First of all, I'm with lBell -- these percentage rates of growth for
economies tend to be hocus pocus. This is where economists, especially
mainstream economists, really come into their own -- inventing figures which
astound the world and pull the wool over everyone's eyes. For instance, I am
qu
>Two questions:
>
>1. Does anyone know a good reference/discription/analysis of the conflict
>over speedup at the Lordstown plant of Ford(?) that led to widespread
>sabotage by young workers. This was back in the 1970s I think.
>
>2. Has anyone seen, or written, anything interesting on the use o
On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, Kevin Quinn wrote:
> There's Aronowitz's *False Promises*
>
> On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, Harry M. Cleaver wrote:
>
> > Two questions:
> >
> > 1. Does anyone know a good reference/discription/analysis of the conflict
> > over speedup at the Lordstown plant of Ford(?) that led
Paradise Lost. Emma Rothschild.
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Richard: Get a hold of several articles by Jane Gravelle of the
Congressional Research Service for a theoretical case that consumption
taxes *reduce* efficiency. I don't have the cites but remember reading
them back in 1990, and I think I remember the punch line. I believe that the
offset to t
One book I looked at briefly when back in
Britain this summer was: M. Perczynski,
J. Kregel, and E. Matzner , AFTER
THE MARKET SHOCK . It was generally critical of
East European "reform", but I can't remember
any of the detailed arguments.
Peter Burns SJ
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Good examples of successful public enterprises are the provincial autopac plans
that exist in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and B.C. Quebec also has some type of
public auto insurance plan but I am not familiar with its details.
If you write to the Manitoba government they will probably give you
informa
Perhaps recent economic growth in Poland can be explained by the fact
that the people elected former communist bureaucrats to run the economy.
;-). If they are not attracted by the anti-semitic admirer of Thatcher
Leck Walesa they may even elect a former commie president.
Over a year ago there
There's Aronowitz's *False Promises*
On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, Harry M. Cleaver wrote:
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Does anyone know a good reference/discription/analysis of the conflict
> over speedup at the Lordstown plant of Ford(?) that led to widespread
> sabotage by young workers. This was back i
> 1. Does anyone know a good reference/discription/analysis of the conflict
> over speedup at the Lordstown plant of Ford(?) that led to widespread
> sabotage by young workers. This was back in the 1970s I think.
The conflict at the Lordstown (Ohio) General Motors Assembly Division
(GMAD) plan
At 7:21 PM 11/17/95, Blair Sandler wrote:
>Doug, is the "terrible conference on gloablization" that you refer
>to the same mentioned in D. Shniad's forward from Peacenet, with
>Ralph Nader, Vandana Shiva and JohnCavanagh, among others? I was
>going to listen to the conference on the web site post
Two questions:
1. Does anyone know a good reference/discription/analysis of the conflict
over speedup at the Lordstown plant of Ford(?) that led to widespread
sabotage by young workers. This was back in the 1970s I think.
2. Has anyone seen, or written, anything interesting on the use of
spee
Here are some figs on Poland, from the European Bank for Reconstruction &
Development's Transition report, published on Nov 1:
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 (proj.)
real GDP (% change)0.2 -11.6 -7.6 2.6 3.8 5.0 5.5
employment (% change)
Speaking of Poland, as Peter Burns just did, any volunteers or nominations
for a radio guest to speak about Poland this coming week?
Also speaking of Poland, I highly recommend the piece by Peter Gowan,
"Neo-Liberal Theory and Practice for Eastern Europe" (rendered on the cover
as "The Plunder of
Here's the reality of trying to deal with state and local taxes:
Arguments for progressivity are nice, but the reality is that only
the very best state and local systems (Minnesota, Vermont) are even close
to proportional when all taxes are considered -- sales, property,
cigarette, gasoline, e
Laura,
Does what you say mean what you think it means or what it seems to say?
Laura Bell wrote:
>Sloppy reporting on economics is the one
>main reason I got into this field to begin with.
Shalom,
Tom Walker
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