Re: Miscalculation

1997-12-01 Thread Ajit Sinha
At 18:04 30/11/97 +0001, Michael P. 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

us and them

1997-12-01 Thread Thomas Kruse
Greenhouse Gas Issue Pits Third World Against Richer Nations New York Times, November 30, 1997 By WILLIAM K. STEVENS KYOTO, Japan -- Of all the many issues in the talks that begin in Kyoto on Monday on cutting emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, none carries more considerations of

RE: LITTLE JESSICA

1997-12-01 Thread Fellows, Jeffrey
Hoax, hoax, hoax. -- From: Ajit Sinha To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: LITTLE JESSICA Date: Monday, December 01, 1997 12:26AM Hi ! Everybody, LITTLE JESSICA MYDEK IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND IS SUFFERING FROM AN ACUTE AND VERY RARE CASE OF CEREBRAL CARCINOMA. THIS CONDITION CAUSES SEVERE

Re: FW: LITTLE JESSICA

1997-12-01 Thread Paul Zarembka
I saw a similar message to this one which was subsequently stated to be a fraud. I believe one should verify such messages before circulation and I doubt the authenticity of this one. Paul *** Paul Zarembka, using OS/2 and

Re: M-I: Ecology in the USSR, part 2

1997-12-01 Thread Mark Jones
Lou Proyect cited: Another hater of nature was the hack Maxim Gorky whose novel "Belomor" depicts the great dictator drawing up battle-plans against nature: "Stalin holds a pencil. Before him lies a map of the region. Deserted shores. Remote villages. Virgin soil, covered with boulders.

FW: Daily Reportboundary=---- =_NextPart_000_01BCFE4A.8D72D780

1997-12-01 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BCFE4A.8D72D780 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1997: The United States economy grew at a 3.3

IMF throttles Korea

1997-12-01 Thread Sid Shniad
The Financial Post MONDAY DECEMBER 1 1997 South Korea: GOVERNMENT AGREES TERMS FOR IMF LOAN By John Burton in Seoul and Phil Halliday in London South Korea said early this morning that it had reached agreement with the International Monetary Fund on

Re: utopias

1997-12-01 Thread Doug Henwood
Tom Walker wrote: My utopia is one in which _all_ of the left immediately stops doing what they're doing and writes novels. Not because the novels would be likely to have much political impact. But because the stopping-doing-what-they're-doing might. Many (most?) on the left have been holding

Re: utopias

1997-12-01 Thread Michael Eisenscher
At 03:18 PM 12/1/97 -0800, Tom Walker wrote: [SNIP] Someone is reported to have once asked Samuel Gompers what labour really wanted. He replied "More." Ironically, it was also Samuel Gompers who said that as long as a single worker was unemployed, the hours of work were too long. I spent part of

utopias

1997-12-01 Thread James Devine
Tom writes: On utopias. Here my world is populated with those who formerly held a pretty clear (we thought) utopia in our heads, and tried to act accordingly. I think that the utopias that many held were cleaned-up (idealized) versions of the old USSR or some other USSR-style country (just as

Re: FW: LITTLE JESSICA

1997-12-01 Thread Michael Eisenscher
HINT: The American Cancer Society RECEIVES contributions, used in turn to fund cancer research and treatment. Why would it then turn around to DONATE 3 cents per message toward research. It is not in the business of making donations but rather receiving them and then dispensing the funds.

Re: Miscalculation

1997-12-01 Thread Doug Henwood
Ajit Sinha wrote: I don't understand how 'value theory' and its relation to price is related to the prices of stock in the stock market? Is there any relation between stock market ups and downs with the relative price fluctuations of goods and services? Anwar Shaikh argues that stock returns

Re: Fictitious Value

1997-12-01 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Note to list: Please forward to me all your accumulated fictitious value and in return I will provide one genuine, jaw-breaking 'piece of eight' that you can use to barter for cigarettes, dope, antiquarian Marxist tracts, and other things of 'real' value. Sincerely, MBS

FW: LITTLE JESSICA

1997-12-01 Thread Ajit Sinha
Hi ! Everybody, LITTLE JESSICA MYDEK IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND IS SUFFERING FROM AN ACUTE AND VERY RARE CASE OF CEREBRAL CARCINOMA. THIS CONDITION CAUSES SEVERE MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS AND IS A TERMINAL ILLNESS. THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN HER SIX MONTHS TO LIVE. AS PART OF HER DYING WISH, SHE WANTED

Re: A thought

1997-12-01 Thread Anthony P D'Costa
Buddhism in Malaysia? xx Anthony P. D'Costa (Upto December 12, 1997) Associate Professor Senior Fellow Comparative International Development Department of Economics University of