I think that the discussion on pen-l would be better (and I think it is
pretty good at this point) if people made a clear effort to distinguish
between what participants in pen-l say and the views being responded to. I
am thinking of Doug's tendency to respond to what Roger Burbach says (or
allege
I seem to have missed the original message(s). But, I think that the
earnings expansion is not a simple one. One of the main effects of
deregulation was to deunionize the industry. The year before the ATT
breakup, the industry was almost 100% unionized (though there are some really
questionable
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> From: D Shniad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [PEN-L:10023] Re: Europe
> My question was about overall harmonization of tax policy at the
> Europe-wide level. What's happening along those lines? What is
> preventing the advent of overall tax harmonization via Brussels?
The onl
Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Who said that my comments were meant to represent positions stated here?
> I'm talking about the kinds of thinking you hear from people in & around
> NGOs (and by Roger Burbach in the pages of the URPE Newsletter). If I had a
> dime for everytime I'd heard how capital mob
D Shniad wrote:
>I strongly agree with Jerry's statement in response to Doug's earlier
>characterization of the issues in dispute here.
Who said that my comments were meant to represent positions stated here?
I'm talking about the kinds of thinking you hear from people in & around
NGOs (and by R
Forwarded message:
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 01:50:33 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Bob Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MIA text on-line
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hendrik)
Subject: MAI text on line
The complete text of the MAI can now also be downloaded
in one piece http://www.islandne
I strongly agree with Jerry's statement in response to Doug's earlier
characterization of the issues in dispute here. And to add to what Bill
Rosenberg said in another message, this exchange originated in a
discussion of the threat posed by supranational trade agreements like the
MAI, NAFTA, etc
Doug Henwood wrote:
> My major objection to the globalization rhetoric is that by positing
> some alleged epochal break in the nature of capitalism, everything has
> changed. Some things have changed, yes, but not everything: unions still
> matter, political parties still matter, state power stil
Rosenberg, Bill wrote:
>So what I see from here as "globalisation" is - yes - in many ways
>a return to the colonialism of the past. But saying that is not to
>say "don't worry, it's nothing new".
It's not "don't worry, it's nothing new," it's "don't despair, it's nothing
new." My major objectio
Amidst all the debate on details of how and whether economic trends
have changed I suspect we have forgotten where this current discussion
started: the new proposed MAI. From the perspective of a small
economy let me put a few points that tie this together:
* As Doug Henwood pointed out, small e
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