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

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

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

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

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

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:12760] Re: Again, the prison class

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

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

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

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

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

[PEN-L:12757] equal pay act

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

[PEN-L:12756] Re: Again, the prison class

Re Vietnam Vets. One of my students (who had spent a year in a veterans hospital) told me that the wounded patients in the hospital divided rather sharply between those wounded before Tet and those after -- the former still being for the war, the latter against it. Carrol

[PEN-L:12755] Re: Again, the prison class

Michael, I am 53 and began teaching in 1969. Yes, I had many veterans as students. We used to hit the bars together. They were a good group, and we used to argue a lot. Some were offended when I was the only prof on my campus to cancel classes during the first anti-war moratorium in 1969.