Re: Re: query: intro textbooks

2000-03-14 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Pen-pals, Was it here someone was asking about micro-readings? If so, have you seen Louis Putterman's *The Economic Nature of the Firm: A Reader* (1993, CUP) - all the biggies - from Smith, Marx, Hayek, Coase, Chandler, Simon, Liebenstein, Jensen etc etc - and a very useful piece by Bowles

school vouchers

2000-03-14 Thread Rod Hay
Any one involved in this issue that can give a overview of what this means? A Florida judge has ruled that it is a violation of the state's constitution for students to use taxpayer money for private school tuition, curtailing the nation's boldest experiment at using market pressure to improve

The Internet Anti-Fascist: Tuesday, 14 Mar 2000 -- 4:22 (#400)

2000-03-14 Thread Paul Kneisel
A complete run of the Antifa Info-Bulletin is available through Friday. It is in a zip file at . The file is "afib.zip" and is about 4.6 Mb in length. _ The Internet Ant

The ten most important events in American industrial history

2000-03-14 Thread JKSCHW
I have been asked by a documentary filmmaker who is doing a short (12 min.?) film on US industrial history for a pretty mainstream context what are the 10 absolutely must-include events, preferably with a bias towards stuff for which there exists film. Given the context and the buyer it cannot

EPI Fellowship/Deadline Approaching

2000-03-14 Thread Max Sawicky
[Note: The April 1 deadline is 'soft' in the sense that if a few documents, such as transcripts or letters of recommendation, arrive a few days late that is not a problem. We do need to receive something from the applicant by April 1 reflecting serious interest.] THE MARCIA McGILL RESEARCH FEL

Fwd: Re: A Few Questions

2000-03-14 Thread Jim Devine
People on pen-l may be amused/bemused/confused by the following, my response to an e-missive I received today: >>Dr. Devine, I read some of your material and it looks very similar to >>what some Austrian School economists have been saying. Would you classify >>yourself as an Austrian School ec

Japan

2000-03-14 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, March 14, 2000 Japan Is Back in Recession, Statistics Show By STEPHANIE STROM TOKYO -- Defying official optimism, trillions of yen in government spending and other financial stimulants, Japan's economy showed its underlying weakness Monday in statistics that indicated a retreat back i

RE: The Danger of GDP

2000-03-14 Thread Max Sawicky
Where are the Red Guards when you need them? mbs Subject: [PEN-L:17103] The Danger of GDP This message is dedicated to people all over the world. . . . by Juchang He

Re: Grants: Canada Council of the Arts

2000-03-14 Thread Timework Web
Ken Hanly wrote: > Grants: > $4,100 for a "communication device to interact wtih rotting > grapefruits". > $15,000 to "produce year two of the continuous garbage > project". (remeber this is an arts grant) > $15,000 for a "chapbook called "WHere did my Ass go?" My grant application to the Social

Re: intro textbooks

2000-03-14 Thread Michael Keaney
K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Doug's review will most likely appear in the Monthly Review in the not too distant future. As I've said before, this book is well worth consulting. Michael K. on 13/3/00 8:47 pm, Eugene Coyle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: RE: RRPE

2000-03-14 Thread Michael Keaney
K Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Having just renewed my sub directly with Elsevier, does this include my URPE membership? Michael K.

introductory micro text

2000-03-14 Thread Trevor Evans
I would be grateful for suggestions for a good (or least bad) introductory micro text. -- I think someone else asked a few months ago, but I regret that at the time I didn't note the answer, and I can't find it in the archives. With thanks. Trevor Evans Paul Lincke Ufer 44 10999 Berlin Tel & F

Re: Re: x

2000-03-14 Thread chang
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