Last post I ended with a series of questions, one of which was:
which class headed the "first wave of enclosures" between 1450-
1525 (leaving aside for now the observation that a sizable % was
already "enclosed" before that wave).
I should clarify right now that an "enclosed" field need not
P.K. O'Brien, then, thinks that the overall message of the existing
literature is that English lords enjoyed greater extra-economic
powers than their couterparts in France. While he acknowledges
recent studies which indicate that royal courts did succeed in
protecting the customary rights
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2000
RELEASED TODAY: In September, 202 metropolitan areas reported unemployment
rates below the U.S. average (3.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted), while
119 areas registered higher rates. Twenty-six metropolitan areas had rates
below 2.0 percent, with
Two great quotes from Time, Labor and Social Domination (p. 80). I would
be more than happy to discuss, if anyone else is interested:
". . . those positions that assert the existence of a totality only to
affirm it, on the one hand, and those that recognize that the realization
of a social
This query is based on an argument advanced some years ago by Sweezy and
Magdoff. I can't remember the exact source, but I believe it was an MR
Review of the Month. They were speaking specifically of socialist
society, and argued that one of the mistakes of Soviet theorists was to
assume that
Hello all. I'm an open-minded economist who mostly hangs around
libertarian-leaning economists, but who is interested in engaging economists
who lean far in other directions. :-) I have been lurking on this list for
two months now, and now want to politely ask one question.
What do
Today's papers carry the news that car sales are weakening. I'm not
surprised. Careful empirical observation has shown that the average age
of the car on the road in Northern California is about 45 days.
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What do progressive economists think of how well speculative markets
aggregate information, relative to feasible alternatives?
have you read Doug Henwood's book, WALL STREET? It's a good place to start
(and it's well written).
One might
reasonably complain that stock and other financial
I'm not sure where this topic came from. From LBO-talk?
This query is based on an argument advanced some years ago by Sweezy and
Magdoff [Huberman?]. I can't remember the exact source, but I believe it
was an MR Review of the Month. They were speaking specifically of
socialist society, and
Jim Devine wrote:
I'm not sure where this topic came from. From LBO-talk?
No -- just off the top of my head. I was getting tired of the election.
Carrol
Of course, he actually ran for president back
in 1948 on the Dixiecrat ticket. Even took a few
states. Also holds the record for the longest filibuster,
over 24 straight hours in 1957 against an early civil
rights bill. A real man of principle, although I understand
that bladder strain
At 10:48 AM 11/2/00 -0500, you wrote:
Of course with these probabilities, Nader and even
Buchanan and McReynolds and Browne and Magelin
should be discussed.
hey, it's Hagelin! let's give the meditators their due...
BTW, I've noticed a lot of more stuff on US National Public Radio about
. . . Or do most progressive economists grant
that, whatever their other failings, such betting markets do reasonably
well in terms of producing accurate timely estimates, at least if we set
aside long-term aggregate price movements?
Robin Hanson
I'd say you are glossing over the most
Third quarter growth was 2.7%, in contrast to 5.6
in the second quarter. The Fed's rate hikes may
finally be having their effect. We're sinking
to the "correct" rate of economic growth, lest
further episodes of incorrectly excessive growth
lend further ammunition to those who would discount
the
Is it too late to have Mel Carnahan run instead of Gore?
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JDThis equates "laws of motion" with the unforeseen consequences of the
"invisible hand" of the market. I don't see why other systems might have
unforeseen consequences of purposeful action, though of course, they'd be
different. For example, Kornai argues that USSR-style top-down planning
This query is based on an argument advanced some years ago by Sweezy and
Magdoff. I can't remember the exact source, but I believe it was an MR
Review of the Month. They were speaking specifically of socialist
society, and argued that one of the mistakes of Soviet theorists was to
assume that
Hi Robin,
What do progressive economists think of how well speculative markets
aggregate information, relative to feasible alternatives?
I would suggest looking at speculative market reactions to downsizing
reports in the 1980s and 1990s. Job cuts were greeted by jumps in stock
prices.
Timework Web wrote:
Two great quotes from Time, Labor and Social Domination (p. 80). I would
be more than happy to discuss, if anyone else is interested:
Plunge ahead see what happens.
Carrol
I asked:
What do progressive economists think of how well speculative markets
aggregate information, relative to feasible alternatives?
Jim Devine responded:
have you read Doug Henwood's book, WALL STREET? ...
Yes.
Iowa Electronic Markets (http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/) ...
Does that market
all hail the Repugs
Full article at http://www.iht.com/IHT/TODAY/FRI/FIN/tax.2.html
Paris, Friday, November 3, 2000
U.S. Bill to Avoid Trade War Falters in Tax-Cut Battle
By Steven Pearlstein Washington Post Service
WASHINGTON - The bitter battle between President Bill Clinton and Congress
At 07:52 PM 11/02/2000 -0500, you wrote:
Isn't the point of abolishing capitalism to create the world in which we
aren't governed by the "law of motion"? Marx wrote: "This fact simply
means that the object that labour produces, its product, stands opposed to
it as something alien, as a power
Back when I was a freshman in econ. history class I asked "if it's
invisible how can we tell if it's a hand?"
E.K. Hunt argues that it's a foot.
Can't we get past these metaphors.
the only kind of theory that exists in social science is metaphorical (or
rather involves a simile: the model
At 09:57 PM 11/02/2000 -0500, you wrote:
Let's say I want a probability estimate right now of the chance Bush will win.
What specific library or conversation should I go to get get a better estimate
than I could find at Iowa Electronic Markets?
can't it be said that the chances are 100% that
Pen-l,
As money banks close and food banks open, the annual interest rates on
payday loans can reach triple-digits.
Seth Sandronsky
Today's papers carry the news that car sales are weakening. I'm not
surprised. Careful empirical observation has shown that the average age
of the car on the
Department of Economics
California State University, Chico
August 2001
The Position: The Department of Economics invites applications for a
full-time tenure track position in environmental and
natural
Robin, we have discussed your question quite a bit in the past. Polls are
obviously flawed. The people who play the Iowa game are fairly well informed,
so they can use information that goes beyond a simple poll.
I don't think that markets do a particularly good job of managing
JD
the only kind of theory that exists in social science is metaphorical (or
rather involves a simile: the model is like the phenomenon being
investigated). All efforts to "merely describe" what's going on
(empiricism) involves some sort of theory, often covert. So we're
stuck...
The hope
Carroll Cox wrote,
This query is based on an argument advanced some years ago by Sweezy and
Magdoff. I can't remember the exact source, but I believe it was an MR
Review of the Month. They were speaking specifically of socialist
society, and argued that one of the mistakes of Soviet theorists
Robin Hanson replied
.. speculative market reactions to downsizing ...Subsequent analysis,
.. found no significant relationship Bre-X ... buying into a
swindle ...
I'll accept these as specific examples of errors in market
estimates. But the question is whether some other source has
These extracts from the FT are strongly influenced by their materialist?
marxist?? opinion that the demands of a complex modern commodity market,
require a change in the superstructure to bourgeois democratic norms.
Is this true? Or only partly true?
One of the crunch issues is whether it
In some ways the report below echoes opinions widely expressed two years
ago by commentators in the west. However the report below suggests that it
is now part of authoritative Chinese Communist thinking.
Chris Burford
London
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Marx, Engels Predict Globalization in Communist Manifesto
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