I wrote:
>>it's true that these change. But my presumption is that racist and sexist
>>practices change due to impacts from capitalism which (1) disrupt the
>>power of the dominators and/or (2) strengthen the struggles of the
dominated.
Bill writes: >In the case of women's suffrage, if I rememb
In Canada, and I believe in the US, the 1st WW was the impetus to
the prohibition movement. Women left the labour market in droves
following the war leaving the situtation in circa 1920 more or less
as it was in 19 13. Space for women only opened up after the 2nd
WW.
Paul Phillips,
Economic
Some 20 years ago a friend bought for me a copy of an old tract he had come
across in a used book store, _Lightning over the Treasury Building or an
expose of our banking and currency monstrosity -- America's most
reprehensible and un-American racket_ by John R. Elsom, "a clear and concise
treatis
Michael Hoover wrote:
>> NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1999---barnesandnoble.com today
>> announced Monica's Story continues to gain momentum in sales. Yesterday,
>> the company announced the newly released book had moved into its number
>> one current bestseller spot on Tuesday.
>>
>> As o
Michael Perelman wrote:
>Jim D. asked about the historian who took note of the relationship between
>fascism and big business.
>
>Wasn't his name Abraham? Run out of academia, I believe.
David Abraham. Became a lawyer I think.
Doug
At 02:49 PM 3/5/99 -0800, you wrote:
> Under proposition 13, assessments are fixed except for slight increase to
>reflect inflation until the property sold. Interestingly enough, business
>property sold less frequently than private dwellings. Consequently, more and
>more tax burden shifts from b
On Friday, March 5, 1999 at 14:45:23 (-0800) Michael Perelman writes:
>Jim D. asked about the historian who took note of the relationship between
>fascism and big business.
>
>Wasn't his name Abraham? Run out of academia, I believe.
David Abraham, *The Collapse of the Weimar Republic: Political
Jim D writes:
> I think the only reason one can see capitalism as the "root cause" of
other
> oppressive institutions is dynamic. Like a virus, capitalism
continually
> spreads, attacking preexisting institutions like racism and patriarchy
and
> either destroying them or, perhaps more likely, tra
will you notify pen-l folks when the Political Economy Research Institute has a web
presence?
Are there any publications or working papers?
What are the projects?
By the way, congratulations on the Living Wage book. It is really quite good.
Jeff Thompson
Another correction. The year of the US Senate race in Virginia between
John Warner and the LaRouchoid Nancy Spannaus as the official (but disavowed
by the Party) Democratic candidate was 1990, not 1988.
Barkley Rosser
>
> More, recently, during the Viet Nam war, eight
> disparate souls were charged with conspiracy . . .
But the late Abbie Hoffman, one of those charged,
later said "we were guilty as hell."
mbs
I think that the main lesson of the brouhaha surrounding Davis's "factoids"
and "inaccuracies" is that in order to be a leftist and especially a
Marxist historian, you have to jump through more scholarly hoops than does
the mainstream historian. Having a left perspective (about any topic that
att
Students are always asking questions for which I don't have answers. Thus,
I always learn something new from teaching. Two questions came up this
past week.
First, prior to the creation of the income tax, what sorts of taxes did
the federal gov't use to raise its revenues? All I could come up
Sorry; intended for another recipient (still, it is pretty scary)
"When I want to get in touch with a market-oriented person or
organization I first check Atlas's web page."
Jerry Jordan
Member of the Mont Pelerin Society
President of the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland
These are the right wing types you should be worried about:
http://www.atlas-fdn.org/
I agree with Gar, Seth, Gore Vidal, Carrol, Sam and Tom K. on the points
cited below -- even though those points may not themselves appear to be 100%
in harmony. "Conspiracy" is probably one of the strangest metaphors in the
English language. If you stare at it long enough it can apply to anything
Friends,
I was at the meeting of National Governing Board of Pacifica Radio in
Berkeley reported in the current "Counterpunch" listed below. Speaker
after speaker--past and current Pacifica programmers, and
listener/sponsors--spoke for their allotted two minutes(!), stridently
criticizing th
What would the list of left (or at least left of center) think tanks be?
I count:
Economic Policy Institute
Institute for Policy Studies
Jerome Levy Economics Institute ?
Preamble Center
Center for Economic Policy Analysis
Transnational Institute
The Century Foundation ?
Center on Budget and Poli
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This "boys will be boys" attitude is directly related to the military's
difficulty of keeping good pilots. Also, the killer instinct disrepctful to
rules and authroity is considered a desirable quality in "top gun" fighter
pilots. The acquittal of the pilot is really an indictment of the system.
from SLATE, March 5, 1999: >The WP and NYT make it clear just how sweeping
the acquittal [of the pilot who killed a bunch of Italians by flying
recklessly] was: Not only was Ashby cleared of involuntary manslaughter and
negligent homicide but also of charges of dereliction of duty and
destruction
Somebody can correct me, but my understanding is that through most of
the 19th century tariffs were indeed the number one source of revenue for
the federal government, with the major exception of during the Civil War
when I think an income tax may have been levied. The tariff rates were muc
try the economic policy network website at: http://epn.org/idea/econlink.html
At 11:27 AM 3/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>What would the list of left (or at least left of center) think tanks be?
>I count:
>
>Economic Policy Institute
>Institute for Policy Studies
>Jerome Levy Economics Institute ?
>Pr
1) Guy Robinson has a brief but interesting observation on King Lear in his
"Philosophy and Mystification," a book primarily concerned with defining a
Marxist approach to philosophical problems. He says that the clash between
Lear and his two "ingrate" daughters-Regan and Goneril--is about feudal
You can add the new institute here at U Mass Amherst, co-directed by Jerry
Epstein and myself. It is called the Political Economy Research Institute
(PERI). Coordinates for it are on my signature below.
-- Bob Pollin
At 11:27 AM 3/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>What would the list of left (or at lea
institute for women's policy studies
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What would the list of left (or at least left of center) think tanks be?
The daily business report today seems to be adopting the language of
postmodernism. I read there about "the crucial subtext of Fed Chairman
Alan Greenspan's remarks in his recent Humphrey-Hawkins testimony
before Congress." Perhaps, business week to support. The pompous
ambiguity of Greenspan m
Dear Mike,
Caught a few minutes of some cat named Henry Aaron from the Brookings
Institue on Chicago TV explaning how the Clinton Social Security
privatization plan would invest in the stock market via a mechanism similar
to the Federal Reserve Board. This didn't go far enough to please a Dr.
F
david dorkin wrote:
>What would the list of left (or at least left of center) think tanks be?
>I count:
>
>Economic Policy Institute
>Institute for Policy Studies
>Jerome Levy Economics Institute ?
>Preamble Center
>Center for Economic Policy Analysis
>Transnational Institute
>The Century Foundat
>From the NY Times, Jan. 27, 1999:
"Ecology of Fear" (Metropolitan Books), with its thesis that the modern
megalopolis of Los Angeles has no business existing in the
earthquake-ridden Southern California desert, has unleashed a pent-up
firestorm of criticism over Mr. Davis's methods after 16 wee
Dear Pen-L,
Anyone have any idea of the number of Americans who live in trailers
a/k/a manufactured homes?
Your email pal,
Tom L.
At 03:53 PM 3/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> More, recently, during the Viet Nam war, eight
>> disparate souls were charged with conspiracy . . .
>
>But the late Abbie Hoffman, one of those charged,
>later said "we were guilty as hell."
Of course, he was well-known for saying all sorts of things
Under proposition 13, assessments are fixed except for slight increase to
reflect inflation until the property sold. Interestingly enough, business
property sold less frequently than private dwellings. Consequently, more and
more tax burden shifts from business to the home owner.
DOUG ORR wrote
Jim D. asked about the historian who took note of the relationship between
fascism and big business.
Wasn't his name Abraham? Run out of academia, I believe.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901
Colin: >Why assume that patriarchal or race-privileging structures and
institutions cannot be dynamic or unstable? If we've learned anything
about cultures in recent decades it is that they are seldom static.
Patriarchs or racists may present specific practices and beliefs as
hallowed by traditio
> NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1999---barnesandnoble.com today
> announced Monica's Story continues to gain momentum in sales. Yesterday,
> the company announced the newly released book had moved into its number
> one current bestseller spot on Tuesday.
>
> As of 3 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, M
> Anyone have any idea of the number of Americans who live in trailers
> a/k/a manufactured homes?
> Tom L.
1 in 16 people nationally, 1 in 6 out west (there are Nevada counties
where manufactured housing comprises more than 50% of housing stock)...
manufactured housing increased 230% between 19
On Friday, March 5, 1999 at 15:33:14 (-0800) Jim Devine writes:
>Colin: >Why assume that patriarchal or race-privileging structures and
>institutions cannot be dynamic or unstable? If we've learned anything
>about cultures in recent decades it is that they are seldom static.
>Patriarchs or racist
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