Re: On Marx's economic doctrine

2000-05-06 Thread Chris Burford
It is a fine gesture by Charles to commemorate the anniversary of Marx's birth, to reprint the second and third part of "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism". This must have been the introduction of tens of millions to marxism. Rather than just take it as a worthy

Muzsikás and Bela Bartok

2000-05-06 Thread Louis Proyect
Last night (May 5, 2000) I heard one of my favorite groups in concert. Muzsikás consists of 3 fiddlers, a bass player and vocalist Márta Sebestyén, all from Hungary. Augmented by classical violinist and mimimalist composer David Balenescu and two terrific dancers, they performed a program based

Re: On Marx's economic doctrine (fwd)

2000-05-06 Thread md7148
Chris Burford wrote: It is a fine gesture by Charles to commemorate the anniversary of Marx's birth, to reprint the second and third part of "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism". I agree. However it provides no answer in terms of the political process under conditions

Excellence in journalism

2000-05-06 Thread Seth Sandronsky
Penners, Finally, clarity from the suites about the recent protests in the streets against the WTO/IMF/WB. See below. Seth Sandronsky The Calgary Sun Tuesday, May 2, 2000 Mystery lurks behind protest Many will be surprised when

AP on current attitudes toward the bombing

2000-05-06 Thread Stephen E Philion
May 5, 2000 China Shepherds US Ties After Bomb By The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- China and the United States are wrangling anew over Taiwan, trade and a host of human rights complaints. A year after U.S. bombs shattered China's embassy in Yugoslavia, bitterly strained relations have

Jiang walks tightrope between left and right (fwd)

2000-05-06 Thread Stephen E Philion
Saturday, May 6, 2000 Jiang walks tightrope between left and right WILLY WO-LAP LAM Communist Party ideologues have temporarily wound down their campaign against rightists, or "bourgeois-liberal" intellectuals who advocate faster political reform. The main reason is that the hard left has

Why the US Wins

2000-05-06 Thread Michael Perelman
I thought that you might find this interesting. I assume that football would make an even greater contribution to development. Atkinson, Anthony B. 1999. The Economic Consequences of Rolling Back the Welfare State (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press). 30: Regression of growth rates on dummy variables