[PEN-L:2018] Debt Trap

1995-12-16 Thread Fikret
Trond Andresen had an interesting post on debt polarization, which is reproduced below. I would like to add the followign note which explains why Third World debt grows as it does. The table is a simulation based on some assumptions, which are not too unrealistic. And if we look

[PEN-L:2017] Minimum wage revisited

1995-12-16 Thread Fikret Ceyhun
Dear PENers, I want to run some simulations concerning the wage rate and rate of profit in manufacturing, by using "profit squeeze" hypothesis. The symbols:r = (Y-W)/K = (y-w)/k Where: r=rate of profit in manufacturing Y=manufacturing output; W=wa

[PEN-L:2016] re: french song

1995-12-16 Thread MScoleman
This song was originally written by Joe Hill, and is from an album by Tom Juravich The long haired preachers come out every night, try to tell you what's wrong and what's right, till you ask about something to eat, then they answer in voices so sweet; You will eat by 'n by in that beautifu

[PEN-L:2015] Re: (c)lass position of professors

1995-12-16 Thread Tom Walker
I love the way Terry McDonough said that: >Academia retains a >guild structure and along with the mafia and the Catholic Church is >one of the few relatively uncontaminated feudal institutions still >viable within the twentieth century capitalist social formation. I would like to agree with what

[PEN-L:2014] Modern Holiday Greetings

1995-12-16 Thread John R. Ernst
Seasons Greetings (Author Unknown) The recent announcement that Donner and Blitzen have elected to take the early reindeer retirement package has triggered a good deal of concern about whether they will be replaced, and about other restructuring decisions at the North Pole. Streamli

[PEN-L:2013] Re: Something completely different

1995-12-16 Thread Louis N Proyect
touche, you cheeky devil

[PEN-L:2012] bigtime radio fun

1995-12-16 Thread Doug Henwood
Any volunteers or nominees to be on my radio show this Thursday, between 5 and 6 PM NYC time, to talk about "the" deficit (i.e. the US government's) with some hawk from the coalition that's doing all those awful TV ads? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3

[PEN-L:2011] Labor video list (fwd)

1995-12-16 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 10:08:00 -0600 From: Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Labor video list Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-to: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 15 Dec 95

[PEN-L:2010] Re: Info from France

1995-12-16 Thread Doug Henwood
At 4:45 PM 12/15/95, bill mitchell wrote: >to doug and the other romantics I am not now, nor have I ever been, a romantic. Back in my lit crit days, I even wrote papers on Shelley's irony. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice

[PEN-L:2009] Re: Something completely different

1995-12-16 Thread Jim Jaszewski
On Thu, 14 Dec 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Andrew Kliman here, responding to Jim Jaszewski's ad hominem response to my > post re why I left the Marxism list. If that's your idea of what ad hominem is, then no wonder people like you have difficulty reaching agreement with people lik

[PEN-L:2008] Re: Megaeconomic diagnosis

1995-12-16 Thread Trond Andresen
Peter Dorman on the PKT list (this also goes to the list PEN-L) says: > .If Keynes were surveying the current > situation, would he be inclined to write a book entitled "The Economics of the > Debt", calling attention to the macroeconomic parallels between the burden > imposed on Germany by t

[PEN-L:2007] Net'Strike against French Government

1995-12-16 Thread Massimo De Angelis
Friends, I thought someone wants to join in. English instruction below the Italian one. Massimo De Angelis (University of East London) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 23:46:08 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Net'Strike - Sciopero de