FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS-NAFTA AND EC

1994-03-18 Thread Ricardo Grinspun
Please post. FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS FOR: International Conference on ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY: NAFTA, THE EC, AND BEYOND Toronto, Canada, May 26-28, 1994 York University, Toronto, and Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, are organizing a conference on "Economic Int

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS-NAFTA AND EC

1994-03-18 Thread Ricardo Grinspun
Please post. FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS FOR: International Conference on ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY: NAFTA, THE EC, AND BEYOND Toronto, Canada, May 26-28, 1994 York University, Toronto, and Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, are organizing a conference on "Economic Int

marxological help

1994-03-18 Thread Michael Perelman
I have a marxological question to pose to the list: Can anybody identify the source of the following Marx citation about free trade? "You believe perhaps, gentlemen, that the production of coffee and sugar is the natural destiny of the West Indies? Two centuries ago, Nature, which does not trou

marxological help

1994-03-18 Thread Michael Perelman
I have a marxological question to pose to the list: Can anybody identify the source of the following Marx citation about free trade? "You believe perhaps, gentlemen, that the production of coffee and sugar is the natural destiny of the West Indies? Two centuries ago, Nature, which does not trou

conference (fwd)

1994-03-18 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: X-Listname: International Employee Relations Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Warnings-To: <> Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 14:08:44 -0500 (EST) From: Roy Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: conference To: iern-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tha

conference (fwd)

1994-03-18 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: X-Listname: International Employee Relations Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Warnings-To: <> Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 14:08:44 -0500 (EST) From: Roy Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: conference To: iern-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tha

Does LTV=MTV?

1994-03-18 Thread Michael Lebowitz
I have found Allin Cottrell's "defense of the classical labor theory of value" (LTV) quite informative and systematic, and I have appreciated the opportunity to get it in small bites (8 to date). I also have found persuasive his arguments about the empirical support for LTV--- eg., his earlier

Does LTV=MTV?

1994-03-18 Thread Michael Lebowitz
I have found Allin Cottrell's "defense of the classical labor theory of value" (LTV) quite informative and systematic, and I have appreciated the opportunity to get it in small bites (8 to date). I also have found persuasive his arguments about the empirical support for LTV--- eg., his earlier

Eastern Meetings

1994-03-18 Thread MMEEROPO%WNEC . BITNET
Dear Penners: For a variety of reasons I had to miss the Eastern Meetings. I send all my best regards to PENNERS (including comrades from Britain who came over! hope to see you at the CSE). Would people who were there and think they heard or read something valuable and interesting please share

Eastern Meetings

1994-03-18 Thread MMEEROPO%WNEC . BITNET
Dear Penners: For a variety of reasons I had to miss the Eastern Meetings. I send all my best regards to PENNERS (including comrades from Britain who came over! hope to see you at the CSE). Would people who were there and think they heard or read something valuable and interesting please share

Need Arjo Klamer's e-mail address

1994-03-18 Thread MMEEROPO%WNEC . BITNET
Dear Penners: If anyone has ARJO KLAMER's e-mail address (I don't have my PEN list handy) please send it to me. If he's not on PEN, does anyone know where he happens to be right now? Thanks in advance, Mike Mike Meeropol (bitnet%"mmeeropo@wnec") (in%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]") (#100)

Need Arjo Klamer's e-mail address

1994-03-18 Thread MMEEROPO%WNEC . BITNET
Dear Penners: If anyone has ARJO KLAMER's e-mail address (I don't have my PEN list handy) please send it to me. If he's not on PEN, does anyone know where he happens to be right now? Thanks in advance, Mike Mike Meeropol (bitnet%"mmeeropo@wnec") (in%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]") (#100)

pen and pine

1994-03-18 Thread Allin Cottrell
Depending on the software you use for dealing with e-mail, you may or may not have any idea of the problem some of us have been having with mail from PEN-L lately. The point is this. E-mail messages carry a header which contains copious information, much of it redundant from a human point of vie

pen and pine

1994-03-18 Thread Allin Cottrell
Depending on the software you use for dealing with e-mail, you may or may not have any idea of the problem some of us have been having with mail from PEN-L lately. The point is this. E-mail messages carry a header which contains copious information, much of it redundant from a human point of vie

Re: appearances and GE

1994-03-18 Thread GSKILLMAN
Jim Devine writes (his comments are marked by >): > I'm a little mystified by a contradiction that seems to appear in > Gil Skillman's contributions to pen-l. On the one hand, he rejected > Marx's law of value (a.k.a. the labor theory of value) because > market participants act in response to (e

Re: appearances and GE

1994-03-18 Thread GSKILLMAN
Jim Devine writes (his comments are marked by >): > I'm a little mystified by a contradiction that seems to appear in > Gil Skillman's contributions to pen-l. On the one hand, he rejected > Marx's law of value (a.k.a. the labor theory of value) because > market participants act in response to (e

appearances and GE

1994-03-18 Thread Jim Devine
I'm a little mystified by a contradiction that seems to appear in Gil Skillman's contributions to pen-l. On the one hand, he rejected Marx's law of value (a.k.a. the labor theory of value) because market participants act in response to (expected) market prices rather than to "labor values." This

appearances and GE

1994-03-18 Thread Jim Devine
I'm a little mystified by a contradiction that seems to appear in Gil Skillman's contributions to pen-l. On the one hand, he rejected Marx's law of value (a.k.a. the labor theory of value) because market participants act in response to (expected) market prices rather than to "labor values." This

LTV defense, part 8

1994-03-18 Thread Allin Cottrell
On the specialness of labor === 1. Everybody knows that human labor is a special process and labor- power a very special commodity. But a certain sort of hard-nosed theorist is very unwilling to grant labor any special theoretical privilege. This attitude, although I

LTV defense, part 8

1994-03-18 Thread Allin Cottrell
On the specialness of labor === 1. Everybody knows that human labor is a special process and labor- power a very special commodity. But a certain sort of hard-nosed theorist is very unwilling to grant labor any special theoretical privilege. This attitude, although I

Re: Kerala

1994-03-18 Thread Jim Devine
On the topic of Kerala, the magzazine MONTLHLY REVIEW (MONTHLY REVIEW) often has articles -- alas I've only read a few. in pen-l solidarity, Jim Devine BITNET: jndf@lmuacadINTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699 USA 310/338-2948 (off); 31

Re: Kerala

1994-03-18 Thread Jim Devine
On the topic of Kerala, the magzazine MONTLHLY REVIEW (MONTHLY REVIEW) often has articles -- alas I've only read a few. in pen-l solidarity, Jim Devine BITNET: jndf@lmuacadINTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699 USA 310/338-2948 (off); 31

S&L Mortgages and the Market's Fool

1994-03-18 Thread mcclintockbrent%faculty%Carthage
A few additional thoughts to those of Doug Orr and Marshall Feldman in response to Jason Hecht's inquiry re S&L mortgages and hedging. S&Ls in the 1980s did engage in securitization of home mortgages on a wide scale. Aided by the activities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, S&Ls packaged mortga

S&L Mortgages and the Market's Fool

1994-03-18 Thread mcclintockbrent%faculty%Carthage
A few additional thoughts to those of Doug Orr and Marshall Feldman in response to Jason Hecht's inquiry re S&L mortgages and hedging. S&Ls in the 1980s did engage in securitization of home mortgages on a wide scale. Aided by the activities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, S&Ls packaged mortga

Re: bashing the FED

1994-03-18 Thread Doug Henwood
Fed-bashing is fun, and I do it frequently, but it's easy to get carried away with it - to blame the central bank and its independence for problems inherent in capitalism itself. Was the US economy closer to full employment than now before the Fed's founding in 1913? Is Britain a better place beca

Re: bashing the FED

1994-03-18 Thread Doug Henwood
Fed-bashing is fun, and I do it frequently, but it's easy to get carried away with it - to blame the central bank and its independence for problems inherent in capitalism itself. Was the US economy closer to full employment than now before the Fed's founding in 1913? Is Britain a better place beca

Norway, EU-update

1994-03-18 Thread Trond Andresen
On Tuesday night an agreement was reached between Norway and EU. The referendum in Sweden is now set to Nov. 13. The Norw. referendum is certainly going to be after that, since the N. gvt. hopes to use a possible YES in S. to influence N. voters. Latest opinion polls are YES

Norway, EU-update

1994-03-18 Thread Trond Andresen
On Tuesday night an agreement was reached between Norway and EU. The referendum in Sweden is now set to Nov. 13. The Norw. referendum is certainly going to be after that, since the N. gvt. hopes to use a possible YES in S. to influence N. voters. Latest opinion polls are YES

Central & Eastern Europe

1994-03-18 Thread HKR
I thought that I should reintroduce myself properly to pen-l in the time-honoured fashion of setting out my current interests. For the past couple of years I have been studying the role of foreign capital in post-Soviet Central/Eastern Europe. While large numbers of bourgeois economists have jum

Central & Eastern Europe

1994-03-18 Thread HKR
I thought that I should reintroduce myself properly to pen-l in the time-honoured fashion of setting out my current interests. For the past couple of years I have been studying the role of foreign capital in post-Soviet Central/Eastern Europe. While large numbers of bourgeois economists have jum