[PEN-L:2544] Re: Reich questions (fwd)

1996-01-23 Thread Doug Henwood
At 6:02 PM 1/22/96, Richard Ira Lavine wrote: I thought maybe this list would have some ideas.. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 13:16:20 -0900 From: C. Oleson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Reich questions I may have the opp to do a radio interview with US Labor

[PEN-L:2545] Re: practical Marxism

1996-01-23 Thread Gilbert Skillman
This desert island argument is not good. A libertarian who believes that the basis of property is desert would say that what I deserve is not just what I can create on my own on a desert island, but also what I can bargain for, using resources I have or have developed, and also that I

[PEN-L:2549] Re: Reich questions

1996-01-23 Thread Robert Peter Burns
Howzabout: "Secretary Reich, you are always going on about the need for more and better job training and education. But what if there is insufficient demand in the economy as a whole? Doesn't the existence of a large reserve army of labor mean that those in work will always be cowed into

[PEN-L:2550] The Future of Industrial Relations (fwd)

1996-01-23 Thread D Shniad
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 17:37:46 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Kyle Hafar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael I. Lichter)) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 11:20:15 -0600 (CST) From: H-Net Central [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Kamikaze Commitment"

[PEN-L:2546] Hunger spreading in Britain

1996-01-23 Thread D Shniad
POVERTY IN U.K. 'CAUSING MALNUTRITION' The Observer LONDON -- Mounting poverty during 16 years of Conservative rule has produced malnutrition among Britons on a scale unseen since the 1930s. An unpublished government report leaked to The Observer concludes that urgent action needs to be

[PEN-L:2552] Re: Reich questions (fwd)

1996-01-23 Thread Ellen Dannin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, Breen, Nancy wrote: * * * I heard Sec. Reich on the Diane Rehm's (DC radio talk) show the other day. He was discussing some suggestions to provide economic incentives for corportations to be more socially responsible -- mostly through tax reforms. This is an area

[PEN-L:2554] desert?

1996-01-23 Thread Lisa Rogers
Would somebody please give us semi-econs a brief remedial on this usage of "desert"? I'm getting a clue from context, but ... Lisa Justin Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] Or, if we are in a situation of differential ownership, this need not be unjust if it arose by fair takings (based on

[PEN-L:2555] Inquiry: Pre and posttax income distribution

1996-01-23 Thread Thad Williamson
We are seeking references, advice, and answers in regard to the extent to which, taken as a whole, taxes and transfers impact income distribution outcomes in the United States. We are interested not simply in the impact of federal policies but that of federal, state, and local policies as a

[PEN-L:2556] Re: The high tech j

1996-01-23 Thread Blair Sandler
At 5:58 AM 1/23/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Increasing intensity increases output because the AMOUNT of labor increases. That's why it also increases necessary labor, and that's why it does *not* increase productivity, which is when output increases WITHOUT an increase in the AMOUNT of

[PEN-L:2557] Help on defense budget

1996-01-23 Thread Robert Peter Burns
Could someone here give me a quick figure *plus source* for the percentage of the Federal Budget taken up by defense (and perhaps closely related, eg "National Security") spending. I think I've seen various figures given in left publications, ranging from 18-25%. Thanks. Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:2558] Re: The high tech j

1996-01-23 Thread rakesh bhandari
if output/person-hour is the measure then it all depends on whether the per hour output is constant, rising or falling. Dear Professor Mitchell: Here is an attempted reply; if it is incompetent, please be honest. I am suggesting that the productivity measure should be

[PEN-L:2559] Re: Help on defense budget

1996-01-23 Thread Michael Perelman
You will never get that number since quite a bit of it is hidden in other agencies' budgets. Could someone here give me a quick figure *plus source* for the percentage of the Federal Budget taken up by defense (and perhaps closely related, eg "National Security") spending. I think I've seen

[PEN-L:2560] labor

1996-01-23 Thread James Miller
INTENSITY AND PRODUCTIVITY Regarding the exchange between Jerry Levy and Blair Sandler, it would seem that Blair is closer to Marx, for whatever that is worth. Quoting from _Capital_, Vol. I., Chap. 17, Sec. 2: "Increased intensity of labor means increased expenditure of labor in a

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1996-01-23 Thread ROSSERJB
From: IN%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 20-JAN-1996 16:36:03.05 To: IN%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "POST-KEYNESIAN THOUGHT" CC: Subj: Monthly Review Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20 Jan 1996 16:35:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:36:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "LYNN TURGEON, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF