Re: Re: Jim D.'s Micro Marx

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/15/00 05:38PM >>> >I guess I should throw in, for Marx , the basic contradiction of >capitalism is the private (micro) nature of appropropriation and the >social (macro) nature of production. right. As far as I know, Marx never said that. Engels did, though.

Re: Re: Re: Jim D.'s Micro Marx

At 10:25 AM 9/18/00 -0400, you wrote: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/15/00 05:38PM >>> > >I guess I should throw in, for Marx , the basic contradiction of > >capitalism is the private (micro) nature of appropropriation and the > >social (macro) nature of production. > >right. As far as I know, Marx n

Re: Petrol protests are "anti-market", not "anti-tax"

Michael Keany: >The situation in Britain is very complex, not least because of the lack of >an effective organised Left opposition. One aspect of the fuel protests that >has not, to my knowledge, been fully realised has been the vulnerability of >public order to this sort of "spontaneous", "leader

Jim D.'s Micro Marx

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/18/00 11:05AM >>> At 10:25 AM 9/18/00 -0400, you wrote: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/15/00 05:38PM >>> > >I guess I should throw in, for Marx , the basic contradiction of > >capitalism is the private (micro) nature of appropropriation and the > >social (macro) nature of p

AG talks to the American Bankers Association today...

full speech at http://www.federalreserve.gov/BoardDocs/Speeches/2000/2918.htm ...The subsequent evidence appears persuasive that the combination of a lender of last resort (the Federal Reserve) and federal deposit insurance have contributed significantly to financial stability and have

BLS Daily Report

> RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) > increased 0.1 percent in August, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of > 172.7 (1982-84=100), BLS reported. For the 12-month period ended in > August, the CPI-U increased 3.4 percent. The Consumer Price Index for > Ur

BLS Daily Report

BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2000: Today's News Release: "Producer Price Indexes -- August 2000", indicates that the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.2 percent in August, seasonally adjusted. This index showed no change in July and increased 0.6 percent in June.

Re: BLS Daily Report

Is this Black hole a metaphor , or is it mathematically exact analogy ? CB (( __The current account deficit -- the broadest measure of the U.S. trade gap -- hit yet another record high last quarter. But there is little evidence so far that it is hurting the U.S. economy or the dolla

looking for a book on the global economy

Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global economy. The ideal book would: discuss the origin, management, and consequences of third world debt, the politics and economics of structural adjustment,

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

How about Robin Hahnel's recent book (South End Press)? I've forgotten its title. At 01:07 PM 9/18/00 -0700, you wrote: >Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and >I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global >economy. The ideal book would:

Re: Mugabe defends land takeovers atHarlemmeeting

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/16/00 08:43AM >>> At 12:21 PM 9/16/00 +0100, you wrote: > >Does the justice of Mugabe's land struggle, and national struggle against >IMF interference, outweigh the injustices of individual bourgeois >democratic rights in that country? > >Chris Burford Land ownership

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

Peter: Have you looked at the Field Guide to the Global Economy by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh? It might be too colloquial in its approach, but it is probably worth getting an exam copy. (The New Press, thenewpress.com). Joel Blau Peter Dorman wrote: > Well, campers, my teaching team has

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and >I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global >economy. The ideal book would: > >discuss the origin, management, and cons

Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

Ellen Frank wrote: >When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten Not my favorite book: . Doug

RE: Re: BLS Daily Report

> > Is this Black hole a metaphor , or is it mathematically exact analogy ? > > CB In either the July or August Federal Reserve Bulletin, they do sound pretty scared about the trade deficit. Also the latest issue of Foreign Policy has a piece by Martin Wold titled "The Mother of All Meltdowns" h

Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

Let me suggest an alternative to finding a single book on the topic, whether Greider, Korten or whomever. I generally find books that focus on a single aspect more useful, such as the following: 1. "Dying for Growth: Global Equality and the Health of the Poor", edited by Kim, Millen, Irwin and Ge

Raking Gore's Muck

Al Gore is the only realistic choice for President in 2000. So say many white progressives. And yet Gore stinks from his own political muck. Cockburn and St. Clair's new book demonstrates why. Raking Gore's Muck By Kendall Clark muckrake v.intr. search out and reveal scandal, esp. among

The Business of Books

[This is the preface to the newly published "The Business of Books" by André Schiffrin, who was chairman of the very distinguished Pantheon Press until it was bought by Si Newhouse Jr.'s Random House. After it was gutted, it was sold to the highest bidder. Under Schiffrin, Pantheon Press published

The Internet Anti-Fascist: Friday, 15 Sep 2000 -- 4:75 (#468)

__ The Internet Anti-Fascist: Friday, 15 September 2000 Vol. 4, Number 75 (#468) __ Book Review Alexander Step

Can scientific discoveries crimp economic growth?

full article at http://www.iht.com/IHT/TODAY/TUE/IN/cern.2.html Paris, Tuesday, September 19, 2000 Glimpse of 'God Particle' Reported Atom-Smasher Upgrade on Hold as Physicists Pursue Object By Curt Suplee Washington Post Service WASHINGTON - Officials at the European Laboratory for Particle

Re: Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

I asked for a critique of Korten a while ago. I skimmed his book some time ago. I found his research sloppy, his rhetoric excessive, and his recipes idealistic but that was ages ago that I looked at the book. I had the book only a short time and did not spend much time on it so my evaluation may b

Re: Can scientific discoveries crimp economic growth?

And NOW for the rest of the story? Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: Lisa & Ian Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Lbo-Talk@Lists. Panix. Com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 8:10 PM Subject: [PEN-L:2037] Can scientific discoveries cr

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

Barbara Stallings and Stephan Haggard, both political scientists, could be a start. World Development had a special issue on the Asian crisis. xxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor Comparative International Devel

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

How about the following. Second half consists of great case studies. Bill Title The globalization of poverty : impacts of IMF and World Bank reforms / Michel Chossudovsky. Author Chossudovsky, Michel. Published London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Zed Books ; Penang, Malaysia : Third World Netw

Petrol protests are "anti-market", not "anti-tax"

Louis P. wrote: Michael, this was very interesting for what it reflects about British politics, but I would suggest that the issues underlying the petrol protests transcend the British Isles. For the forseeable future, we will be dealing with a world-wide nexus of issues that could have profound

Petrol protests are "anti-market", not "anti-tax"

The Herald (Scotland), 19 September 2000 Future deal with oil firms hits blockade CATHERINE MacLEOD and MICHAEL SETTLE THE first round in a tough battle between the Government and oil companies, to ensure a future fuel protest could never again paralyse

"Democracies" poisoned Iraqi water

The Sunday Herald (Scotland)Sunday, September 17, 2000 Allies Deliberately Poisoned Iraq Public Water Supply In Gulf War The US-led allied forces deliberately destroyed Iraq's water supply during the Gulf War - flagrantly breaking the Geneva Convention and ca