[PEN-L:8731] German Unemployment Hits Record High

1997-02-20 Thread SHAWGI TELL
A post-war unemployment record was reached in Germany in January with nearly one in eight people capable of working jobless, for a total of 4,658,300 people. Berhard Jacoda, president of the Federal Labor Agency, attributed continued cutbacks by companies throughout the country and surging

[PEN-L:8735] Re: Pension ownership

1997-02-20 Thread BAIMAN
Colin, A late response, As far as I know the resident Radical Economist expert on this subject (at least for the U.S. - though I believe she's also looked at this in other countries) is Theressa Carlducci (or something close to this - ) at Notre Dame Univ., Economics Dept. I think she just

[PEN-L:8736] mkt socialism and sustainability of economic growth (fwd)

1997-02-20 Thread BAIMAN
Dear pen-lers, I'm taking the liberty of forwarding this from the CDV (Center for Democratic Values) list. Ron Baiman Roosevelt U., Chicago -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 03:56:02 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cdvnet:

[PEN-L:8737] Address for German economists

1997-02-20 Thread Michael Perelman
Can anybody supply me with e-mail or even s-mail addresses for two German economists: Peter Thal, who used to teach at Halle and S. Bieri, who may have been connected with Aachen? Thanks. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321

[PEN-L:8738] Re: Pension ownership

1997-02-20 Thread Max B. Sawicky
From: BAIMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:8735] Re: Pension ownership As far as I know the resident Radical Economist expert on this subject (at least for the U.S. - though I believe she's also looked at this in other countries) is Theressa Carlducci (or something

[PEN-L:8734] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-02-20 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in January, following an increase of 0.3 percent in December. The food index ... declined 0.3 percent in January The energy index increased for the fifth

[PEN-L:8733] Re: market socialism, planned socialism, ut

1997-02-20 Thread Max B. Sawicky
On 20 Feb 97 at 9:25, Anders Schneiderman wrote: The other reason to do it now is to try to hook it to the issue of "corporate welfare" (are there any defense cows, like the B-2, in that coalition's proposal?). For ex, what the hell are we doing paying for a _merger_ between defense

[PEN-L:8732] Re: market socialism, planned socialism, ut

1997-02-20 Thread Anders Schneiderman
At 06:43 PM 2/19/97 -0800, you wrote: As a practical matter, now is not a bad time to resume demands for defense spending reductions. The latest Brookings "Setting Nat'l Priorities" has a useful study suggesting the defense budget could very safely be brought down to $200 billion in five

Re: [PEN-L:8720] Re: market socialism, planned socialism, ut

1997-02-20 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 12:46 PM 2/19/97 -0800, Robin Hahnel wrote: More to the point, I think wages should be according to what I call effort, or personal sacrifice in either training for or carrying out one's economic duties. Things that require more effort, in this sense are working more hours, working at