[PEN-L:11123] 1/3 in poll say there's too much free speech protection

1997-07-04 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Some Americans Favor Restricting Free Speech 01:40 a.m. Jul 05, 1997 Eastern CHICAGO (Reuter) - Nearly one-third of Americans believe the First Amendment goes too far in guaranteeing free speech and nearly half favor government restrictions of speech on the Internet, a Chicago Tribune poll

[PEN-L:11122] Re: Capital and the State

1997-07-04 Thread HANLY
Terry McDonogh writes: Jim D and Bill B have been discussing the relation of the state and global capital with Bill emphasizing the continuity of the nation state and Jim arguing the possibility of the emergence of global state structures. One possible middle road here is the harnessing of t

[PEN-L:11121] Self-promotion on pen-l

1997-07-04 Thread Michael Perelman
I do not know what others think, but I appreciate learning about what other penners are doing. I wish that someone had the time and the expertise to put up a pen-l web page where such information were readily available. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico,

[PEN-L:11120] Job Vacancy Survey Action Alert! (fwd)

1997-07-04 Thread Michael Perelman
Forwarded message: Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 12:37:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Charles W. Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Job Vacancy Survey Action Alert! X-UID: 3581 ACTION ALERT!! WHERE ARE THE JOBS FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS? URGE CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A NATIO

[PEN-L:11119] Shameless Self-Promo III

1997-07-04 Thread David Laibman
Dear PEN, Following the lead set by Doug Henwood and Bob Pollin, I too will throw modesty to the winds and announce publication (actual date, July 31) of my new book: CAPITALIST MACRODYNAMICS: A SYSTEMATIC INTRODUCTION. Publisher is Macmillan (London). The book is a brief (pp. xv

[PEN-L:11118] Words fail me.....

1997-07-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv) Thursday, July 3, 1997 Palestinian Authority officials seeking to invest millions of shekels in Tel Aviv stock exchange - Galit Chemi Palestinian Authority officials are exploring the possibility of investing in the Tel Aviv stock exchange and ha

[PEN-L:11117] Re: Feminism is sexist?

1997-07-04 Thread Stephen E Philion
excellent job of flame provoking... steve On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Karl Carlile wrote: > Comrades, > > While having a mug of coffee I thought to myself that much of what is > regarded as progressive feminism is essentially sexist and separatist. > It is quite common for many feminists to make gener

[PEN-L:11116] Re: Inheritance taxes

1997-07-04 Thread Marianne Brun
Not only Andrew Carnergie, Betrand Russell was in favor of taxing away inheritance entirely, or just abolishing inheritance as such, as a means of re-distributing wealth. Marianne Brun On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Michael Perelman wrote: > Andrew Carnegie in his

[PEN-L:11115] Feminism is sexist?

1997-07-04 Thread Karl Carlile
Comrades, While having a mug of coffee I thought to myself that much of what is regarded as progressive feminism is essentially sexist and separatist. It is quite common for many feminists to make general criticisms of men as a gender. Yet if a man was to make critical comments about women as a g