Greetings,
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Dave Markland wrote:
Shawgi wrote:
The other major problem caused by the basic internal
contradiction is that private ownership of the means of
production determines that the motive behind production is the
creation of maximum capitalist profit.
Let's just take the basics of Marx's theory of the financial and monetary
aspects of the cycle. In the face of bankruptcy, Asian producers are trying
to honor financial obligations (sales having turned out to be at prices
lower than used in preceding obligations); they are ready to sell their
Rakesh Bhandari wrote:
I must say that I am rather
surprised that Doug thinks it possible to evaluate the "long-wave" vitality
of US capitalism, independently of the situation as a whole.
May I quote myself, from LBO #80?
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Long upswing? Maybe the estimable Anwar Shaikh, a Marxian
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Ricardo writes: ..."the production of subjects" is nothing new; it was
tried, with very
After I tried to end this silly debate, Ricardo says that: I agree, but
there are too many disingenuous remarks on your part to let then go.
Hmm... I must have hit a raw nerve, for Ricardo is stooping to insults.
Look it up: "disingenuous" is a close cousin of "dishonest."
I initially thought
Doug Henwood wrote,
Given their track record over the last 20-25 years, you have to give U.S.
crisis managers the benefit of the doubt in their ability to turn potential
disaster to their advantage. That's not to say they can do it forever,
but
This is the one fact that would tend to dim
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Devine, don't try to sound so innocent now. Anyone who read your last
missive on
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1997:
The country's purchasing executives are optimistic about the economy for
1998, with expectations of higher revenues compared with 1997 and record
bullishness on manufacturing employment for the coming year, the
National Association of Purchasing
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x-posted from publabor list. An interesting little follow-up
from the recent utopia discussion on pen-l.
12/10/1997 10:22 EST
France May Go to 35-Hour Work Week
PARIS (AP) -- France's leftist Cabinet adopted a
Sid Shniad wrote:
I heard the author of Dilbert interviewed on national CBC radio a while
back. The guy's a reactionary individualist whose perspective is a kind
of with it cynicism about anything social (i.e. unions, politics, etc.)
I think that too many people embrace his stuff without
Well, do I rate some sort of prize for initiating the sleeper thread
of the year? Given the weather today here in Wisconsin,
a one-way ticket to Cuba would suit me fine.
I'll explain the virtues of Net access to skeptical Fidel Co,
show them how many friends they already have in cyberspace,
and
It's never a waste of time to discuss the foibles of mass-culture, because
that's where the politics of transnational capital get fought out. Heiner
Mueller, the great German playwright, once wrote that "Der Text weist
mehr als der Autor", or, "The author's text knows more than the author
Kitchener Waterloo Record
15 November 1997
Privacy fear raised over education bill
By Luisa D'Amato
The Ontario government is poised to give itself the power to collect
and disclose private information about students - including medical
problems, sexual orientation and religious
That's kind of expensive for a sub to DS, isn't it, Robin? ;-)
There is a small book that gives a left critique of Dilbert and Adams. I
have looked through it but do not remember the author. I know that
Dollars and Sense gives it away to people who donate, I think, more than
$60 to DS.
How exactly are these productivity figures arrived at?
jd
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There was a question the other day about productivity performance in the
U.S. Here are some numbers, current through last week's downward revision
of the 1997Q3 stats. Though there was a bounce in the 1997Q2 Q3 figures,
performance
In my view, Dilbert is the embodiment of cynicism. His message is that
action to modify one's situation is inherently doomed to failure because
people are all idiots. Perhaps Dilbert is the quintessential post modern
cartoon.
Sid Shniad
At 08:15 PM 12/9/97 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
in a
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Yale's Labor
At 08:15 PM 12/9/97 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
in a socially harmless way. The author's politics are a perfect fit for the
way the cartoon is consumed. Don't rebel, don't unionize - laugh at the
stupid boss!
But Doug, laughing and rebelling or unionizing do not have to be mutually
exclusive.
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Doug Henwood wrote:
Ricardo:
That's just what Marx hoped for, but the fact is that workers have
shown little inclination to "create themselves" into Marxists.
That's why Lenin wrote What is to be done?
This is silly. Lenin wrote this in order to help construct a socialist
party in Russia based on the German
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The following continuation of my discussion with Ricardo is becoming
extremely boring
1. Max's magisterial deconstruction of Dilbert ignored a crucial character:
Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, armed with a large spoon. The world
waits for Max's analysis.
2. Libertarians like Scott Adams often have very good senses of humor --
like their cousins the anarchists, but unlike
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1997
Labor relations officials participating in the Bureau of National
Affairs' annual survey of employer bargaining objectives express
confidence that they will achieve their goals in contract talks with
union representative in 1998. The survey's findings
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