BLS Daily Report

2000-01-24 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2000 RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates remained stable in December. All four regions posted little or no change over the month, and 45 states and the District of Columbia recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage points or less. The national

recent publications

2000-01-24 Thread Fleck_S
To those of you who are URPE members - the URPE winter newsletter would like to announce any recent publications of members that have come out in 1999-2000 or are expected out soon. If you have more than one, then give me the two most recent or interesting ones. Please include the complete

Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread William S. Lear
On Monday, January 24, 2000 at 13:26:56 (-1000) Stephen E Philion writes: And what of the poorest Americans' loss of ground compared to the richest, as reported by the Fed? The apostles of equality consider the rising inequality kindling for social unrest. But while that

RE: Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. . . I'd like to see a point-by-point rebuttal to this, sent certified mail, to the authors. Let's draft it here and let Max send it off on his finest letterhead. Bill Send to who? And why on my letterhead? As I mentioned before (might have been on LBO), my boss Larry Mishel and I

Re: Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread Stephen E Philion
Hey, I didn't write that, it's from the NY Times article I sent to the list...Steve On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, William S. Lear wrote: On Monday, January 24, 2000 at 13:26:56 (-1000) Stephen E Philion writes: And what of the poorest Americans' loss of ground compared to the

Re: RE: Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread Michael Perelman
send me some Kleenex. "Max B. Sawicky" wrote: My favorite line from Cox was that one sign we are richer now is that we have bottled water rather than tap water. Something to bring tears to Perelman's eyes. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA

Re: Keynes and Relativity

2000-01-24 Thread GALBRAITH . JAMES
Here's a more readable version of J. Galbraith's message: Original message --- -( Forwarded letter follows )--- Subject: Re: Keynes and Relativity Thanks to Steve Keen and Sam LanFranco for an interesting