[PEN-L:9758] The Internet Anti-Fascist: Tues, 27 July 99

1999-08-01 Thread Paul Kneisel
__ The Internet Anti-Fascist: Tuesday, 27 July 99 Vol. 3, Numbers 58 (#299) __ INTRODUCTION TO THE PACIFICA FOUNDA

[PEN-L:9759] Re: RE: Technology critics (Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: BillMcKibben)

1999-08-01 Thread Michael Pollak
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Max B. Sawicky wrote: > N.B. Directions to Jones Beach > > By train and bus, take the LIRR from Penn Station to Freeport; buses run > from Freeport to Jones Beach every half hour; roundtrip tickets to Jones > Beach include bus fare. Needless to say, not an option when the

[PEN-L:9760] Re: General Equilibrium II

1999-08-01 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day all, Enjoyed the equilibrium bash a lot. Ta. Jim, inimitably, writes: >For my part, the so-called "retreats" (glimpses of recognition of aspects of >reality and the inability of the marginalist paradigm to seriously recognize >or deal with those aspects--e.g. imperfect and asymmetric acc

[PEN-L:9762] Re: Re: Technology critics (Re: Bill McKibben)

1999-08-01 Thread frances bolton
Michael writes: > >On second thought, Max's point does seem to undercut the "artifacts have >politics" idea if what is meant by that is that politically inscribed >artifacts might impose politics on people that didn't share them by >themselves. Because the bridges didn't accomplish their purpose

[PEN-L:9765] Re: Re: Technology critics (Re: Bill McKibben)

1999-08-01 Thread Michael Pollak
I could be wrong, but I think everyone on this list would agree that technology and engineering have been used as tools in social and economic struggles. I thought you were claiming more than that. My mistake. Michael > Frances Bolton writes: > > I don't think the fact that there happened to

[PEN-L:9761] Re: Technology critics (Re: Bill McKibben)

1999-08-01 Thread Michael Pollak
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Max B. Sawicky wrote: > N.B. Directions to Jones Beach > > By train and bus, take the LIRR from Penn Station to Freeport; buses run > from Freeport to Jones Beach every half hour; roundtrip tickets to Jones > Beach include bus fare. On second thought, Max's point does see

[PEN-L:9763] RE: Re: RE: Technology critics (Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: BillMcKibben)

1999-08-01 Thread Max B. Sawicky
thanks for the clarification. mbs On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Max B. Sawicky wrote: > N.B. Directions to Jones Beach > > By train and bus, take the LIRR from Penn Station to Freeport; buses run > from Freeport to Jones Beach every half hour; roundtrip tickets to Jones > Beach include bus fare. Nee

[PEN-L:9767] Hayek on Keynes

1999-08-01 Thread Doug Henwood
I just pulled my ancient copy of Hayek's Road to Serfdom down from the shelf, and noticed this jacket blurb from J.M. Keynes: "In my opinion it is a grand book... Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it; and not only in agreement with it, but in de

[PEN-L:9768] Re: Hayek on Keynes

1999-08-01 Thread Michael Perelman
Keynes was not in favor of planning at all. He wanted all microeconomic desisions left to the market. He dd want to give more discresion to public/private organizations let by elite figures. Doug Henwood wrote: > I just pulled my ancient copy of Hayek's Road to Serfdom down from > the shelf, a

[PEN-L:9769] Re: Re: RE: Technology critics (Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: BillMcKibben)

1999-08-01 Thread Eugene Coyle
I did some work around 1988-1989 in New Jersey re access to beaches there. The beach communities in New Jersey are actually quite accessible by railroad from Newark and other urban areas. But it was very expensive to get ON the beaches, once you reached the beach towns. From Colonial times, the

[PEN-L:9770] Re: Re: General Equilibrium II

1999-08-01 Thread Eugene Coyle
Jesus, Rob, couldn't you just wish for appendicitis or a terrible disease of some sort to get out of the thesis? Some of us have finished the thesis and don't need the end of the world. Although a nice stock market crash is welcome. Gene Rob Schaap wrote: > G'day all, > > Enjoyed the equilib

[PEN-L:9771] Re: Re: Hayek on Keynes

1999-08-01 Thread Doug Henwood
Michael Perelman wrote: >Keynes was not in favor of planning at all. He wanted all microeconomic >desisions left to the market. He dd want to give more discresion to >public/private organizations let by elite figures. Well yes, Keynes was quite the anti-Bolshevik and anti-Marxist. But Hayek w

[PEN-L:9772] RE: Hayek on Keynes

1999-08-01 Thread Lisa & Ian Murray
Hayek had the ultimate plan for the state; plan the design of the state in such a manner to foil all attempts at planning. As inspector Cleuceau said: "a plan that cannot possibly fail." Hayek was also amiss on the problem of the transition to capitalism [i realize he was dead, but if he was su

[PEN-L:9773] RE: Re: Hayek on Keynes

1999-08-01 Thread Lisa & Ian Murray
Keynes advocated state trading in basic commodities in the context of international trade. See Robert Gilpin's "The Political Economy of International Relations" for the direct quote [mine's on loan] ian > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behal

[PEN-L:9766] Capitalism is killing Russian men

1999-08-01 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, August 1, 1999 Road to Capitalism Taking Toll on Men in the Former Soviet Bloc By PAUL LEWIS UNITED NATIONS -- Across many of the post-Communist countries of the former Soviet Union and in parts of Eastern Europe, the ratio of men to women is falling, the United Nations says in a new

[PEN-L:9774] Re: Re: Re: Hayek on Keynes

1999-08-01 Thread Sam Pawlett
Doug Henwood wrote: > > Michael Perelman wrote: > > >Keynes was not in favor of planning at all. He wanted all microeconomic > >desisions left to the market. He dd want to give more discresion to > >public/private organizations let by elite figures. > > Well yes, Keynes was quite the anti-Bol