Urban and Regional Course

1994-06-07 Thread Marshall Feldman
Hi, I'm starting to think about the fall :^( and redesigning my course on urban and regional theory. It's an introductory course for graduate students in community planning who have no economics or social science prerequisites. The course is called "Spatial and Fiscal Relationships of

bond market fetishism

1994-06-07 Thread Michael Perelman
Any comments about the flurry of publicity about the new Woodward book, showing Clintion's abject grovelling before the bond market? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 916-898-6141 messages E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pen-l problems

1994-06-07 Thread Michael Perelman
Some of you may have been trying to post to pen-l since Friday. Unfortunately the system has been down. If your message did not get through, just repost it. Sorry. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 916-898-6141 messages

RE: pomo (again)

1994-06-07 Thread A_CALLARI
(This is a reposting of a message I sent last week; I did not see it come on the network, so I assume it got lost the first time around). Alan Isaac, two points in response to your concerns: If I thought a pomo perspective would make it impossible to argue against exploitation, I would

Is this pen-l pomo?

1994-06-07 Thread BMCFARLING
Sam Lanfranco writes: The interesting thing about PEN-L, in contrast to most LISTSERVs, is that it operates with two or three specific threads at the same time, plus to small flare-ups and individual postings. It is like watching TV with an overly active channel zapper on the remote control.

IR conference: repeat call new dates

1994-06-07 Thread VORST4
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT -- CHANGE OF DATES FOR CONFERENCE The following message is a repeat, except for the change in dates: not the Thanksgiving weekend but the Remembrance Day weekend in Canada. If you replied to the earlier announcement, please confirm that you are available on the new dates.

No Subject

1994-06-07 Thread Paul Cockshott
Alan Issac asks if price competition might not be the motive force behind innovation. My objection to the term price competition is that it is a superficial concept drawn from a problematic that focusses on the interaction between agents buying and selling goods on the market. But the fact that

No Subject

1994-06-07 Thread Paul Cockshott
Marx's analysis of mechanisation focuses on the process of real subordination of labour to capital, the process by which the labour becomes subordinate to the machine. The analysis divides the machine into three parts, a motive source, a tool or active part, and a guiding mechanism. The decisive

Re: Urban and Regional Course

1994-06-07 Thread R. Anders Schneiderman
On Tue, 7 Jun 1994, Marshall Feldman wrote: I'm starting to think about the fall :^( and redesigning my course on urban and regional theory. It's an introductory course for graduate students in community planning who have no economics or social science prerequisites. The course is called

Re: Price of Computers

1994-06-07 Thread Andrew W. Hagen
On Tue, 7 Jun 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But of course, Novell just bought WordPerfect and Borland's Quattro Pro spreadsheet, so oligopoly simply be moving from hardware to software. Novell might be attempting to improve Quattro Pro and WordPerfect, OfficePerfect, and the other WP

GATT ALERT! 6-3-94

1994-06-07 Thread Kai Mander
/* Written 12:01 PM Jun 3, 1994 by iatp in igc:trade.news */ /* -- "GATT ALERT! 6-3-94" -- */ GATT ALERT! Friday, June 3, 1994 ___ HEADLINES: -Gingrich Reasserts WTO Opposition in NYT Editorial -Sneaky, Sneaky ... Canadian Gov't

2nd Largest Software Company in the World

1994-06-07 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Just for the record. While we desktop endusers are watching the "big bird" Microsoft, just who is the second largest software company in the world? ANSWER: Computer Associates International Inc., which just paid .3BillionUS for the ASK Group Inc.. Not exactly a desktop name? That is because they

Justice Dept Ploy Targets Microsoft

1994-06-07 Thread Sam Lanfranco
As the U.S. Justice Department is researching its anti-trust case against Microsoft, it is looking at applying the "essential facilities doctrine". The doctrine holds that a company owning an essential facility for a par- ticular market, such as electric power lines or the only bridge over a

Re: Urban and Regional Course

1994-06-07 Thread JTREACY
I'm starting to think about the fall :^( and redesigning my course on urban and regional theory. Treacy: Sometimes it is fun to use something like Von Thunan's Der Isolated State and compare it to the modern stuff. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marsh Feldman Community Planning