Michael Perelman wrote:
>So long as prices remain somewhat linked to values the price system gives
>capitalists relatively good information about the underlying structure of
>the system. Over time fictitious capital accumulates and with it, prices
>lose their relationship with values.
When, whe
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Friends,
Suppose that we took all of the jobs in the U.S. or any similar economy and
asked, what fraction of these jobs are "good" jobs. By good I mean not just
decent wages and benefits and reasonable hours (no doubt this eliminates a lot
of jobs already) but jobs which allow the holder to en
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Anthony P D'Costa wrote:
> Buddhism in Malaysia?
You're right; I meant Thailand.
valis
My understanding of value theory is relevant to Louis's theory of
miscalculation. This relates to Rakesh's earlier request that I say
something about ficititious capital.
Marx's value theory, as I read it, tells us what the system MUST do to
remain coherent.
So long as prices remain somewhat
During Lenin's reign, the USSR initiated the most audacious nature
conservancy program in the 20th century. Soviet agencies set aside vast
portions of the country where commercial development, including tourism,
would be banned. These "zapovedniki", or natural preserves, were intended
for nothing
At 12:11 30/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
We don't really need utopias. We need
>plain language to describe a world where people can work 10 to 20 hours a
>week producing a basket of goods that can satisfy all but those addicted to
>shopping. What would go with this is a clean and healthy environment,
I wonder whether the collapse in Malaysia and South Korea will stimulate
Buddhist revivals. There are likely a lot of yuppies in those lands
ready for a new/old way of looking at life.
Papa Karl, though long dead, may handily pull off what the Aum cult
absurdly tried to achieve in Japan with ner
The labor movement is undergoing important, even potentially profound
changes while confronting daunting challenges. As we grapple with both
change and challenge and grope toward some as yet uncertain future, the need
for thoughtful, creative, and provocative analysis becomes ever more urgent.
Th
Michael Perelman wrote:
>One of my students dates the beginning of the U.S. decline to Roe vs.
>Wade.
Of course, Roe v. Wade basically restored the pre-AMA standard of a century
earlier.
Doug
500,000 more children are living in poverty in Canada today than
in 1989 - a 58 percent increase. This brings the number of
children considered to be living in poverty to a record 1.5
million. The latest information on this was released in a report
by Campaign 2000, a coalition of 60 agencies lob
Counter-revolution has its limits as a development strategy.
Regards,
Tom Walker
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Doug wrote:
>There's myth and there's myth. While I absolutely understand and sympathize
>with Marx's critique of utopianism, I also think that the loss of any dream
>of utopia has had terrible effects on real politics - we just can't imagine
>anything fundamentally different from what exists now
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Tom Kruse:
>
>And herein, perhaps, part of the explanation of the massive spread of
>evangelical sects: they do meet that "need" -- just add water, makes it's
>own sauce, with all the attendant self-deception Doug alluded to. (Note:
>the Catholic Church here is on the counter-attack: they recentl
On another list (Labor-L) Sam Lanfranco observed,
>As one who has not specialized in the ups and downs of the Asian
>economies, these are the observations of an economist who has not
>specialized in the region, but one who has watched the region for a good
>30 years. In my view there are two over
What has Calcutta got to do with anything? Or is this valisspeak?
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Anthony P. D'Costa (Upto December 12, 1997)
Associate Professor Senior Fellow
Comparative International Developm
On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Michael Perelman wrote:
> One of my students dates the beginning of the U.S. decline to Roe vs.
> Wade.
A self-involved quibbler, s/he.
I'd put it at the day after the first Thanksgiving dinner.
"I grant thee that these darkies can be charming, my wife,
but there remains a l
On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Anthony P D'Costa asserted:
> What has Calcutta got to do with anything? Or is this valisspeak?
No point turning me into an Orwellian bogey. I'm just a humble lurker
trying to learn a few things by dawdling over my job, the laundering
of hair shirts in the faculty lounge.
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