BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1997
The number of mass layoffs occurring in U.S. firms increased by 83
percent in the fourth quarter of 1996, to a total of 1,802, compared
with 985 in the third quarter, the Labor Department reports. BLS says
the 1,802 mass layoffs resulted in the
I imagine most people are bored with this exchange, so I'll limit my
response to a couple of specific things.
Ed Herman wrote:
On the politics of the focus on globalization, on one side are
people who claim that such focus--and its stress on the weakening
of state power--are demobilizing,
Julian Wells wrote:
In addition to his other faults Camdessus is clearly an illiterate:
No he's not. He's very smart and very slick. He gives a damn fine press
conference. Ditto WB president James Wolfensohn. The bourgeoisie is being
very well served.
Doug
1997 International Economics and Philosophy Society Conference
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Call for Papers
Papers in any area of economics and philosophy are
Yeah, Louis, I know that Kasparov is not even a _shallow_ red, but on the
side of the devils. But who can resist cuteness?
Someone should dig up the old Bob Gibson/Hamilton Camp song (to the tune of
"John Henry") about the battle between "a thinking man" and a computer
(guess who wins).
On Tue, May 13, 1997 at 18:03:57 (PDT) Louis Proyect writes:
Microsoft's emergence as a successful corporation
is a study in the benefits of privatizing technology created in the public
sphere. Gates developed a proprietary operating system that was modeled in
the final
There's a photo of a despondent Gary Kasparov with his face buried in his
hands on the front page of yesterdays NY Times. He has just conceded the
final game in his match with IBMs Deep Blue, a specially configured
RS/6000 SP computer like the one that I work with on a daily basis at
Columbia
The discussion continues --
Max:
I would argue [that] coordination of the VAT would be
a progressive step towards more comprehensive tax coordination in the
EU, including the taxation of capital and EU-wide taxes (the latter
of which would probably finance fiscal aid to low-income
Wojtek --
Retarded 7-year old?
A thousand-word rant . . . four Gettysburg addresses . . .
and that's the BEST you can do?
If you prefer ASAP in bow ties and tweeds, may I
recommend the December 2 issue to you? There we had
a couple of Nobel Prize winners, Tom Wolfe, Mark
Helprin, Paul
As I was sitting in the waiting room of a physician's office, I browsed
through magazines on the table. One of them, _FORBES ASAP_, had an
editorial titled _WHY THE CAP GAINS TAX SHOILD BE ZERO_ written by a Rich
Karlgaard who is also listed on the magazine's editorial staff. The
arguments the
As Doug points out, except when it helps people defend against
colonization, nationalism isn't pretty. (Even then, nationalism can be a
problem: look at how China and Viet Nam fought. Cambodian nationalism under
Pol Pot was worse than disgusting.)
That suggests that I need to stress that the
From: D Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WELCOME TO GOA, WHERE GLOBALISATION IS *ONLY* FIVE CENTURIES OLD
Camdessus unwittingly underlined this point.
He sang praises to globalisation, and went on to add: "And what
better place to talk about these developments than Goa, which
At 08:19 AM 5/8/97 -0700, you wrote:
Dear Comrades,
At the risk of wading into this with little time to thoroughly go
through the lengthy posts especially Ajit and Gil (I have perused them to
around April 22 or so), I think the following may add to this debate (Gil
-Robin - you may
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