[PEN-L:5090] Joke

1995-05-15 Thread peter_robertson
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[PEN-L:5091] Re: Brits, NZ, and inequality

1995-05-15 Thread M Schettino
There is a discussion about growth and inequality by Burns and Oman. If it helps, I built an endogenous growth model with income inequality that shows that the worse the distribution (and its dynamics) the less the growth. The sequence is as follows, more inequality reduces incentives to

[PEN-L:5093] Re: profit rate equalization

1995-05-15 Thread Jim Devine
Ajit asks: As a member of that "crowd", do you believe that Marx's 'labor-values' are the satistical average of "real market prices"? where "crowd" here refers to the disparaging term that Ajit uses to describe those who have learned from Farjoun and Machover's LAWS OF CHAOS. My answer: No I

[PEN-L:5092] CARIBBEAN SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (fwd)

1995-05-15 Thread Kirk Meighoo
completed and is availabe in ASCII format. The CSSD was organized by the Consortium Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI in collaboration with the UNICEF Caribbean Area Office and the CARICOM Secretariat. It was held in Barbados

[PEN-L:5094] Taking and Giving

1995-05-15 Thread Tom Weisskopf
This morning's NYTimes carries a couple of articles on the "Property Rights Bill" before Congress, which is designed to require taxpayers to compensate property owners for any reduction in the "fair market value" of their property (of 10% or more) resulting from any government regulation.

[PEN-L:5095] Re: Brits, NZ, and inequality

1995-05-15 Thread Jim Devine
On Mon, 15 May 1995 08:20:53 -0700 M Schettino said: There is a discussion about growth and inequality by Burns and Oman. If it helps, I built an endogenous growth model with income inequality that shows that the worse the distribution (and its dynamics) the less the growth Sounds like an

[PEN-L:5096] Re: Taking and Giving

1995-05-15 Thread Jim Devine
Thanks, Tom. I needed an additional component for my satirical "Contract with Amurrica." Currently, I have three constitutional amendments: (1) (The Weisskopf Amendment) Every property owner must be compensated for any loss of property value that results from government activity of any kind and

[PEN-L:5097] Re: Brits NZ too

1995-05-15 Thread Ellen Dannin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 14 May 1995, Bruce Cronin wrote: A fascinating side of the neo-'liberal' crusade for 'freedom' in the NZ economy has been their systematic campaign to stamp out criticism of their programme. Alternative centres of policy advice and critique in govt and the universities have had

[PEN-L:5098] Re: Taking and Giving

1995-05-15 Thread GSKILLMAN
Jim writes: By the way, if I understand correctly, often businesses do pay higher property taxes if government activities lead to higher property values. Yeah, but by the same token, property taxes (eventually) go down, if only by lawsuit or inflation-driven attrition, if property values

[PEN-L:5099] Inequality--ref for Devine Schettino

1995-05-15 Thread Robert Peter Burns
Devine and Schettino might want to look at: T. Persson and G. Tabellini, 'Is Inequality Harmful for Growth?' _American Economic Review_ vol. 84/3 (June 1994), 600-621 and World Bank, _World Development Report 1991_, especially page 137. Cheers, Peter Burns SJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5101] Re: Americas Cup and Maiori Protest

1995-05-15 Thread peter_robertson
May I also humbly apologise for consistently spelling "Maori" wrong in my last post. There are no excuses (for a Kiwi). Most of the time I have difficulty spelling my own name. sincere aplogies, Petre Rebertsen

[PEN-L:5102] Re: Taking and Giving

1995-05-15 Thread Eugene Coyle
Henry George came close to this, starting a school of economics still hanging on today. Maybe those folks can spearhead this drive. Gene Coyle From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 15 10:51:31 1995 Errors-To: [EMAIL

[PEN-L:5103] Re: Taking and Giving

1995-05-15 Thread Justin Schwartz
Also, property taxes are on the assessed value, which is generally well below the market value, and of course do not tax the whole of any added value due to govt regulation or anything else. --Justin Schwartz On Mon, 15 May 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim writes: By the way, if I

[PEN-L:5100] Re: profit-rate equalization

1995-05-15 Thread akliman
A note of clarification: On 14 May 1995 (Pen-L:5081) 16:58:54.85, Paul Cockshott reported some statisitcal results and, interpreting them, referred to "the New Soln [New Solution] of the transformation problem is that advocated by Kliman ..." I, Kliman, am NOT an advocate of what is

[PEN-L:5104] Krause

1995-05-15 Thread Justin Schwartz
Is Ulrike Krause's volume Money and Abstract Laobor worth the time, efford, and $6.75 a used copy I saw today would cost me? Justin Schwartz

[PEN-L:5106] Re: Taking and Giving -Reply

1995-05-15 Thread Patrick Bond
How about this for a country cousin to Tom W.'s suggestion for socializing the gains, not just the losses, caused by intervention of - not the state in this case - the collective will. The limited equity housing cooperative movement (also variously known and tied to community land trusts, mutual

[PEN-L:5107] Re: Taking and Giving -Reply

1995-05-15 Thread Patrick Bond
Sorry, that last line in the preceeding advert should have read `social relations of consumption' not production. Though usually the sweat equity component of the rehab work is also socialized (and is gender and generationally sensitive too)...