

2002-06-30 Thread Keith Hudson
For those who believe that the ordinary wage-earner and even the lowly-paid should subsidise the activities of the upper-middle class cognoscenti of the art and music world, you'll be pleased to know that I've just contributed to this vital part of English society by helping to buy several tin

Don't cry for me

2002-06-30 Thread Keith Hudson
Hi Ray, (REH) Here is a little from the NYTimes on one of FW's favorite topics sans Carmen. Wonderful article, isn't it? First of all it says that there's a myth -- that Argentina could go bankrupt without any impact. Then it says that the "false and dangerous" myth should be expos

RE: Rookies

2002-06-30 Thread Keith Hudson
Hi Karen and Ray, At 15:43 29/06/02 -0700, you wrote: (KWC) Greetings: Sec. Of Education Paige's report to Congress accepts the premise that "the poor will always be with us" and they have accepted a have vs. have not education tier system. Pundits are assuring us that in reality, vouche