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outsiders skim off a lot of the money from the casinos--accountants, lawyers, etc.
A lovely example:
Can Nelson Mandela be bribed?
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The usual offsetting argument has been that of
increasing in-kind benefits not taken into account. Of
course conservatives have tended to pounce on that and have
published lots of papers claiming that the poverty rate has
fallen because of all the extra in-kind benefits.
Here's the Green Party of California Alameda county analysis
from http://petra.greens.org/cal/alameda/props98.html :
Recommendations for November 3rd 1998 General Election
From the Alameda County Green Voter Guide
Proposition 5: Tribal-State Gaming Compacts
Yes
Proposed by a coalition
The item that is arguably among "necessities" that has
gone way up since Mollie Orshansky's original calculations
in comparison to both food and other items is housing
costs, not surprising given that recent poverty has
manifested itself most dramatically in sharply higher rates
of
Peter Bohmer writes:
I agree that the poverty rate underestimates poverty. However it is not true
that the food budget is multiplied by 3 to arive at the poverty level.
This was
true in 1964 but the poverty level is determined each year by applying the
increase in the CPI to the previous
Note: i sent this before but don't believe it got posted. Please ignore if you
already received it.
Peter Bohmer wrote:
James Devine wrote:
Frank presented a useful understanding of how draconian the "poverty level"
cut-off is. But he missed another factor. The poverty cut-off level = 3 *
I was wondering about that austerity package. Reminds me of the expression
about the rats deserting a sinking ship. It's becoming clear what an IMF
"rescue" package means. A lifeboat for the rats.
An alternative title for this story could be "why the stock market won't
crash but the economy
October 29, 1998
ECONOMIC SCENE
An Expensive Fix That Won't Cure Brazil
By MICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN
The austerity plan spelled out Wednesday by Brazil will not solve its
financial crisis. Nor will a $30 billion to $35 billion bailout package,
including several billion from American taxpayers,
On Thu, October 29, 1998 at 09:35:35 (-0800) Michael Perelman writes:
Max Sawicky wrote:
Robert Rector at Heritage Foundation turns the argument
upside down: if the food budget is only 20 percent of
consumption costs now, then the poverty level should be
reduced.
I would like to see an
On Thu, October 29, 1998 at 08:56:20 (-0500) Trevor Evans writes:
As I recall De Cecco's point (also made in various careful historical
studies of the gold standard by Arthur Bloomfield) was that the gold
standard depended on constant discretionary intervention by Central Banks
to make it work.
Max Sawicky wrote:
Robert Rector at Heritage Foundation turns the argument
upside down: if the food budget is only 20 percent of
consumption costs now, then the poverty level should be
reduced.
I would like to see an estimate of the cost of keeping a job, and how much it
has increased
Jim Craven writes:
You know I just don't know how to answer this; I don't know the
specifics of the initiative in California.
I didn't want to summarize the initiative because I have only a vague
description in my head, though I'm leaning toward voting "yes." The
initiative is pro-gambling on
Jim Craven wrote:
Right now two Canadian oil companies are vying for rights to oil and
minerals at Browning and in Alberta and the competition is intense
(very oil-rich and mineral-rich lands) and payoffs, so-called
"consultants" and all sorts of inducements are being applied to the
On 29 Oct 98 at 8:03, James Devine wrote:
I can see the downside of Indian gambling casios _compared to_ say, a
rational investment policy for the reservations involving education,
improved technology, and the like (I'll let the Indians decide what they
need here). But this doesn't tell me
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WASHINGTON, DC--Taking steps to fill the void that has
plagued the American military-industrial complex since
the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright announced yesterday that the U.S.
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Alberta sterilization
I can see the downside of Indian gambling casios _compared to_ say, a
rational investment policy for the reservations involving education,
improved technology, and the like (I'll let the Indians decide what they
need here). But this doesn't tell me whether or not I should vote for the
California
Friends,
In the October issue of Monthly Review, I have a review of two books:
Roger Horowitz's "'Negro and White, Unite and Fight'," about the
packinghouse workers' union and "Blacks and Reds" by Earl Hutchinson.
In commenting on the Communist Party's debate about race, I mentioned
various
Frank presented a useful understanding of how draconian the
"poverty level"
cut-off is. But he missed another factor. The poverty cut-off level = 3 *
the starvation diet. But what about that 3? When Orshansky did the
calculation, poor people were spending 1/3 of their incomes on food. But
As I recall De Cecco's point (also made in various careful historical
studies of the gold standard by Arthur Bloomfield) was that the gold
standard depended on constant discretionary intervention by Central Banks
to make it work. The idea that there was ever a self-regulating exchange
rate
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BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1998
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1. An economics professor Michael Perelman wrote me, "One of our people in
Chico is comparing the Indian health service with genocide. Also, what are
your feelings about Indian gaming?"
2. I wrote back to Michael, cc'ing Jim Craven, "Hi, Michael. I'm sure that
Jim could add to this, but on the
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Subject: CHANNEL 13 AT l0 PM TOMORROW--PLEASE PASS IT ON
Below please find an email posting that would be appropriate to
publicize the release of GLOBALIZATION HUMAN RIGHTS from Globalvision.
It would be great if you could forward this to other parties
From: CyberBrook [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Culture, Class, and Cyberspace etc.
A friend of mine sent this to me. Some of these links might be of interest ...
[Ethnicity and Culture Section]
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being:
African American Critical Theory and Cyberculture
At 20:36 28/10/98 -0800, you wrote:
Tom's message on Cuba makes me think about the 2 directions of the new
Cuba: opening up to more and more market relationships with the resulting
inequalities and the development of new technologies that engender self
sufficiency -- e.g. organic agriculture, new
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