Consumer "confidence"?

1994-03-29 Thread R. Anders Schneiderman
This morning, I heard a report on the radio which said that the economy was bound to pick up because "consumer confidence" was much higher than its been for quite some time. In the next breath, they mentioned that something like only 13% of those surveyed thought that the job market was decent an

Consumer "confidence"?

1994-03-29 Thread R. Anders Schneiderman
This morning, I heard a report on the radio which said that the economy was bound to pick up because "consumer confidence" was much higher than its been for quite some time. In the next breath, they mentioned that something like only 13% of those surveyed thought that the job market was decent an

On the same subject...

1994-03-29 Thread D Shniad
RAGING CLASS BATTLES SCARE FRENCH BOSSES By G. Dunkel On March 12 and again on March 17, students and workers throughout France held large protests demanding the end to the sub-minimum wage the government has decreed for youth. The March 12 demonstrations were called by the CGT, one of the majo

On the same subject...

1994-03-29 Thread D Shniad
RAGING CLASS BATTLES SCARE FRENCH BOSSES By G. Dunkel On March 12 and again on March 17, students and workers throughout France held large protests demanding the end to the sub-minimum wage the government has decreed for youth. The March 12 demonstrations were called by the CGT, one of the majo

response to Allin Cottrell on LTV

1994-03-29 Thread FAC_BROSSER
1) I do not dispute that an alternative X basic should be reasonably homogeneous and non-producible by labor and inexhaustible resources. I also agree that raw land as such suffers from heterogeneity problems that are probably worse than those of labor, although I think Allin may have understat

response to Allin Cottrell on LTV

1994-03-29 Thread FAC_BROSSER
1) I do not dispute that an alternative X basic should be reasonably homogeneous and non-producible by labor and inexhaustible resources. I also agree that raw land as such suffers from heterogeneity problems that are probably worse than those of labor, although I think Allin may have understat

RE: Demos in France (fwd)

1994-03-29 Thread Tavis Barr
Can anybody help my friend Rhodney? He's a union organizer in Indiana in desperate need of some info. Dunno if it'll do any good, but I thought somebody on Pen-L might have a lead... Thanks, Tavis -- Forwarded message -- Hey Tavis, We urgently need contacts in the uprising

RE: Demos in France (fwd)

1994-03-29 Thread Tavis Barr
Can anybody help my friend Rhodney? He's a union organizer in Indiana in desperate need of some info. Dunno if it'll do any good, but I thought somebody on Pen-L might have a lead... Thanks, Tavis -- Forwarded message -- Hey Tavis, We urgently need contacts in the uprising

LTV: responses to critics

1994-03-29 Thread Allin Cottrell
Time to try to answer some of Barkley Rosser's questions. 1. There were two main aspects of my postings on the LTV, relating respectively to the formation of prices in capitalist economies and to the issue of rational costing in a planned economy. In my last posting (part 12) I argued that t

LTV: responses to critics

1994-03-29 Thread Allin Cottrell
Time to try to answer some of Barkley Rosser's questions. 1. There were two main aspects of my postings on the LTV, relating respectively to the formation of prices in capitalist economies and to the issue of rational costing in a planned economy. In my last posting (part 12) I argued that t

Coke urgent action (fwd)

1994-03-29 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 14:05 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Task Force on Central America BC) To: shniad Subject: Coke urgent action March

Coke urgent action (fwd)

1994-03-29 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 14:05 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Task Force on Central America BC) To: shniad Subject: Coke urgent action March

Demos in France

1994-03-29 Thread D Shniad
Is there a moral here? Government backs off on plan to cut youth's pay PARIS -- Anxious to end a wave of student protests, the conservative government suspended Monday its controversial plan to pay young people less than the minimum wage. The government gave itself a week to develop another pl

Demos in France

1994-03-29 Thread D Shniad
Is there a moral here? Government backs off on plan to cut youth's pay PARIS -- Anxious to end a wave of student protests, the conservative government suspended Monday its controversial plan to pay young people less than the minimum wage. The government gave itself a week to develop another pl

The Fortune 500

1994-03-29 Thread D Shniad
Fortune 500 profits rebound, but jobs still vanishing NEW YORK -- After losing money in 1992, the Biggest American industrial companies earned US$62.2 billion in 1993, even while slashing thousands of workers, Fortune magazine reports. The profit figure would be enough to wipe out the 1993 U.S.

The Fortune 500

1994-03-29 Thread D Shniad
Fortune 500 profits rebound, but jobs still vanishing NEW YORK -- After losing money in 1992, the Biggest American industrial companies earned US$62.2 billion in 1993, even while slashing thousands of workers, Fortune magazine reports. The profit figure would be enough to wipe out the 1993 U.S.

Re: value theory

1994-03-29 Thread Jim Devine
Elson's work -- and similar works that appear in CAPITAL AND CLASS and other places -- fits exactly in the school that I've termed the sociological interpretation of value (SIV): values as revealing "the network of social relationships through which the private labor of individuals becomes 'unive

Re: value theory

1994-03-29 Thread Jim Devine
Elson's work -- and similar works that appear in CAPITAL AND CLASS and other places -- fits exactly in the school that I've termed the sociological interpretation of value (SIV): values as revealing "the network of social relationships through which the private labor of individuals becomes 'unive

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1994-03-29 Thread E W Gotwalt
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1994-03-29 Thread E W Gotwalt
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And what, pray tell, did you mean??

1994-03-29 Thread knoedler
Eiman--here is this bizarre note from Ken Libby or as Bruce calls him the liberator (from reality, from theory, etc etc!!)! >Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 15:02:35 -0500 (EST) >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: And what, pray tell, did you mean?? >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARS

value theory

1994-03-29 Thread HKR
I'm still digesting Allin Cottrell's contributions so am not yet able to offer a substantive contribution to the debate. I just wonder if participants are familiar with Diane Elson's view in her essay "The value theory of labour", in D Elson (ed), Value: the Representation of Labour in Capitalism

value theory

1994-03-29 Thread HKR
I'm still digesting Allin Cottrell's contributions so am not yet able to offer a substantive contribution to the debate. I just wonder if participants are familiar with Diane Elson's view in her essay "The value theory of labour", in D Elson (ed), Value: the Representation of Labour in Capitalism