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At 10:39 AM 10/22/97 -0500, John Exdell wrote:
It would be useful to get some empirical critique of the particular claims
and projections above. But I would also welcome some more general social
perspective on the idea of a retirement system invested in the stock
market.
It seems to me that
. . .
Right now one of the only signs of optimism is the fact that bands like
Rage Against the Machine are among the most popular among angry white
youth. . . .
There's some new group from Britain called
"Chomba Womba" which is supposed to be left-wing.
The name alone is promising.
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RELEASED TODAY: In March 1997, employer
As I understood the lead story in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, the
great Maratime Crisis between the U.S. and Japan largely concerned the U.S.
need to have Japanese longshore workers put in more hours; otherwise Japan
would have an unfair trade advantage.
Isn't free trade great?
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Michael
The Los Angeles Times Sunday, September 21, 1997
Trade:
GOVERNMENT BY AND FOR THE ELITES
By Kevin Phillips
WASHINGTON -- Ask the average American about "fast track" and you'll
probably get a questioning response about dog races, stock cars or White
House
The Los Angeles Times Tuesday, September 23, 1997
BIG BUSINESS, BIG BUCKS: The rising tide of corporate political
donations. Not even a public outcry over workplace deaths can drown out
the sound of money, critics say
WHERE BIG DONORS TREAD,
BIG FAVORS SEEM TO FOLLOW
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, valis wrote regarding the labor theory of value:
For instance, I just unpacked a space heater that's far smaller, hotter
and smarter than anything previous, and only 40 bucks, tax included.
But, oops!, there it is: "Made in China," so suddenly I'm wondering
whether I
Richard Parkin wrote:
(b) Gramm is assuming a 4% real rate of return - what has been the
_real_ rate of return of the U.S. stock market for the past 75 years? (Doug?)
Around 7% total return (dividends plus price), since 1825; bonds, around
4%, since 1857. Two problems with these numbers,
Hamilton Spectator, Tue 21 Oct 1997 N1 / Front
Teachers give noon ultimatum: Kill contentious Bill 160 sections or strike
starts in 48 hours: unions
By: Carolyn Abraham and Bill Dunphy
As parents scramble to find someone -- anyone -- to look after their kids,
teachers and the Ontario
At 10:39 AM 10/22/97 -0500, you wrote (various portions deleted) :
1. The SS system will become insolvent when the baby boom generation
become recipients in about 15 years. The reasons are demographic.
2. To continue the system as it is will increase the tax burden to the
point where it is
does anyone know Tom Michl's e-mail address? It can't be
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bitnet was phased out.
thanks ahead of time.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://clawww.lmu.edu/1997F/ECON/jdevine.html
"A society is rich when material goods,
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Pyongyang, October 21 (KCNA) -- The ideological and cultural
"Business Economics" also had an article with
the same conclusion. Weather
the recent data are only a "short cycle" (1986-1995) around the long-term
decline (1945-1985) remains to be seen.
Thanks. I'd appreciate a more complete cite,
if you can provide it.
Max
In a message dated 97-10-20 11:06:02 EDT, you write:
Work at EPI by Dean Baker and Larry Mishel is counter-evidence; it
finds profit rates have risen and are at record highs. (See our
'profits' briefs on our web site).
"Business Economics" also had an article with the same conclusion.
Those interested in the New Zealand Economic Experiment may be
interested in a brief paper by Paul Dalziel, Reader in Economics,
Department of Economics and Marketing, Lincoln University.
I reproduce its abstract and conclusion below. Paul has not yet had
it accepted for publication, but is
I have been following this LTV discussion, admittedly not too closely,
and I'm struck by how slippery its determinants are becoming as
entrepreneurial Wild-Westism proceeds in the world.
For instance, I just unpacked a space heater that's far smaller, hotter
and smarter than anything
October 22, 1997
By SETH MYDANS
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A businessman pays for a home-remodeling job with
his Mercedes. A chauffeur says imported milk powder for his two children
now costs more. A real estate agent spends his afternoons sipping iced tea
in an upscale mall: nobody is buying.
In response to my question,
Hmm. What can the "exchange-value" of a good (as opposed, for example, the
good's "value") refer to, if not to price *in some sense*?
Ken writes
COMMENT: What I wrote here was incorrect or at least misleading. I simply
wanted to distinguish exchange value from
A few days ago Senator Phil Gramm gave a Landon Lecture at Kansas State
University on the subject of reforming Social Security. Probably at
least a 1000 attended or watched on campus tv, and the entire text of his
talk was printed in our paper, followed by an approving editorial. I
would like
John B Exdell wrote:
1. The SS system will become insolvent when the baby boom generation
become recipients in about 15 years. The reasons are demographic. In
1950 there were 16 workers for every beneficiary, paying 2 per cent of
their paychecks into the system. Today there are only 3.9
In a message dated 97-10-22 12:37:59 EDT, you write:
The Chilean system devotes about 30% of it revenues to administrative
overhead - brokerage fees, recordkeeping, and marketing by the approved
mutual funds.
Moreover,
Medicare and Medicaid administrative expenses/premium ratios are also
Phil,
Are you coming to Toronto November 7-9?
Sid
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, James Devine wrote:
does anyone know Tom Michl's e-mail address? It can't be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (what I had in my records), since as far as I know,
bitnet was phased out.
thanks ahead of time.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Los Angeles Times Sunday, September 21, 1997
Europe:
WITH TIMES TOUGH, FASCISM COMING BACK
By Martin A. Lee
WASHINGTON -- An Italian wine company recently sparked an uproar
when it introduced a new brand with a picture of Adolf Hitler on its label.
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The price of goods imported into the United
I got some private mail from a PEN-Ler:
"A personal request, if you have time, and because of your recent points on
pen-l.
"Teenage kids of an Iranian friend of my family have been reading Nazi-type
web pages and have become convinced that Jews own all of Hollywood and in
fact most of the US
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RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 Louis Proyect wrote, in part:
The problem is that skinhead propaganda *does* appeal to the mood of
frustration that must exist among many of America's youth who see nothing
ahead of them except dead-end jobs flipping burgers. If somebody tells them
that the Jews are to
"maxsaw" [EMAIL PROTECTED] quotes and sez:
. . .
Right now one of the only signs of optimism is the fact that bands
like
Rage Against the Machine are among the most popular among angry white
youth. . . .
There's some new group from Britain called
"Chomba Womba" which is supposed to
On Wed, October 22, 1997 at 15:45:16 (-0400) Louis Proyect writes:
This raises some very interesting issues. Part of the problem is that
American Jewry *is* an important part of the ruling class. It *does* wield
enormous power in Hollywood, real estate, retail and Wall Street investment
banking.
Can anyone fill me in on the origins of the term "wage slavery"?
I made a comment including this term to describe capitalist
relations, eliciting the ire of a co-worker. I ad-libbed a bit and
explained that the term slave, according to the dictionary, means "one
who is bound in servitude to
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