Re: RE: Martin Feldstein

2000-04-16 Thread Michael Perelman
thanks. I found it based on your clue: Social Security and Private Saving: New Time-Series Evidence (in Confirmations and Contradictions) Dean R. Leimer, Selig D. Lesnoy The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 90, No. 3. (Jun., 1982), pp. 606-629. "Max B. Sawicky" wrote: Lesnoy and Leamer

Re: RE: Re: RE: More on A16 fire hazard

2000-04-16 Thread Jim Devine
At 11:34 AM 04/16/2000 -0400, you wrote: "Max B. Sawicky" wrote: . . . Protesters' Headquarters Raided, Shut Down Incredible. What's incredible about it? It seems quite ordinary to me -- but I suppose it depends on one's assumptions about capitalist democracy. Carrol I think that it's

tax news

2000-04-16 Thread Jim Devine
fromSLATE, April 16, 2000: The New York Times leads with a study showing that last year, for the first time, the IRS was more likely to audit the poor than the rich. ... The IRS stories detail a new Syracuse University study showing that audit rates for those making $100,000 or more have

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: More on A16 fire hazard

2000-04-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
O.K. This seems right. My question: Does the novelty (or at leas relative novelty) of the reaction reflect someone's deliberate estimation of the threat, or merely a more-or- less run of the mill police over-reaction? . . . [mbs] It's an over-reaction if you are interested in upholding the law,

Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: More on A16 fire hazard

2000-04-16 Thread M A Jones
- Original Message - From: "Jim Devine" [*] In CAPITAL, Marx goes a long distance with the contrast between "what's good according to capitalist standards" (trading at value, equal exchange) and how the system works in practice (exploitation in production). Surely Marx's entire

billionaires (fwd)

2000-04-16 Thread Michael Hoover
probably too much to expect that below-types will start jumping from fifteenth floor windows any time soon (and their going bye-bye won't destroy capitalism), but one can hope... Michael Hoover Here's how some famous billionaires fared as the stock market plunged this week. William H.

Re: worm on pen-l????

2000-04-16 Thread Chris Burford
At 15:53 15/04/00 -0700, you wrote: I just found this warning. The message with the worm seems to calm from pen-l. Should I/we be concerned? The (Win95/Happy99.Worm) virus was detected in (Perelman, Michael\Happy99.exe) and was sent by ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Action: (File was not Cured,

Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: More on A16 fire hazard (fwd)

2000-04-16 Thread md7148
there is no "contrast" between the real (exploitation) and the moral (equal exchange) in Capital. It is capitalism, not Marx, that creates the contrast, to make us believe free market distributes fairly. Marx objectively reads capitalism as the way it is.. Mine [*] In CAPITAL, Marx goes a

Saturday

2000-04-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Just back from the festivities. I have no idea if or how the WB/IMF proceedings have been affected. It was quite clear, however, that downtown D.C. was shut down. For the convenience of the WB/IMF, the police blocked off a huge area in the heart of downtown. There were few cars to be seen on

RE: Saturday

2000-04-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Just back from the festivities. . . . and I don't even know what day it is. Caveat emptor. mbs

Re: Saturday

2000-04-16 Thread Louis Proyect
Max wrote: Just back from the festivities. I have no idea if or how the WB/IMF proceedings have been affected. It was quite clear, however, that downtown D.C. was shut down. For the convenience of the WB/IMF, the police blocked off a huge area in the heart of downtown. There were few cars to

Re: Saturday

2000-04-16 Thread Timework Web
Meanwhile, it's monday in Asia where the Nikkei has lost about 5% in early trading. Tom Walker

Re: Saturday II

2000-04-16 Thread Timework Web
Did I say 5%? Make that 9% now. The Hang Seng is down 8% as the wave sweeps around the globe. Tom Walker

Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: More on A16 fire hazard

2000-04-16 Thread Jim Devine
"At 07:13 PM 04/16/2000 +0100, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "Jim Devine" [*] In CAPITAL, Marx goes a long distance with the contrast between "what's good according to capitalist standards" (trading at value, equal exchange) and how the system works in practice

Re: billionaires

2000-04-16 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Pen-Pals, The Margin Call - a sound never heard by ordinary punters in Australia before - is booming across the land. The market here is down 6 per cent for the morning, and there's no sign of serious bottom-feeding yet. Of course, you have to remember that NewsCorp is a whopping

Re: Re: Saturday II

2000-04-16 Thread Rod Hay
And with every fall, wealth distribution becomes more equal, and I am relatively better off. Rod Timework Web wrote: Did I say 5%? Make that 9% now. The Hang Seng is down 8% as the wave sweeps around the globe. Tom Walker -- Rod Hay [EMAIL PROTECTED] The History of Economic Thought

Re: Re: Re: Saturday II

2000-04-16 Thread Eugene Coyle
Going to buy an SUV? Gene Coyle Rod Hay wrote: And with every fall, wealth distribution becomes more equal, and I am relatively better off. Rod Timework Web wrote: Did I say 5%? Make that 9% now. The Hang Seng is down 8% as the wave sweeps around the globe. Tom Walker -- Rod

D.C. Shut Down

2000-04-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
If you work for the Feds at a site between 12th and 21st street, and south of K, you've got a day off tomorrow. Cars will be kept out of a larger area, south of M. So tomorrow may look a lot like today -- an inner, totally fortified area inside of which the meetings go on, and a somewhat larger

Lagavulin was Re: Hundreds arrested

2000-04-16 Thread M A Jones
Max, you should never have confessed to being teetotal. Helas, I drank the whisky. I did toast your health several times so the feng-shui might have done you some good. That's the only upside I can think of. Oh, and for being good sports, I've just subbed you and Enrique to the CrashList where

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: More on A16 fire hazard

2000-04-16 Thread M A Jones
- Original Message - From: "Jim Devine" In volume III, as he turns to the issue of how competition works and how the participants perceive the system and act on those perceptions, he drops the assumption that commodities trade at value (so that there is unequal exchange, the