[PEN-L:3725] Re: budget statement

1996-04-10 Thread Blair Sandler
At 3:00 PM 4/10/96, David Dyssegaard Kallick (or somebody!) wrote: >Attached is the latest statement that emerged from the Social Policy Forum >on the Balanced Budget. If you would like to add your name to this list, >please let us know. Your comments are also >welcome. > >List of supporters >

[PEN-L:3724] Re: military keynesianism

1996-04-10 Thread Christopher Niggle
On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Michael Perelman wrote: > who introduced the term, military keynesianism? Dan Fusfeld told me that > he thinks that it was pen-l's own Lynn Turgeon. I have heard it attributed > to Joan Robinson, but have never been able to locate a source. > -- > Michael Perelman > Econom

[PEN-L:3723] Re: David M. Gordon Memorial

1996-04-10 Thread Rhon Baiman
On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Fikret Ceyhun wrote: > > Many who knew David Gordon personally told us their experiences > with him. Some gave us their vivid memories with him. I, on the other hand, > knew David through his activities at URPE. His contribution to URPE is > invaluable during the fl

[PEN-L:3722] budget statement

1996-04-10 Thread David Dyssegaard Kallick
Hey Pen-L hope some of you folks will sign on to this. Elaine Bernard Original message April 10, 1996 From: Frank Riessman Attached is the latest statement that emerged from the Social Policy Forum on the Balanced Budget. If you would li

[PEN-L:3721] URGENT: FUNDRAISING FOR PROTEST LETTER (fwd)

1996-04-10 Thread Raul A. Fernandez
I am forwarding the information below for the benefit of those involved. Best. Raul F. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:49:55 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],

[PEN-L:3720] Need Federal War on Homelessness (fwd)

1996-04-10 Thread D Shniad
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 10 13:44 PDT >1996 > Date: 09 Apr 1996 00:00:00 + > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (News Watcher) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Need Federal War on Homelessness > > The American Homeless Society (AHS) has proposed the establishment > of a new federal ag

[PEN-L:3719] Re: military keynesianism

1996-04-10 Thread Rich Parkin
>who introduced the term, military keynesianism? Dan Fusfeld told me that >he thinks that it was pen-l's own Lynn Turgeon. I have heard it attributed >to Joan Robinson, but have never been able to locate a source. >-- >Michael Perelman >Economics Department >California State University >Chico,

[PEN-L:3718] Chomsky on free trade

1996-04-10 Thread D Shniad
Rick, I just received this article by Noam Chomsky on the subject of free trade, trade groups, etc. It elaborates on many of the same points I was trying to make. Sid Shniad = Notes on NAFTA: The Masters of Mankind. by Noam Chomsky

[PEN-L:3717] Mexico puts up barriers to foreign investment

1996-04-10 Thread D Shniad
News source: N.Y. Times News Service, via Nando.net (Global) Source: http://www.latinolink.com/news/0405mex.html Date: 04/09/96 Mexico Tries to Restrict Foreign Investment By: Anthony DePalma A91996 New York Times News Service MEXICO CITY -- After several years of throwing open its econo

[PEN-L:3716] Re: help with general equilibrium model

1996-04-10 Thread Gilbert Skillman
Andrew, I need some more details before I can respond to this. 1st, it's not clear what endowments are, so it's hard to tell from your description what the "income effect" of a price change might be. In particular, do individuals hold ownership shares in firms as part of their endowment? In t

[PEN-L:3715] E;BG, US military role debated in efforts at Mexico frontier, Apr 8 (fwd)

1996-04-10 Thread D Shniad
> The Boston Globe > > US military: `Eyes and ears' at the border: National Guard's role debated in > efforts at Mexico frontier > >By Steve Fainaru, Globe Staff, 04/08/96 > > >SAN DIEGO - With the Clinton administration expanding its >crackdown on illegal

[PEN-L:3714] E;NYT, Mexico Tries to Restrict Foreign Investment, Apr 9

1996-04-10 Thread D Shniad
> News source: N.Y. Times News Service, via Nando.net (Global) > Source: http://www.latinolink.com/news/0405mex.html > Date: 04/09/96 > > Mexico Tries to Restrict Foreign Investment > > >By: Anthony DePalma >=A91996 New York Times News Service > > MEXICO CITY -- After several year

[PEN-L:3713] Re: Movie review (part II)

1996-04-10 Thread D Shniad
It's a look at contemporary life in L.A. in the aftermarth of the most recent ghetto rebellion and the smothering effects of the right wing tidal wave. Very worth seeing. Sid > > At 10:41 AM 4/9/96, D Shniad wrote: > >I finally saw a real review of "Floundering." Playboy mag (forgive the > >

[PEN-L:3712] Re: dianna ortiz /Guatemala/White House (fwd)

1996-04-10 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 09:37:50 -0400 From: Sam Lanfranco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: dianna ortiz /Guatemala/White House Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-to: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tuesday, April

[PEN-L:3711] Discussion of EU (continued)

1996-04-10 Thread D Shniad
Hi, Rick. I agree with you that making fundamental alterations to the national state this is a major project in its own right. You ask how I see this happening. A full answer to this question would be more appropriate for a listserv dedicated to this subject. As a short answer, I really like Ja

[PEN-L:3710] Re: help with general equilibrium model

1996-04-10 Thread akliman
A response to Jerry Levy's reply to my questions/comments about GE models and technical change: A 2-good model is often sufficient to illustrate GE effects. I've got nothing against generalizing the model to n goods, but I'm having enough trouble with the 2-good case, which is undoubtedly the

[PEN-L:3709] military keynesianism

1996-04-10 Thread Michael Perelman
who introduced the term, military keynesianism? Dan Fusfeld told me that he thinks that it was pen-l's own Lynn Turgeon. I have heard it attributed to Joan Robinson, but have never been able to locate a source. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

[PEN-L:3708] Re: help with general equilibrium model

1996-04-10 Thread Peter J Dorman
Without seeing the whole model written out, I can only guess at the problem, but here is one possibility: have you taken account of Walras' Law? With two goods there should be only one excess demand function. Peter Dorman

[PEN-L:3707] Yale sit-in

1996-04-10 Thread Michael H. Belzer
MONDAY April 8th, 1996 News Release from the Student Labor Action Coalition (SLAC) Contact Gabriel Snyder (203) 436-0584 7:10 PM EST or Greg DiBenedetto (203) 436-0390 31 YALE STUDENTS ARRESTED IN PRESIDENT'S OFFICE UNDERGRADUATES CALL ON PRESIDENT TO SETTLE STRIKE Undergraduates charged with t

[PEN-L:3706] Re: help with general equilibrium model

1996-04-10 Thread glevy
Andrew K wrote: > I'd like some help with a simple general equilibrium model I'm constructing > to show that technological change can reduce labor demand and employment, > even given all the usual neoclassical assumptions. I've got two goods, > labor and one other input, two output prices, th

[PEN-L:3705] Re: the most imp...

1996-04-10 Thread Jeffrey J Smith
Maggie Coleman, Jeff Smith (Seattle). Can more of us reclaim our language? Can we take back freedom? Make free markets a positive. "He who defines the terms, wins the argument," Confuscious. Once we reclaim our language, then we can more easily rescue our land and her cultures. Ciao.