[PEN-L:201] Pen-l RIP?

1995-08-24 Thread Johan Hauknes
What has happened? I don't get any pen-mail. Is it me? (Bad breath?) Or has everyone except me taken holiday at the same time? I miss PEN ... especially with the state PKT is in. Johan

[PEN-L:200] Re: Urgent Reply Needed on Efficiency Wage Question

1995-08-24 Thread Tavis Barr
I don't think you'll find an agreed upon method to sort out efficiency wages from compensating differentials. There are few direct, objective, general measures of effort, capital specificity, bargaining power, etc. The one article I know of, as evidence against efficiency wages, was by David

[PEN-L:199] Urgent Reply Needed on Efficiency Wage Question

1995-08-24 Thread HEATHER GROB
Does anyone have citations to articles that empirically the existence of efficiency wages? Thanks in advanceHeather Grob

[PEN-L:198] Re: Re: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

1995-08-24 Thread Chip Cariappa
> On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, John R. Ernst wrote: > > > Harry, > > > > Can you suggest critiques of Genovese's slavery stuff that show how his > > present and past politics are "embodied" in his Political Economy of > > Slavery, Roll, Jordan Roll, et al. > John: You might also want to look

[PEN-L:197] Re: Re: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

1995-08-24 Thread Harry M. Cleaver
On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, John R. Ernst wrote: > > Harry, > > Can you suggest critiques of Genovese's slavery stuff that show how his > present and past politics are "embodied" in his Political Economy of > Slavery, Roll, Jordan Roll, et al. John: If by "critiques" you mean written/published

[PEN-L:196] Re: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

1995-08-24 Thread Fikret Ceyhun
Doug and Harry, Thanks for the enlightening information about Fox-Genovese couple. Who knows how many more renegates there are? Please keep digging in. Ciao, Fikret Ceyhun Dept. of Economics e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Univ. of North Dakota voice: (701)777

[PEN-L:195] Re: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

1995-08-24 Thread Louis N Proyect
Louis Proyect: By the way, Doug and I both went after the Genovese gang on the Marxism list some months ago. I discussed a review of his new book and an old comrade of mine (not the one who is mentioned just below) offered some thoughtful reflections on Genovese's views on slavery. > > Loui

[PEN-L:194] Re: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

1995-08-24 Thread John R. Ernst
On Thu, 24 Aug 1995 "Harry M. Cleaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Harry, Can you suggest critiques of Genovese's slavery stuff that show how his present and past politics are "embodied" in his Political Economy of Slavery, Roll, Jordan Roll, et al. >Doug: > >Thanks for the update. Hav

[PEN-L:193] Re: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

1995-08-24 Thread Harry M. Cleaver
Doug: Thanks for the update. Have they joined the Right Wing National Association of Scholars? Have they joined David Horowitz's "Second Thoughts" group of ex-new lefties turned neoconservative? Probably not the latter. After all Eugene was blasting the New Left years ago. His wife's associ

[PEN-L:192] Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

1995-08-24 Thread Doug Henwood
I just got the press pack from the Independent Women's Forum, the Washginton-based right-wing women's group headed by Barbara Ledeen, wife of the notorious covert operator Michael Ledeen. The IWF is funded in part by the Bradley Foundation, one of the major funders of the big-time right. Elizabeth

[PEN-L:191] Q: Who are the independent voters?

1995-08-24 Thread HEATHER GROB
Dear pen-llers, Today's Washington Post finds (not suprisingly) that support grows for the independent vote in '96. The Times MIrror found that 26 percent of the electorate would vote for an unnamed independent presidential candidate in 1996, while 32 percent would vote for Clinton and 35 percen

[PEN-L:190] Re: Strong left criticism of foreign aid

1995-08-24 Thread Louis N Proyect
Louis: This sounds consistent with what I've been hearing out of Nicaragua in recent years. The selfish behavior of Sandinista cadre is depressing, but really part of the same pattern that exists everywhere on the planet earth today. The only thing I would question is the moral perspective you

[PEN-L:189] Request for Info

1995-08-24 Thread Kevin Quinn
A friend not on the list is looking for data on public ownership of industry for a comparative systems course she is teaching. Please respond privately to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Kevin Quinn

[PEN-L:188] Re: Graduate Econ Programs

1995-08-24 Thread Robin Hahnel
You should definitely consider The American University. Our PhD program is very strong in both traditional and political economy theory and our econometrics sequence is quite rigorous. I will let other penlers from other programs toot their own horns, but I think our PhD political economy curricul

[PEN-L:187] Strong left criticism of foreign aid

1995-08-24 Thread Trond Andresen
Louis N Proyect said something about Nicaragua in a recent post, which prompt me to the following: Two friends of mine came back from Nicaragua a month ago, after working there for a year. She was there on a NORAD(Norwegian Foreign Aid Dept.)-financed project as a theatrical instructor. He was th