[PEN-L:5633] Re: A taxonomy of scarcity

1996-08-12 Thread DICKENS
Gil, could you explain your statement that >Marx *consistently* and *unambiguously* states that >usury and merchant's capital prior to the era of the >capitalist mode of production, *when extended directly >to small producers*, created surplus value. Edwin Dickens

[PEN-L:5632] Unusual Child Support Anecdote

1996-08-12 Thread ZAHNISER STEVEN SCOTT
I am forwarding this unusual child support story that I received from ACTIV-L. Steven Zahniser [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 00:06:34 GMT From: Bob Witanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Philadelphia: Dirty 39th Settlements / Child Support From:

[PEN-L:5631] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-08-12 Thread Stephen Cullenberg
I can only reply a bit to Eric Nilsson's comments now given time commitments, but he raises many important points. >I understand (and 75% accept) the post-modernist claim that there >is no "reality" out there. All we have are different knowledges >of what we call "reality." (Skipping lots of st

[PEN-L:5630] FW-L Welfare Information re: U.S. (fwd)

1996-08-12 Thread James Michael Craven
--- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:44:20 -0500 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (S. Lerner) To: FUTUREWORK - Moderated <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:FW-L Welfare Information re: U.S. (fwd) Originally

[PEN-L:5629] Re: Welfare Reform

1996-08-12 Thread Gil Skillman
Hi, Eban. Concerning the absence of a documented relationship, see Teresa Amott's article in the Nov-Dec 1993 issue of Dollars & Sense; if Teresa's out there, she could probably tell you much more. Gil >Class prep is here. > >Do folks have opinions on the best short piece-- magazine article-- w

[PEN-L:5628] Welfare Reform

1996-08-12 Thread Eban Goodstein
Class prep is here. Do folks have opinions on the best short piece-- magazine article-- which summarizes the likely impacts of the welfare dismantling legislation Bill signed? Also, does it remain true that there is no documented relationship between either out-of-wedlock births and/or family

[PEN-L:5627] Re: Re: A taxonomy of scarcity

1996-08-12 Thread Gil Skillman
Jim, writes, evidently while the car is idling and packed for vacation: >Gil writes:>> Having read Jim's article I know what he's getting at >in referring to exploitation as "taxation without representation," >but this conception does not address the issues I've raised here and >thus doesn't con

[PEN-L:5626] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-08-12 Thread SHAWGI TELL
Paul, a few questions: is this notion of "economic determinism" something which is taken up by the working class, something which was given rise to by the working class, or is it part of another purely academic debate? I have never heard workers talk about "economic determinism." I have not

[PEN-L:5625] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-08-12 Thread Eric Nilsson
I saw Steve Cullenberg's posting on overdetermination and see that he is now a subsciber to pen-l. So: Steve Cullenberg writes, > Overdetermination . . . is a theory of existence which states that > nothing exists in and of itself, prior to and independent from > everything else. . . I underst

[PEN-L:5624] Re: A taxonomy of scarcity

1996-08-12 Thread Gil Skillman
Rakesh writes: >As I understand Schumpeter's argument in the chapter on "Monopolistic >Practices" in CSD, what may appear as rent in the static world of perfect >competition may actually be the profit required for the continuous >introduction of new and better machines or more generally innovatio

[PEN-L:5623] Job opening, public sector union

1996-08-12 Thread Michael H. Belzer
Job Opening State and County employee union is seeking a Director of organizing and field Services (salary range $40,000 to $55,000 depending on experience and skills). The position will be filled as soon as possible. Please send resume and statement of interest to: Personnel Office Director o

[PEN-L:5622] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-08-12 Thread Paul Zarembka
Shawgi, economic determinism argues or implies that productive forces and class relations (but particularly productive forces) are THE "essential" element or cause or explanation of social reality. It is much more consistent with Marx's project to say that social relations of production (particul

[PEN-L:5621] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-08-12 Thread Ajit Sinha
Some questions for Steve: Steve, you say, >...Call this a theory of causality if you want, even one where everything >determines everything else, but it is not one where a billiard ball >metaphor of mechanistic causality applies, where some things come first and >others follow. It is not a theor