Re: Re: Re: Hardt and Negri on Genoa

2001-07-26 Thread Chris Burford
At 25/07/01 17:10 -0700, Michael wrote: Besides that, he gives a positive mention of pen-l. Ian Murray wrote: For a sympathetic reading of the Autonomist zone of Marxism that situates them [HN] and the last 25 years of econ-eco-politico-history/theory in some great contexts and with

Fwd: Re: Re: Re: Nice quote

2001-07-26 Thread W. Robert Needham
A student came up with the following. Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:20:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Zwolak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Re: [PEN-L:15527] Re: Re: Nice quote To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Status: Professor Needham, The second quote is by Richard Douthwaite. Please see:

Re: Hardt and Negri on Genoa

2001-07-26 Thread Tom Walker
Does anyone know: are Nick Dyer-Witheford and Nick Witheford one person or two? Tom Walker Bowen Island, BC 604 947 2213

Jamie Galbraith

2001-07-26 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day all, Yesterday, Australian Treasurer and Prime Minister-in-Waiting Peter Costello gave a long and (inevitably) simplistic speech on the virtues and inevitabilities of globalisation (I won't repeat it - you can pretty well imagine it verbatim). Tonight Jamie Galbraith graced SBS TV's

Re: Re: Hardt and Negri on Genoa

2001-07-26 Thread Rob Schaap
Tom Walker wrote: Does anyone know: are Nick Dyer-Witheford and Nick Witheford one person or two? I'm sure he's just him, Tom. Oops, there I go with my anachronistic unified subject again ... Cheers, Rob.

Kananaskis/Carlo Guiliani

2001-07-26 Thread Tom Walker
Kananaskis: Captain John Palliser, an early explorer of the valley, identified the area by taking the name of a local Indian who had overcome some remarkable circumstances. Palliser had written that he had heard of an Indian named Kananaskis, giving account of most wonderful recovery from the

Re: Hardt and Negri on Genoa

2001-07-26 Thread Tom Walker
No, seriously. There is (or was?) a grad student then prof. in the communications department at SFU named Nick Witheford. He was a skinny Brit with black hair and was a marxist (or student of marx). The smiling photo of Dyer-Witheford on his U of Guelph home page doesn't look exactly like the

Jamie Galbraith

2001-07-26 Thread Alex Izurieta
G'day also, Thanks to Rob for the summary of J. Galbraith' propositions. There are some parts that I sincerely do not understand very well (e.g. what Rob or James mean with Keynesian managed globalization -did such a thing ever existed?). Anyway, I do not feel obliged to 'interpret' or

Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Re: Nice quote

2001-07-26 Thread Michael Perelman
he is citing Keynes in the article. On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 07:56:26AM -0400, W. Robert Needham wrote: A student came up with the following. Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:20:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Monika Zwolak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Re: [PEN-L:15527] Re: Re: Nice quote To: [EMAIL

Re: Jamie Galbraith

2001-07-26 Thread Rob Schaap
Thanks for the reply, Alex. Keynesian managed globalization -did such a thing ever existed?). Well, Jamie called the quarter century after the War 'managed globalisation' (or something very like it). I thought it an interesting characterisation, too, but then, Keynes did talk to the Americans

RE: Jamie Galbraith

2001-07-26 Thread Max Sawicky
Nobody intended for the tax cut to have a Keynesian effect, even w/no spending cuts. If you're a keynesian, it's too small ($40b this year) and maldistributed. If you're not, its size is irrelevant. mbs In any event, J. Galbraith is, IMO, right in stating that if behind a tax cut there comes

The global fisc v. global risk (was Re: Jamie Galbraith)

2001-07-26 Thread Tom Walker
Alex Izurieta wrote, Less unlikely, but not highly probable either, would be a sort of worldwide coordinated reflation. But _given the alternatives_ doesn't the normal improbability of such a response take on at least a more intense hue of possibility? The institutional skeleton is there,

Why water is scarce now

2001-07-26 Thread Charles Brown
Why water is scarce now Max Ortiz / The Detroit News July 25, 2001 Deb MacInnes uses a sprinkler set on low at Four Seasons Garden Center in Oak Park. Natural and man-made factors have forced the first widespread restrictions since 1995. Over-watering exposes pressure and capacity shortage

Re: Re: Re: Hardt and Negri on Genoa

2001-07-26 Thread Ian Murray
Tom Walker wrote: Does anyone know: are Nick Dyer-Witheford and Nick Witheford one person or two? I'm sure he's just him, Tom. Oops, there I go with my anachronistic unified subject again ... Cheers, Rob. No thinker thinks twice; and to put the matter

Re: RE: Jamie Galbraith

2001-07-26 Thread Michael Pugliese
What about glomming onto Bob Greenstein CBBP, projections with that program #er crunchin' gizmo he has? Michael Pugliese - Original Message - From: Max Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:20 AM Subject: [PEN-L:15563] RE: Jamie Galbraith

Fw: WHAT ARE TOBIN TAXES?

2001-07-26 Thread Michael Pugliese
As y'all can see from the headers, from one of the RW lists I'm on. Michael Pugliese - Original Message - From: American Patriot Friends Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: APFN Yahoogroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: Re: RE: Jamie Galbraith

2001-07-26 Thread Max Sawicky
? What about glomming onto Bob Greenstein CBBP, projections with that program #er crunchin' gizmo he has? Michael Pugliese

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: One Backwards County

2001-07-26 Thread Marta Russell
Tim Bousquet wrote: The point I was trying to convey through the article is that with a simple nod in the direction of workers' rights, the local Supes could have done much for the betterment of people. They didn't, for all sorts of ideological reasons. It's very sad. BTW I am not in

Re: Re: Re: Re: Hardt and Negri on Genoa

2001-07-26 Thread Michael Pugliese
An ex-boyfriend (Lacanian) told me once that I, de-centered, and fragmented him! I got a larf out of him by saying he was my, libidinal cathexis. Michael Pugliese - Original Message - From: Ian Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:06 AM

UK = US a year ago?

2001-07-26 Thread Jim Devine
From the below, it sure looks as if the UK economic situation resembles that of the US approximately a year ago: Gordon, the fall guy If the economy does nosedive, it will take Brown's prospects with it Special report: global recession Larry Elliott and Charlotte Denny Thursday July 26,

BLS Daily report

2001-07-26 Thread Richardson_D
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2001: RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for June 2001 was 153.8 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.9 percent from June 2000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The Employment Cost Index

The Wealth Effect

2001-07-26 Thread Michael Perelman
Does anybody have any comments about the front page story in the Wall Street Journal today? They claim that consumer spending has been holding up because people are increasing their debt by refinancing their houses. In effect, the wealth effect is forestalling the recession. If they are

Re: The Wealth Effect

2001-07-26 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:53 PM 7/26/01 -0700, you wrote: Does anybody have any comments about the front page story in the Wall Street Journal today? They claim that consumer spending has been holding up because people are increasing their debt by refinancing their houses. In effect, the wealth effect is

RE: The Wealth Effect

2001-07-26 Thread Forstater, Mathew
wealth effects, wealth effects. first it was the stock market, now refinancing real estate. I think what we need to develop is the idea of not a wealth effect, but of Veblen-Duesenbury type debt-driven standard- of-living maintenace effects. People simply are not about to accept belt tightening,

you know you're an economist when ...

2001-07-26 Thread Jim Devine
for a good time, click on this: http://www.economy.com/default.asp Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

FW: Genoa - To all my non-italian friends

2001-07-26 Thread Alan Freeman
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The Wealth Effect

2001-07-26 Thread Robert Manning
The "wealth effect" in housing is partially being stabilized by low interest rates; monthly mortgage payments are stable due to relatively lower interest costs that have helped buttress higher sales prices. Many lower income households are trying to buy homes due to skyrocketting rents which has