[PEN-L:5163] Orwell

1996-07-14 Thread JDevine
The London TIMES editorial (or was it a news story?) used the same confusion that had been used over & over again so effectively during the cold war: the confusion between principled anti-Stalinism and anti-communism. Orwell's anti-Stalinism is seen very clearly in HOMAGE TO CATALONIA, where

[PEN-L:5162] Re: Request for Info: Living Wage

1996-07-14 Thread Michael Garrity
Dr. Baiman, Could you or anyone else please tell me where I could find the statement by 101 economists on the effects of a higher minimum wage? Sincerely, Michael Garrity Economics Dept. University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 (801) 581-7481

[PEN-L:5161] Re: on efficiency

1996-07-14 Thread Gil Skillman
Gene writes: >No, the mistake they made -- as did most of us on PEN_L, including myself, >was in learning neo-classical economics in the first place. We learned it, >along with them. And then we learned and embraced the critiques. But our >minds are still screwed up by what we learned. And we

[PEN-L:5160] Re: on effic...

1996-07-14 Thread MScoleman
I agree with Blair, since it is impossible not to teach nc economics, then it should be taught critically. Just a word on his germ theory -- I too learned nc theory sort of after the fact. I read capital first. viritically yours, maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5159] Re: on efficiency

1996-07-14 Thread Blair Sandler
At 1:38 PM 7/13/96, Eugene P. Coyle wrote: >>Only very weak neoclassicals "define efficiency as what the market does >>and then miraculously deduce that the market is efficient." >> >>I have many students entering my classes these days who have been >>bombarded with the western -- and now eastern