[PEN-L:2478] Re: "Get a Life."

Not that I imagine Sid would stop posting just because this LAMA person says to, but just for the record, I really appreciate Sid's postings on various economic data, reports of "downsizings," human rights violations, etc. Some I skip, some I skim, some I read carefully, some I save to hard drive,

[PEN-L:2477] re: The high tech jobs of the future

Sid Shnad writes: >It has become a contemporary article of faith that the jobs of the future will be in the high tech sector. Of late, however, there has been a great deal of evidence that presents a prima facie challenge to this article of faith. Around December 1994, I think, the Wall St. Jou

[PEN-L:2476] Socialist Scholars' Conference?

A friend asks me when is the Socialist Scholars' Conference this year? Thanks. Blair

[PEN-L:2475] Re: women & technol

At 9:03 AM 1/19/96, Peter.Dorman wrote: >A quick reply to Blair, who says that environmentalism encourages people to >create more markets rather than search for alternatives to capitalism. > >I agree that most *economists* who become exercised over environmental issues >look for market-like soluti

[PEN-L:2474] Re: The V-word

At 5:36 AM 1/19/96, Mike Meeropol wrote: >I know this uses the neoclassical approach but one way I have tried to bring >home to me students the importance of what Terry has stated in this >paragraph is to ask them to consider the VALUE of the enironment in which we >humans must live to be INFINIT

[PEN-L:2473] Re: The V-word

At 5:06 AM 1/19/96, Terrence Mc Donough wrote: >Blairs last post was an accomplished and eloquent rant if rant it >was. It raises three substantive issues: is the human economy >properly understood as a subsystem of the natural ecology; does the >human economy "compete" with the natural ecology

[PEN-L:2472] Re: [Australian] Unions

Paul Phillips comments on trade unions (PEN-L 2412) are some of the more sensible comments on trade unions I have read so far in my 4 months on this list. I don't agree with all that he has said, but he displays a greater understanding of the fundamental dynamic that unions must operate in. My e

[PEN-L:2471] Re: Economies of sc

Treacy: Now that NCR, headquartered here in Dayton got its old name and independence back this week from AT&T GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, I pass on Jerry Pournolle's remark that if AT&T took over Kentucky Fried Chicken they would have used as an advertising sloga

[PEN-L:2470] Contestable markets (was Economies of Scale)

For what it's worth, I wrote a paper many years ago demonstrating that the contestable market hypothesis is simply a multiproduct version of limit pricing. Baumol, Panzer, and Willig do some fancy footwork in their book to disguise this, but with a little attention to the formalization it becomes

[PEN-L:2469] Re: E;Amn.Int'l, Hum.Rights Advocate Threatened, Jan 16 (fwd)

J. Kervin wrote: > (If you can't play the game, get off the field! Unsubscribe!) a) I agree with the rest of your post. b) Better yet, let's not play games. c) It's not a game. Jerry

[PEN-L:2468] The high tech jobs

Sid, I expect that the laid off workers from telecom and computers will be replaced by either new employees on a different basis (less pay, benefits, and influence over the company) or through contracting out -- with similar consequences. Yes, there will be some speed-up and technological replace

[PEN-L:2467] Re: E;Amn.Int'l, Hum.Rights Advocate Threatened, Jan 16 (fwd)

A couple of points... 1. "Get a life"? The postings referred to DO involve lives, and the livelihoods, of many individuals in post-industrial societies. If the bottom line is what makes a healthy society, this information is certainly germane. 2. "Crap"? Are the facts wrong? Are they mis

[PEN-L:2466] Ongoing Progressive/Left Town Meeting!

Where can you participate in discussions via forums, email, and live chat with fellow progressives? Answer: LBBS Where can you interact with writers, columnists, and editors of progressive journals as well as with their readers? Answer: LBBS Where can you take online courses taught by leading

[PEN-L:2465] Re: Sid

At 9:56 AM 1/20/96, D Shniad wrote: >Doug, > >I think you're wrong about Marty the Brilliant Incisive One, he who is so >courageous that he refuses to identify himself or sign his full name. > >It strikes me that folks who appreciate his wonderful postings should >thank him personally at his addr

[PEN-L:2464] E;DRCNet, Oppose Militarization of Drug War, Jan 19 (fwd)

> Subject: OPPOSE MILITARIZATION OF DRUG WAR > > Colisteros, > > In light of the growing suspicion--or should I say certainty--that under the > guise of the war on drugs the US is funnelling military aid to Mexico, which > is being used against the people of Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero and other >

[PEN-L:2463] Re: Sid

Doug, I think you're wrong about Marty the Brilliant Incisive One, he who is so courageous that he refuses to identify himself or sign his full name. It strikes me that folks who appreciate his wonderful postings should thank him personally at his address listed below: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Si

[PEN-L:2462] Sid

At 7:15 PM 1/19/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Sid - >Get a life. Stop posting this crap. Here we go again. Lay off Sid; I like what he posts. I swear I won't say anything about America Online. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020

[PEN-L:2461] Re: The V-word -Reply

Lisa Rogers wrote: > > >>> Mike Meeropol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/19/96, 06:36am > Just ONE THOUGHT on Terry's post responding to Blair: > [snip] > I know this uses the neoclassical approach but one way I have tried > to bring home to me students the importance of what Terry has stated > in this p

[PEN-L:2460] Re: E;Amn.Int'l, Hum.Rights Advocate Threatened, Jan 16 (fwd)

You get a life, Marty. Some of us are glad to learn about these things, as distressing as they may be. Who do you think you are to pontificate in this way? Jon Peirce Memorial U. of Nfld.