[PEN-L:1040] The loan arranger

1995-10-19 Thread Alan Freeman
Doug: I'd like to see some evidence of this "enlightenment" in the industrial bourgeoisie. In the US, you might get that from the petit bourgeoisie, but the grand bourgeoisie shows no signs of such enlightenment. In fact, CEOs

[PEN-L:1043] Re: principles text

1995-10-19 Thread bill mitchell
Mason offers this: Bill Mitchell, former right-winger, posted, commenting on a mentioned book: its a bloody disaster of a book. it distorts the young minds by making the free market natural. i hate this book with a passion and used it to teach from when i was a tutor at a right wing dept.

[PEN-L:1044] Re: The loan arranger

1995-10-19 Thread GC-ETCHISON, MICHAEL
deregulation?

[PEN-L:1045] Sorry-disregard last post

1995-10-19 Thread GC-ETCHISON, MICHAEL
My trigger finger twitched.

[PEN-L:1046] Re: principles text

1995-10-19 Thread Louis N Proyect
Louis: My office is at 3rd floor Thorndike on 120th St. between B'Way and Amsterdam in NY. The next time you are in NY, come call me a prick to my face. I am condescending, sarcastic and rude, but I am political. The reason you used a word like "prick" was that you were frustrated because you

[PEN-L:1047] Gimme some facts, please.

1995-10-19 Thread Frank Thompson
Would some PEN-L comrade be kind enough to instruct me on how I might access time series data (for the U.S.) on 1) aggregate capital/output ratios both a) capital stock/GDP and b) capital depreciation/GDP 2) labor productivity. In a departure from my accustomed practice of

[PEN-L:1048] Re: principles text

1995-10-19 Thread Peter.Dorman
With respect to the claim that, in the absence of government, there would be a "natural" free market: Once again, I urge penellers to take a look at THE RISE AND FALL OF FREEDOM OF CONTRACT by Atiyah. I can't imagine that one could read this history and come away with the view that the

[PEN-L:1049] Re: Gimme some facts, please.

1995-10-19 Thread Eric Nilsson
Would some PEN-L comrade be kind enough to instruct me on how I might access time series data (for the U.S.) on 1) aggregate capital/output ratios both a) capital stock/GDP and b) capital depreciation/GDP For estimates of capital stock and depreciation at a very detailed level

[PEN-L:1050] Tories

1995-10-19 Thread C.N.Gomersall
I teach economics at a liberal arts college and manage to do a little research on the side. Right now I'd like to gather any references you may have to Tory economics. I should explain. The kind of Tories I'm asking about aren't the neo-liberal kind of conservative who today have largely

[PEN-L:1052] Re: The loan arranger

1995-10-19 Thread Doug Henwood
At 12:05 AM 10/19/95, Alan Freeman wrote: On the face of it the battle over 'competitiveness' seems to reflect these differences, and what you seem to be saying is that the bankers won. That "you" being me, I'll say this - it's not that the bankers won. If the bankers had really won, the

[PEN-L:1051] Clinton in Houston

1995-10-19 Thread Doug Henwood
Comrades - Here's the full passage from Clinton's speech in Houston, reported on the front of today's (Thursday's) New York Times, in which he confesses to having raised taxes too much and cut spending too little. What vision, eh? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New

[PEN-L:1054] Silence of the Lambdas...

1995-10-19 Thread Jim Jaszewski
Unless I missed it, only ONE economist here actually bothered to reply to my request for data to combat the neoliberal assaults currently underway everywhere. Not a word too on my post about a general strike. I have to say that this doesn't help lessen the image out there,

[PEN-L:1053] Re: Gimme some facts, please.

1995-10-19 Thread Doug Henwood
At 6:57 AM 10/19/95, Frank Thompson wrote: Would some PEN-L comrade be kind enough to instruct me on how I might access time series data (for the U.S.) on 1) aggregate capital/output ratios both a) capital stock/GDP and b) capital depreciation/GDP K stock estimates are

[PEN-L:1055] Re: principles text

1995-10-19 Thread James Devine
Mason Clark asks:If there were no government, no organization of any kind, whatkind of market would there be? Would it not be a free market? So is not a free market natural? Is not this anarchic market the starting point for discussion of what the economic system should be, namely a

[PEN-L:1056] Grameen Bank

1995-10-19 Thread Todd Easton
Someone asked about studies of the effectiveness of the Grameen Bank. Alexandra Bernasek, an economist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, did dissertation research on the Grameen Bank. I don't know how much she looked at effectiveness and I don't know if her research has been

[PEN-L:1058] Re: Generational Differences among Marxists

1995-10-19 Thread Paul Cockshott
Rod --- I am not so sure that these are generational differences. The tendency to see the transition to socialism as a once and for all seisure of state power, has been associated with Leninists. All other problems are to be Paul Where do you get that idea. Lenin, Stalin and Mao said quite

[PEN-L:1061] Re: Gimme some facts, please.

1995-10-19 Thread Paul Cockshott
Frank - Would some PEN-L comrade be kind enough to instruct me on how I might access time series data (for the U.S.) on 1) aggregate capital/output ratios both a) capital stock/GDP and b) capital depreciation/GDP Paul Over the last couple of weeks I have been working

[PEN-L:1060] Re: principles text

1995-10-19 Thread Paul Cockshott
Mason Clark --- If there were no government, no organization of any kind, what kind of market would there be? Would it not be a free market? Paul Pre-state societies are also pre-market.

[PEN-L:1062] SAVE STUDENT AID: Call 1-800-574-4AID to Tell Congress

1995-10-19 Thread Nathan Newman
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[PEN-L:1063] Forwarded mail...

1995-10-19 Thread D Shniad
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[PEN-L:1064] web NEWS ISRAEL - daily - english only (fwd)

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