[PEN-L:12023] Re: Surveys

1997-08-28 Thread Tom Walker
Wojtek Sokolowski wrote, >any research methodology that ultimately depends on engaging the >respondent in a simulated interaction to elicit responses . . . > is like drawing conclusions on >the behaviour of wild animals from observations made in a zoo. Agreed. But you can learn *some* things ab

[PEN-L:12022] re: equity premium puzzle

1997-08-28 Thread Doug Henwood
James Devine wrote: >I'm no finance economist, but I think the distinction might be defined >better in terms of his phrase the "general gambling/insurance premium." Or >maybe it could be explained in terms of uncertainty: there's more risk to >the equity market that can't be avoided via diversifi

[PEN-L:12021] Re: Re: equity premium

1997-08-28 Thread James Devine
Doug wrote:>That's a very fine distinction [between volatility and utility preferences for avoiding volatility]. Can you explain how it matters?< Chuck Higgins responds: >A fine distinction is indeed needed. >For the CAPM and equities in general, the premium is determined by Market premium and

[PEN-L:12020] Re: Swedish sterilizations & SDs

1997-08-28 Thread Max B. Sawicky
> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 12:29:17 -0700 (PDT) > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PEN-L:12013] Re: Swedish sterilizations & SDs > Keynes was a supporter of the Eugenics movement; so was Irving Fisher. > -- I underst

[PEN-L:12019] Fred Moseley

1997-08-28 Thread James Devine
does anyone know Fred Moseley's e-mail address, if he has one? in pen-l solidarity, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clawww.lmu.edu/fall%201997/ECON/jdevine.html Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ. 7900 Loyola Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045-8410 USA 310/338-2948 (daytime, during workweek); FA

[PEN-L:12018] forced sterilization

1997-08-28 Thread James Devine
Bill Burgess writes: >The report I heard on this said the Nazis (in Germany) modeled their law on Swedish practice, not vice versa.< really? well they may both have gotten the practice from the USA, where such sterilization was practiced in the 1920s (and more recently against unpopular poor mino

[PEN-L:12017] re: equity premium puzzle

1997-08-28 Thread James Devine
Chuck Higgins wrote:>>Thus premium is not just for volatility--but also for utility preferences for avoiding volatility.<< Doug writes:>That's a very fine distinction. Can you explain how it matters?< I'm no finance economist, but I think the distinction might be defined better in terms of his p

[PEN-L:12016] Self-criticism

1997-08-28 Thread Louis N Proyect
I erred the other day when I said that "Law and Order" was not a liberal TV show. After watching a rerun last night, I have come to my senses. I must be spending too much time on the Spoons Marxism lists where ultraleftism reigns supreme. The episode was based on the events surrounding an alleged

[PEN-L:12015] Ynt: Re: Swing (renamed: Surveys)

1997-08-28 Thread Ogun Kaymak
please get me out of your mailing list -- > Kimden: Wojtek Sokolowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Konu: [PEN-L:12014] Re: Swing (renamed: Surveys) > Tarih: 28 A»ustos 1997 Perºembe 22:53 > > At 11:52 AM 8/26/97 -0700, Tom Walker wrote: > > >Another problem with a result like 25% favouring so

[PEN-L:12014] Re: Swing (renamed: Surveys)

1997-08-28 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 11:52 AM 8/26/97 -0700, Tom Walker wrote: >Another problem with a result like 25% favouring socialism is that it >doesn't tell us anything else about what the survey respondents thought. >People also BS in ordinary conversation, but we often have enough other >information to discount their imp

[PEN-L:12013] Re: Swedish sterilizations & SDs

1997-08-28 Thread Michael Perelman
Keynes was a supporter of the Eugenics movement; so was Irving Fisher. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:12012] Re: equity premium puzzle

1997-08-28 Thread Doug Henwood
James Devine wrote: >Thus premium is not just for volatility--but also for utility preferences >for avoiding volatility. That's a very fine distinction. Can you explain how it matters? And I won't even ask how it is that reality conveniently provides the increased returns in accordance with CAP

[PEN-L:12011] Re: forced sterilization

1997-08-28 Thread Bill Burgess
The report I heard on this said the Nazis (in Germany) modeled their law on Swedish practice, not vice versa. Forced sterlization of 'retarded' women (I believe some men as well) also occured until recently in various parts of Canada, e.g. a suit by a women in Alberta over this has recently been

[PEN-L:12010] equity premium puzzle

1997-08-28 Thread James Devine
In Gary Mongovi's review of Doug Henwood's book WALL STREET, he writes that neoclassical economists >have no solution, for example, to the so-called equity premium puzzle--the fact that stock shares have historically yielded a return well above the returns to bonds and real assets, well above the

[PEN-L:12009] Re: Swedish sterilizations & SDs

1997-08-28 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 07:33 AM 8/28/97 -0700, Jim Devive wrote: >Yesterday, National Public Radio reported that the Swedish government had >been sterilizing the mentally retarded -- and the racially impure -- since >the 1930s. (For some reason, it wasn't in today's L.A. TIMES.) The Nazis had >more impact than I thou

[PEN-L:12008] Call for papers fixing a mistake

1997-08-28 Thread Alejandro Valle Baeza
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more info. ---559023410-851401618-872787372=:14265 The second meeting of "Economia Critica" (critical eco

[PEN-L:12007] Call for papers

1997-08-28 Thread Alejandro Valle Baeza
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more info. ---559023410-851401618-872787372=:14265 The second meeting of "Economia Critica" (critical econom

[PEN-L:12006] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-08-28 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1997 Robust job growth continued unabated in most states during July, with gains in nonfarm industry payrolls particularly brisk in several Western states and in parts of the Plains region, reports BLS. Payroll gains were notably strong in services industr

[PEN-L:12005] Swedish sterilizations & SDs

1997-08-28 Thread James Devine
Yesterday, National Public Radio reported that the Swedish government had been sterilizing the mentally retarded -- and the racially impure -- since the 1930s. (For some reason, it wasn't in today's L.A. TIMES.) The Nazis had more impact than I thought. I wonder why the Social Democrats never expo

[PEN-L:12004] Joint War Drill At Highest Peak

1997-08-28 Thread Shawgi A. Tell
Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialist aggressors and the south Korean puppets are conducting the "Ulji Focus Lens" joint war drill at its highest stage, according to military sources. The drill began on August 18. The U.S. imperialist warmongers deployed a lot of military aeroplanes