Doug, do you have any of those debt ratios at the global scale? I recall
the Bank for International Settlements did several major papers on this
during the late 1980s, showing dramatically rising consumer, corporate
and government debt burdens. Same story here in South Africa.
By the way, global
On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
> The inventor of the current method was Mollie Orshansky,
> and libraries probably have some references by her as well,
> though nothing with her name on it would have current numbers.
Thanks for the cortex-tickle with Mollie Orshansky's name. I simpl
On October 16, it was announced that the Toronto Transit Commission
(TTC) has filed an application for a court date, expected to be
announced before the end of the week, to seek an injunction against
the October 25 Toronto Shutdown. On October 10, Metropolitan
Toronto Council voted 21 to 6 in fav
Bill Moore wrote:
>
> I don't know whether USDHHS, et al, still use the methodology; but at one
> time the estimation of the "official poverty line" was calculated by first
> estimating the cost of a subsistence food budget, then multiplying it by
>
> I don't recall if there was any difference i
A senior UN official outlined the conditions attached by the United
States before it pays its dues that are in arrears by hundreds of
millions of dollars. The United Nations must reduce costs in the
amount of $100 million from the UN Conference on Trade and
Development, the regional economic comm
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>
> A non-economist friend asks this question:
>
> Are there any official documents or declarations anywhere
> about the minimum daily food requirement in $ and c. below
> which people are regarded as "in poverty"?
Every year the House Committee on Ways and Means publ
On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Nice to see they're repudiating it, but still one must be suspicious.
> Bush's people always denied responsibility for the Willie Horton ads,
> saying they were done and paid for by forces independent of the campaign.
> If there's one thing Clinton's peo
On Thu, 17 Oct 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Are there any official documents or declarations anywhere
> about the minimum daily food requirement in $ and c. below
> which people are regarded as "in poverty"?
I don't know whether USDHHS, et al, still use the methodology; but at one
time the
A non-economist friend asks this question:
Are there any official documents or declarations anywhere
about the minimum daily food requirement in $ and c. below
which people are regarded as "in poverty"?
Private replies are fine.
Peter
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At 3:58 PM 10/17/96, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Debt service, according to unofficial Fed estimates, took 16.9% of DPI in
>96Q2, not all that much below the record of 17.6% in 99Q4
Duh, that's 89Q4.
Doug
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At 2:18 PM 10/17/96, Tavis Barr wrote:
>So do you have any idea what a default level is? International banks
>seem to regard anything above a 100% debt/GNP ratio as risky; is it
>similar for consumers? Are defaults up? Are the indicators of defaults
>well known? Are they worth an academic stu
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1996
_Rising food and apparel prices pushed the consumer price index for
all urban consumers to a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent increase in
September, BLS reports. Food prices, which have risen sharply in the
last three months, jumped 0.5 percent in
After I mentioned to Eric Nilsson over pen-l the course I am now
teaching on economic issues, several people have written in asking me about
the syllabus. So I am posting it now, for anyone interested. By the way,
this is the first time I have taught the course, so I would welcome sugges
Eric asked:
Next fall I'll be teaching an introductory course on a variety
of different economic topics. The focus will be on the U.S.
The course will focus on issues, not on the use/misuse of
economic theory of any particular brand.
The main problem with such a course is finding good readings.
Michael Perelman wrote:
> The financial times reported today that
> High-quality scientific journals which are
> "must-reads" for their subscribers are a highly
> profitable business with margins as high as 40 per
> cent.
Jerry Levy wrote:
That's very interesting, Michael (and fits-in rather wel
On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Doug Henwood wrote:
> My O is rarely H. Mergers can be a response to profitability pressures, no?
> The health care merger wave in the U.S. now is a response to
> cost-containment pressures, for example. Ditto weapons industry mergers, a
> response to shrinking procurement
Beachten Sie, Leute: The Washington Beobachter has just begun publishing
on the banks of the Potomac!
Mid-afternoon and still no report of the following anywhere online.
This morning's Post carries a story in which David Ottaway, supposedly a
veteran reporter, quotes an unnamed intelligence exp
Anders asked:
>A friend asked me for cites re: the potential of pension funds for
>investing in creating good jobs, putting pressure on corporations, etc.
>Any suggestions? Among the info she's interested in: how large pension
>funds are as a source of capital (she said in percentage terms, alth
Campagna (Michael?) produced a thick text about U.S. 20th century
macroeconomic policy. I used it in an undergrad Am Econ Hist course a few
years ago in it's first edition. Warning: it's long and precludes a lot
of additional reading, unless you have the students selectively read from
it.
Thankyou both (Ellen Dannin and Max Sawicky), LAMAP was the group I wanted.
Cindy
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>
> I _very_ dimly recall a post here, perhaps as much
> as 2 or 3 years ago, about a group in Los Angeles
> trying to organize workers and/or residents in a
> specific geographic area of Los Angeles heavy with
> industry. Does anyone recall that group? Was the
> area r
At 5:39 PM 10/16/96, Bill Moore wrote:
>>From another List, earlier today...related to Doug's posting. BtC
>
>-- Forwarded message --
>
>> There is talk all over the Internet today regarding a Clinton radio ad that
>> aired today which included touting Clinton's signing of DOM
At 9:15 PM 10/16/96, Tavis Barr wrote:
>Do we have the usual up-to-the-minute Doug Henwood stats on credit card
>debt? If so, what's happened?
See below. Provided as a public service by LBO; subscriptions always
welcome to defer the costs of keeping current.
>P.S. My other question, for both
I _very_ dimly recall a post here, perhaps as much
as 2 or 3 years ago, about a group in Los Angeles
trying to organize workers and/or residents in a
specific geographic area of Los Angeles heavy with
industry. Does anyone recall that group? Was the
area related in any way to the Alameda Corrido
Eric,
I am teaching exactly such a course right now at UCR. I will send
you the syllabus if you are interested. From the syllabus I have also put
together the collection of readings.
Regards, Bob Pollin
At 07:36 AM 10/17/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Next fall I'll be teaching an introducto
Eric Nilsson wrote:
>
> Next fall I'll be teaching an introductory course on a variety
> of different economic topics. The focus will be on the U.S.
> The course will focus on issues, not on the use/misuse of
> economic theory of any particular brand.
> What readings for a class mostly of first
Nathan Newman wrote:
> The EITC is part of the income tax and for working families making between
> $11,500 and $26,500 (a not inconsiderable number of families), the
> marginal tax rate for the income tax is around 35%---higher than for all
> but the richest families.
>
> Add in a payroll tax
>BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.3 percent
in September, following a 0.1 percent increase in August. The food
index rose 0.5 percent in September, again reflecting sharp increases in
the indexes for meats,
Across Canada, from October 21 to 25, students, faculty and staff
at universities and colleges affiliated with tthe Canadian
Federation of Students (CFS) will be participating in actions to
protest the cuts to post-secondary education. Activities will be
launched in Manitoba on October 21, where
Next fall I'll be teaching an introductory course on a variety
of different economic topics. The focus will be on the U.S.
The course will focus on issues, not on the use/misuse of
economic theory of any particular brand.
The main problem with such a course is finding good readings.
Mansfield's
Maybe this is stuff you've already covered... but anyhow,
The most vigorous debate on this, I recall, was Vicente Navarro versus
Barbara and John Ehrenreich (who argued your position), during the
1970s, and I know that Vicente continues to use the conceptual
problems involved to reflect upon the
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