It is not clear to me that a currency board inevitably involves fixed
exchange rates which cannot be devalued.
By definition, it does. You peg your currency to a stronger one,
abandon any exchange controls, and adopt the rule that your monetary
base will never exceed your central bank's
lots to read and do.
everyone please have a Happy and a Merry!
moderator: what are the magic words to unsub?
norm
First of all, this sort of smug communication has no place here. Second, for
those who are interested, I would suggest a look at Kulikoff, Allan. 2000. From
British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers (Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina Press).
Thanks for the source. That's a
Further proof based on genetic research in support of the "Out of Africa"
thesis in a New York Times article seems to demonstrate conclusively that
homo sapiens moved out of the continent as late as 52,000 years ago.
Study Supports Theory That Modern Humans Originated in Africa
still getting PEN-L posts.
moderator or poster: please tell me how to unsub. also, how to sub again
next year.
have a nice holiday season.
thx, norm
We are all Africans now.
Charles B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/00 10:46AM
Further proof based on genetic research in support of the "Out of Africa"
thesis in a New York Times article seems to demonstrate conclusively that
homo sapiens moved out of the continent as late as 52,000 years ago.
Get ready to fight Bush. Bush will win because the U.S. Supreme Court is out there
fully political, and the House of Representatives is Republican majority like the
Supreme Court.
The Wall Street Journal poll is because they see that the issue is going to be the
battle over the legitimacy of
Whatever made you think we'd let a sleeper within the trenches and
fortifications of the bourgeoisie, the very seat of the state apparatus,
leave us, comrade Mikalac?
To quote a great revolutionary anthem: you can check out any time you like
but you can never leave.
MWAUHAHAHA!
Love and
I am not interested in your interpretation of my ethics. This sort of
talk does not belong here. I am tired of having to warn you.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 10:00:49AM -0400, Ricardo Duchesne wrote:
First of all, this sort of smug communication has no place here. Second, for
those who are
I am sending this to the entire list.
Just send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
unsub pen-l
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:28:31AM -0500, Mikalac Norman S NSSC wrote:
lots to read and do.
everyone please have a Happy and a Merry!
moderator: what are the magic words to unsub?
norm
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/08/00 08:25PM
Here is a big general question for you regarding markets:
What is the implication for your various analyses from the widespread
existence of black markets? Black markets have existed not only with
respect to specific commodities (drugs, alcohol, etc.), but
note: the numerous "communist" books arriving at my door have alarmed my new
Nepalese wife who has visions of the police coming to arrest me soon. i
tried to explain to her how the system works around here . but .
i'll be back soon after completing the design for my latest rocket for
fyi
max
Just Our Bill
by Dennis Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Saturday, December 02, 2000
Lito Pena is sure of his memory. Thirty-six years ago he, then a
Democratic Party poll watcher, got into a shoving match with a Republican
who had spent the opening hours of the 1964 election doing
i'll be back armed with the collective wisdom of Friedman and LaRouche to
roll back the Red Tide at PEN-L.
norm
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As a parting shot, norm wrote:
i'll be back armed with the collective wisdom of Friedman and LaRouche to
roll back the Red Tide at PEN-L.
One time, while browsing through the library of a colleague in the
economics department, I noticed that he had a copy of a searing critique of
Milton
DETROIT: PLANT CLOSINGS, LAYOFFS LOOM AT DAIMLERCHRYSLER
By Terri Kay
Detroit
DaimlerChrysler has launched a major restructuring of its
Chrysler subsidiary, headquartered in the suburbs of
Detroit.
Coming at the same time as a downturn in automobile sales,
this thinly disguised attempt to
A very common question from first and second year undergrad students who visit
my office is: "Have you read all these books?" I explain to them how lots of
books aren't read like you would a novel, that we use them as references, but
that I do read a lot of books, and I also have the opportunity
Yea, Max,
I figure the key thing we can get out of this tie election is to mar at least the Bush
presidency ( the important thing is stain the presidency ,not just the president) and
maybe the Supremacy Courtacy.
Charles B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/00 11:45AM
fyi
max
Just Our Bill
by
Regarding black markets:
Tom replied:
Your question presumes markets are anathema to socialists and I agree that
is a fair assumption with regard to "traditional marxists". There are also
market socialists, such as Justin Schwartz on this list. I happen to hold
Just in case, the words below are not mine. This was posted in the
H-World list
Further proof based on genetic research in support of the "Out of Africa"
thesis in a New York Times article seems to demonstrate conclusively that
homo sapiens moved out of the continent as late as 52,000
Mat wrote:
A very common question from first and second year undergrad students who visit
my office is: "Have you read all these books?" I explain to them how lots of
books aren't read like you would a novel, that we use them as references, but
that I do read a lot of books, and I also have the
Matt Forstater:
What blows me away is when a colleague asks me the same question. I've seen
Profs whose offices have maybe ten books on the shelf, half textbooks, the
rest
the books for the first year seminar they taught. And I don't think it is
because they have their real library at home.
What blows me away is when a colleague asks me the same question. I've
seen
Profs whose offices have maybe ten books on the shelf, half textbooks, the
rest
the books for the first year seminar they taught. And I don't think it is
because they have their real library at home. Different
As the Supremes rule on suppressing the right to vote in Florida, it is
worth remembering that Chief Justice Rehnquist got his start as a partisan
Republican poll watching to suppress the black vote through intimidation and
harassment. -- Nathan Newman
Just Our Bill
by Dennis Roddy, Pittsburgh
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Justin writes:
My experience of academia is that philosophy professors are not
intellectuals. My ex-colleagues at Ohio State were (are) not readers or
people of wide culture, or even much curiosity. They were mostly narrow
technicians who had found a little groove they were good at, generally
David Shemano wrote:
the left critiques of neoclassical economics is that neoclassical economics
incorrectly assumes that markets are "natural" and not a creation of the
rules of the political system, which reflect the interests of the powerful
in that system.
The rules of the political
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/00 02:03PM
Justin writes:
My experience of academia is that philosophy professors are not
intellectuals. My ex-colleagues at Ohio State were (are) not readers or
people of wide culture, or even much curiosity. They were mostly narrow
technicians who had found a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/00 12:50PM
With respect to Charles' reply, members of this list devote considerable
time attempting to determine when and where "capitalism" originated in
15-17th Centuries. But black markets/smuggling is a pervasive presence back
to ancient times. If so, why would
The Left should be furiously producing arguments and feelings that help to make the
current events the basis for delegitimizing the Bush regime as much as possible. We
should not be passive in the face of Wall Street Journal polls which are aimed at
influencing public opinion in exactly the
CB:
"The Left should be furiously producing arguments and feelings that help to
make the current events the basis for delegitimizing the Bush regime as much
as possible. We should not be passive in the face of Wall Street Journal
polls which are aimed at influencing public opinion in exactly the
The Washington Post, December 11, 2000, Monday, Final Edition
U.S. Advice Guided Milosevic Opposition; Political Consultants Helped
Yugoslav Opposition Topple Authoritarian Leader
Michael Dobbs , Washington Post Foreign Service
In a softly lit conference room, American pollster Doug Schoen
NY Times, December 11, 2000
Supporting the Cause on a Cruise
By ALEX KUCZYNSKI
ABOARD M.S. RYNDAM, off Cuba, Dec. 7 - Three hundred readers of The Nation
magazine sipped coffee and ate breakfast pastries in a dimly lighted
auditorium where they had gathered to hear a lecture about the
At 09:50 AM 12/11/00 -0800, you wrote:
My question was intentionally vague, so let me try and clarify. My
question is not about whether markets are "efficient." As I understand
it, one of the left critiques of neoclassical economics is that
neoclassical economics incorrectly assumes that
Forstater, Mathew wrote:
A very common question from first and second year undergrad students who visit
my office is: "Have you read all these books?" I explain to them how lots of
books aren't read like you would a novel, that we use them as references, but
that I do read a lot of books, and I
12/11/00 amended
Dear friends,
Please note that it is Justice ANTHONY Kennedy, not William (as in
Kennedy Smith -- I'm getting my Palm Beach Stories mixed up!). Send your
telegrams to Justice Anthony Kennedy (in addition to Justice O'Connor).
Also, here is a better link for the story on how
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/00 04:13PM
Forstater, Mathew wrote:
A very common question from first and second year undergrad students who visit
my office is: "Have you read all these books?" I explain to them how lots of
books aren't read like you would a novel, that we use them as references,
Also, Nathan, on the below, the WSJ poll might be a lie, at the key time. Who would
know differently ? How would it be proven in time to impact the current moment when ,
if people thought the majority were upset, it might feed the opposition and outrage at
the theft of the election.
Charles
Max to Nathan:
This Dem Party non-campaign on behalf of popular suffrage
that you embrace points up the limits of this maneuver.
It's not a strategy or commitment. It's a tactic with
the projected life-span of a fruit fly. In fact, it may
be over before you finish reading this sentence.
Charles, you surely remember Marx' aphorism "I am not a Marxist". So please
be careful in assuming to Marx what you think what Marx "held" in Capital.
I guess you are not the only member of this list who would deny the view
that "chapter one of the book by the same name" and all the three
critique of Milton Friedman
For a recent Marxist critique of Friedman see:
Fritz Fiehler:
Die Gesellschaft der Vermögensbesitzer. Über Geld, Chicago und Milton Friedman
[The Society of Private Wealth. On Money, Chicago, and Milton Friedman],
2000, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag;
252 pages, DM 39,80
"Chrysler workers must solicit support from IG Metall, the
union representing Daimler workers in Germany. This union
has fought militantly against corporate downsizing and would
undoubtedly lend its solidarity to the Auto Workers union in
this battle."
picture (DaimlerChrysler workers at
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2000
__The pace of job creation across the U.S. economy was sluggish in November,
as modest gains in the private sector were blunted by unexpected declines in
government hiring, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The
civilian unemployment rate
Charles Brown wrote:
CB: But after Bush wins, won't it be necessary to speak "at length" against Bush ?
Actually, time and space spent "speaking at length" against this
or that politician tends to deflect attention from more important
things. We need to speak against concrete policies on
USX goes global
By Arthur Perlo
After two decades of "relentless contraction," the nation's largest steel producer,
USX, has increased its production capacity by one-third, according to the Nov. 30 New
York Times.
You would think this would be welcome news. After all, since 1970, steel
In reply to Jim and anybody else:
Before I ask other questions, please provide me with a brief answer to the
following very basic question. I realize the answer will lend itself to
something much more comprehensive, but bear with me.
We all apparently agree that "markets" exist since the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/00 08:19PM
In reply to Jim and anybody else:
Before I ask other questions, please provide me with a brief answer to the
following very basic question. I realize the answer will lend itself to
something much more comprehensive, but bear with me.
We all apparently
Today's Wall Street Journal had an article on "Japan's Massive Debt
Threatens Any Recovery," with a sub-title "No Solution in Sight As Low Tax
Revenues Compounds Problem."
The news story calls attention to Japan's 8 fiscal stimulus packages since
1983 totalling 112 trillion yen -- "a figure
Illinois governor: My faith in death penalty was shaken
The following are the comments (slightly abridged) of Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan to
Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions Awards Dinner Nov. 30. Ryan,
a Republican was being honored for initiating a state moratorium
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/06/00 10:51PM
Actually, I think it is of historical interest only that Lenin changed his
mind in changed circumstnces in 1918. The question is, does supporting the
big bourgeoisie promote the cause in our circumstances? Neither Chris nor
Charles have given any reason
Of course I think philosophers (of all people) ought to be cultured people of
wide curiosity. However, it's a fact that in high-powered reserach
institutions and places that aspire to be like those places, they are mostly
not. I don't think philosophers are unique here: we see a general
What made you think I think that big bourgeois judges are OK? Actually, elections are
exactly where I think that liberal political values belong--not "liberal" in the sense
of Democratic party, which isn't even liberal in the New Deal-Great Society sense
anymore, but in the sense of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/00 08:19PM
In reply to Jim and anybody else:
Before I ask other questions, please provide me with a brief answer to the
following very basic question.
We all apparently agree that "markets" exist since the beginning of recorded
history. But marxists distinguish
At 10:27 PM 12/11/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Of course I think philosophers (of all people) ought to be cultured people of
wide curiosity. However, it's a fact that in high-powered reserach
institutions and places that aspire to be like those places, they are mostly
not. I don't think
David wrote:
We all apparently agree that "markets" exist since the beginning of
recorded history. But marxists distinguish "capitalism" as something
historically unique. If the defining characteristic of "capitalism" is
not markets, what is it?
There's been some debate about this issue on
I'd concur with Jim on how "capitalism" is normally defined as a
theoretical concept. Just to underline two points:
1. Marxist analysis focuses on production, not exchange. What
distinguishes the capitalist productive enterprise is that its profits
are controlled by the owners of capital, not
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