[PEN-L:12763] The Internet Anti-Fascist: Tuesday, 12 Oct 1999 -- 3:83 (#341)

1999-10-17 Thread Paul Kneisel
__ The Internet Anti-Fascist: Tuesday, 12 October 1999 Vol. 3, Numbers 83 (#341) __ ARCHIVES REVEAL U.S., BRITAIN KNEW

[PEN-L:12764] Re: Re: Again, the prison class

1999-10-17 Thread michael perelman
Jim is correct that adults are better students. I often thought that universities should be off limits until a person becomes at least 25. Unlike Jim, I do have a good number of good, young students, but I think that they could get even more out of the experience if they were older. Jim Devine

[PEN-L:12762] COMIBOL

1999-10-17 Thread Sam Pawlett
The Rise and Fall of Comibol. The Political Economy of Bolivian Tin. The Founding of Comibol. The national revolution of 1952 was one of the most important events in Bolivian history. It was led primarily by the militant, armed miners who after the revolution pressured the government into

[PEN-L:12761] Note on Neo-Liberalism

1999-10-17 Thread Sam Pawlett
Beginning in the 1970's and continuing today, Latin American countries have undertaken reforms and restructuring in the mining sectors of their economies. This process is part of a wholesale restructuring of the Latin American economies, which in turn, is part of a continuing global restructuring

[PEN-L:12759] RE: Laffer on Mundell

1999-10-17 Thread Max Sawicky
I was consorting w/some big shots this week, including a few Extremely Conservative economists to whom Laffer is a figure of fun, particularly for his self-promoting ways and delusions of grandeur. Among the cat hissing re: Mundell was the observation that apparently Mundell's work implies that a

[PEN-L:12760] Re: Again, the prison class

1999-10-17 Thread Jim Devine
At 08:37 PM 10/16/1999 -0700, you wrote: >Michael, one more thought. I don't recall how old you are, but those of us >who were teaching during the Vietnam war all remember how much the vets >contributed to the classroom atmosphere. They probably had a great deal in >common with your prisoner stu

[PEN-L:12758] Environmental disaster in North Carolina--product of lax hogindustry regulations

1999-10-17 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, October 17, 1999 Hurricane Reveals Flaws in Farm Law By PETER T. KILBORN KENANSVILLE, N.C. -- In the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd, loose regulations that helped eastern North Carolina become the nation's biggest producer of turkeys and the second biggest of hogs have come back to haun

[PEN-L:12757] equal pay act

1999-10-17 Thread Ellen Frank
Can someone tell me about the Equal Pay Act of 1963? What are it's provisions? What employers are covered? Have there been many (any) successful suits brought on this basis? Are there any employer sanctions? Thanks for any info you can give me. Ellen Frank