Crumbs on Face

1994-03-23 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Having been "sucker punched" into posting a hoary urban myth about the cookie recipe, I can at least report that the recipe is virtually identical to that on the back of the Oat Meal Box (you know who's) except for the reference to the Hershey bar. My conspiracy bent mind suspects that the myth is

Crumbs on Face

1994-03-23 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Having been "sucker punched" into posting a hoary urban myth about the cookie recipe, I can at least report that the recipe is virtually identical to that on the back of the Oat Meal Box (you know who's) except for the reference to the Hershey bar. My conspiracy bent mind suspects that the myth is

Re: pen and pine, again

1994-03-23 Thread Doug Henwood
I got the same message literally at the moment I was reading Allin's posting. What's happening with this? It's impossible to tell what comes from PEN-L, since the From: field gives the author's name, and the To: field gives mine - so nowhere does PEN-L appear as the originator. And the Reply t

Re: pen and pine, again

1994-03-23 Thread Doug Henwood
I got the same message literally at the moment I was reading Allin's posting. What's happening with this? It's impossible to tell what comes from PEN-L, since the From: field gives the author's name, and the To: field gives mine - so nowhere does PEN-L appear as the originator. And the Reply t

re: economic strategy and the state

1994-03-23 Thread Doug Henwood
The state is contested terrain, as the saying goes - in a democracy, even one as flawed as ours, it's no simple tool of the bourgeoisie by any means. But the balance of forces within the state generally reflects the balance of forces in society, and right now the balance of forces is decidedly

re: economic strategy and the state

1994-03-23 Thread Doug Henwood
The state is contested terrain, as the saying goes - in a democracy, even one as flawed as ours, it's no simple tool of the bourgeoisie by any means. But the balance of forces within the state generally reflects the balance of forces in society, and right now the balance of forces is decidedly

pen and pine, again

1994-03-23 Thread Allin Cottrell
Following up on my "pen and pine" posting of about a week ago, here is another quirk of the current PEN system. Today I received the following: Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 15:17:44 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Invalid address This address is no longer v

pen and pine, again

1994-03-23 Thread Allin Cottrell
Following up on my "pen and pine" posting of about a week ago, here is another quirk of the current PEN system. Today I received the following: Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 15:17:44 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Invalid address This address is no longer v

job opening

1994-03-23 Thread Michael Perelman
SEPTEMBER (AND BEYOND) JOB NOTICE North-South University (NSU) is the first private university to be established in Bangladesh. It opened in January 1993 with three programs- Business, Economics and Computer Science. Faculty are recruited primarily from North America

job opening

1994-03-23 Thread Michael Perelman
SEPTEMBER (AND BEYOND) JOB NOTICE North-South University (NSU) is the first private university to be established in Bangladesh. It opened in January 1993 with three programs- Business, Economics and Computer Science. Faculty are recruited primarily from North America

LTV defense, part 11

1994-03-23 Thread Allin Cottrell
Returning to the specialness of labor = 1. Can one in principle construct an X-theory of value (an XTV), substituting some other item in place of the labor of the LTV? (Barkley Rosser, 3/21/94, suggests land.) And if so, does that mean that the LTV has n

LTV defense, part 11

1994-03-23 Thread Allin Cottrell
Returning to the specialness of labor = 1. Can one in principle construct an X-theory of value (an XTV), substituting some other item in place of the labor of the LTV? (Barkley Rosser, 3/21/94, suggests land.) And if so, does that mean that the LTV has n

re: economic strategy and the state

1994-03-23 Thread Jim Devine
I don't think that the disagreement between Doug and Brent corresponds to different theories of the state (though it would be interesting to see a debate on the nature of the state). IMHO, Doug was instead being rhetorical, provoking thought and debate, trying to undermine the common assumption t

re: economic strategy and the state

1994-03-23 Thread Jim Devine
I don't think that the disagreement between Doug and Brent corresponds to different theories of the state (though it would be interesting to see a debate on the nature of the state). IMHO, Doug was instead being rhetorical, provoking thought and debate, trying to undermine the common assumption t

Re: reply to Lerner

1994-03-23 Thread rjp6
I tried to send this a couple of days ago - apologies for duplication, but it didn't turn up in my mailbox... On 19th March Paul Cockshott wrote: > I have tended to argue against the proposal for a > basic income on several grounds: > > 1) the advocates of a basic income seem to take as given

Re: reply to Lerner

1994-03-23 Thread rjp6
I tried to send this a couple of days ago - apologies for duplication, but it didn't turn up in my mailbox... On 19th March Paul Cockshott wrote: > I have tended to argue against the proposal for a > basic income on several grounds: > > 1) the advocates of a basic income seem to take as given

re: economic strategy and the state

1994-03-23 Thread mcclintockbrent%faculty%Carthage
Doug Henwood asks in reply to one of my earlier posts: "if "we" (the Good Guys) have virtually no influence over national states, how can we have any over these megastates [EU, UN, etc.], whose terrain is highly technical and abstract to most people?" I don't agree that "we" have virtually no

re: economic strategy and the state

1994-03-23 Thread mcclintockbrent%faculty%Carthage
Doug Henwood asks in reply to one of my earlier posts: "if "we" (the Good Guys) have virtually no influence over national states, how can we have any over these megastates [EU, UN, etc.], whose terrain is highly technical and abstract to most people?" I don't agree that "we" have virtually no

GE, LTV, & PEN-L Db8s

1994-03-23 Thread GSKILLMAN
I'm deliberately sending this post to PEN-L outside the context of my current exchange with Jim Devine, although the latter provides me with the most recent evidence for some growing convictions I have about the inherent limitations (as well as the intrinsic benefits) of of discussion and d

GE, LTV, & PEN-L Db8s

1994-03-23 Thread GSKILLMAN
I'm deliberately sending this post to PEN-L outside the context of my current exchange with Jim Devine, although the latter provides me with the most recent evidence for some growing convictions I have about the inherent limitations (as well as the intrinsic benefits) of of discussion and d

Electronic Larceny: The Consumer Strikes Back

1994-03-23 Thread Sam Lanfranco
I am posting this as an example of how Consumers use the internet to "fight back". Under no conditions should you use the recipe because that would be breaking the law. It is entered here only as evidence. Subject: On Possess

Electronic Larceny: The Consumer Strikes Back

1994-03-23 Thread Sam Lanfranco
I am posting this as an example of how Consumers use the internet to "fight back". Under no conditions should you use the recipe because that would be breaking the law. It is entered here only as evidence. Subject: On Possess

Re: "It's not Marx"

1994-03-23 Thread Allin Cottrell
Not wanting to get myself any deeper into hot water, I'll respond to just one of Jim Devine's points. I don't really get the idea that (quote) price/value deviations befuddle our consciousness and obscure the class nature of the capitalist system to its participants. (unquote) Elsewhere Jim mak

Re: "It's not Marx"

1994-03-23 Thread Allin Cottrell
Not wanting to get myself any deeper into hot water, I'll respond to just one of Jim Devine's points. I don't really get the idea that (quote) price/value deviations befuddle our consciousness and obscure the class nature of the capitalist system to its participants. (unquote) Elsewhere Jim mak

any takers?

1994-03-23 Thread Michael Perelman
From: Bill Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1] URPE, Help - What Is Radical Economics? Lines: 12 The AFFE, Association For Evolutionary Economics, recently circulated a call for papers in which the "tenets" of their association were stated. Would someone please state/follup/e-mail the "tenets" of U

any takers?

1994-03-23 Thread Michael Perelman
From: Bill Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1] URPE, Help - What Is Radical Economics? Lines: 12 The AFFE, Association For Evolutionary Economics, recently circulated a call for papers in which the "tenets" of their association were stated. Would someone please state/follup/e-mail the "tenets" of U

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

1994-03-23 Thread Urs E. Gattiker -- The Bear
Subj: TIM Announcement PLEASE ANNOUNCE to all DOCTORAL STUDENTS: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 1994 Loews Anatole, Dallas, USA August 14 - 17, 1994 Technology and Innovation Management Division (TIM)

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

1994-03-23 Thread Urs E. Gattiker -- The Bear
Subj: TIM Announcement PLEASE ANNOUNCE to all DOCTORAL STUDENTS: Academy of Management Annual Meeting 1994 Loews Anatole, Dallas, USA August 14 - 17, 1994 Technology and Innovation Management Division (TIM)

mentoring for female phd candidates in econ

1994-03-23 Thread Rob Garnett
>From Susan Feiner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Greetings Economists: I have some good news. FIPSE (fund for the improvement of postsecondary education) has invited the preliminary proposal I prepared with Myra Strober and Janice Madden (and Rebecca Blank) back as a full proposal. They received 1900 p

mentoring for female phd candidates in econ

1994-03-23 Thread Rob Garnett
>From Susan Feiner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Greetings Economists: I have some good news. FIPSE (fund for the improvement of postsecondary education) has invited the preliminary proposal I prepared with Myra Strober and Janice Madden (and Rebecca Blank) back as a full proposal. They received 1900 p

RE: "The Coming Anarchy"

1994-03-23 Thread Michael Lebowitz
In Message Sun, 27 Feb 1994 15:40:30 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Robert Kaplan's, "The Coming Anarchy," in Atlantic Monthly, >February 1994 issue is the most important single article I've >read for many years. Despite the article's obvious limitations >as economic, social, political, and

RE: "The Coming Anarchy"

1994-03-23 Thread Michael Lebowitz
In Message Sun, 27 Feb 1994 15:40:30 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Robert Kaplan's, "The Coming Anarchy," in Atlantic Monthly, >February 1994 issue is the most important single article I've >read for many years. Despite the article's obvious limitations >as economic, social, political, and