I responded to this earlier. But it was not posted on my screen so I
assumed that it was lost. These are some random thoughts on the topic.
Anthea,
I can give my interpretation of one Marxist slant on this.
Slavery was not a form of capitalist production. In this sense Marx
would have
I responded to this earlier. But it was not posted on my screen so I
assumed that it was lost. These are some random thoughts on the topic.
Anthea,
I can give my interpretation of one Marxist slant on this.
Slavery was not a form of capitalist production. In this sense Marx
would have
This short posting is to comment on Doug Orr's statments about the big
private "boys" trying to privatize the whole internet. I don't disagree
but just as the corporate giants still sell paper to the Monthly Review,
they will still sell slots on the pipe if we have the infrastructure to
use it. Th
This short posting is to comment on Doug Orr's statments about the big
private "boys" trying to privatize the whole internet. I don't disagree
but just as the corporate giants still sell paper to the Monthly Review,
they will still sell slots on the pipe if we have the infrastructure to
use it. Th
The attempt to define a purely economic mechanism for interest
rates is surely now futile since political control over the central
bank is the crucial factor.
Prior to this I would prefer an explanation in terms of the grounds
for compensation for bank capital whereby the reserve to liability
rat
Slavery is a quite distinct mode of production from capitalism,
at least according to Marxist accounts. There is an alternative
school of historians whose prototype was Mommsen who held that
what Marx termed slave societies ( for instance the Roman
Republic and early empire ) were capitalist. The
I've heard that some government agency, possibly the OMB, did a study of
health care alternatives that was very favorable to a Canadian style
single payer system. If you've heard of it and have a citation, please
let me know.
Thanks,
I've heard that some government agency, possibly the OMB, did a study of
health care alternatives that was very favorable to a Canadian style
single payer system. If you've heard of it and have a citation, please
let me know.
Thanks,
It is interesting that the term "dismal science" appears in this comment
on economic thought and slavery. The term originated with Carlyle in
an essay attacking abolition in the new world and arguing for a reinstituted
paternalism in the old. J.S. Mill in his response to Carlyle
questioned who
It is interesting that the term "dismal science" appears in this comment
on economic thought and slavery. The term originated with Carlyle in
an essay attacking abolition in the new world and arguing for a reinstituted
paternalism in the old. J.S. Mill in his response to Carlyle
questioned who
>The new issue of the FRB of Kansas City's Economic Review has an article,
>which I've only just skimmed so far, arguing that full employment should
>now be seen as 6 1/4% (old method of calculating unemployment, that is;
>new method would be around 6 1/2 give or take a few basis points). That
>The new issue of the FRB of Kansas City's Economic Review has an article,
>which I've only just skimmed so far, arguing that full employment should
>now be seen as 6 1/4% (old method of calculating unemployment, that is;
>new method would be around 6 1/2 give or take a few basis points). That
The following piece was written for a journal in Italy. I am posting
it on Pen-l for consumption, reflection, and comments. My thanks for any
attention you might want to give it.
THE CHIAPAS UPRISING
AND
THE FUTURE OF CLASS STRUGGLE
IN THE
NEW WORLD ORDER
by Harry Cleaver, University of Texa
The following piece was written for a journal in Italy. I am posting
it on Pen-l for consumption, reflection, and comments. My thanks for any
attention you might want to give it.
THE CHIAPAS UPRISING
AND
THE FUTURE OF CLASS STRUGGLE
IN THE
NEW WORLD ORDER
by Harry Cleaver, University of Texa
I said on Feb 11:
It seems to me then that the only signal that will lead to a
significant lowering of interest rates is a sharp increase in
defaults on debt, i.e. losses for the black-mailers. But this
mechanism has very little to do with the marginal productivity
I said on Feb 11:
It seems to me then that the only signal that will lead to a
significant lowering of interest rates is a sharp increase in
defaults on debt, i.e. losses for the black-mailers. But this
mechanism has very little to do with the marginal productivity
Harry's article was very good, especially noting the importance of
internationalcooperation thru the Internet. It is a great tool for Left organizing.
And
the Right-wing knows it, which is why they are pushing so hard to privatize
all of it(with Clinto and Gore going along). Once all electro
Harry's article was very good, especially noting the importance of
internationalcooperation thru the Internet. It is a great tool for Left organizing.
And
the Right-wing knows it, which is why they are pushing so hard to privatize
all of it(with Clinto and Gore going along). Once all electro
I need to contact someone concerning the upcoming Eastern Econ Assn meetings.
I have misplaced my paperwork. Can someone give me a phone number to contact
them? Thanks,
Doug Orr
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I need to contact someone concerning the upcoming Eastern Econ Assn meetings.
I have misplaced my paperwork. Can someone give me a phone number to contact
them? Thanks,
Doug Orr
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Subject: new environ. econ. text
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Eban GoodsteinDepartment of Economics
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 10:18:32 EST
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Eban GoodsteinDepartment of Economics
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I have just completed a textbook in environmental economics
(imaginatively titled Econom
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fax: 518-584-3023 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
I have just completed a textbook in environmental economics
(imaginatively titled Econom
Irrelevant personal detail: [Nick] Negroponte is the son of John N, who
[allegedly] supervised torture in Brazil in the 1960s for the CIA and who,
as ambassador to Honduras, supervised part of the contra war in the 1980s.
Doug
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Left Business Observer
212-874-4020
Irrelevant personal detail: [Nick] Negroponte is the son of John N, who
[allegedly] supervised torture in Brazil in the 1960s for the CIA and who,
as ambassador to Honduras, supervised part of the contra war in the 1980s.
Doug
Doug Henwood [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Left Business Observer
212-874-4020
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there's two kinds of capitalism: capitalism in theory and capitalism in
practice. Capitalism as an idealized system (the former) abhors
slavery, as it did serfdom. Capitalism in practice goes for whatever's
profitable. Sometimes these two capitalisms are in conflict, sometimes
not. However, I
there's two kinds of capitalism: capitalism in theory and capitalism in
practice. Capitalism as an idealized system (the former) abhors
slavery, as it did serfdom. Capitalism in practice goes for whatever's
profitable. Sometimes these two capitalisms are in conflict, sometimes
not. However, I
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