On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Michael Perelman wrote:
> Regarding the thread on exchange rates, yesterday Doug interviewed
> Jane regarding exchange rates, posing Ellen Frank's analysis to her.
Doug Henwood: Welcome to WBAI, Jane D'Arista
Jane D'Arista: Thank you.
DH: As I said in the introduction, af
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A30546-2001Sep1
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 2, 2001; Page A01
The United States plans to offer Beijing an advance look at its plans for
testing President Bush's proposed missile defense shield, part of an
emerging effort
Just glanced at the NYT webpage. David Sanger byline, "U.S.
Will Not Object to Chinese Missile Buildup." (Course when you
only have 18-20 nuclear missiles, even 100 times that is only
about half of what the USA currently has under the START II treaty
limits with the fSU. My numbers about right
"Australia is the only developed country to lock up those who apply for
asylum. [...Those who are accorded refugee status] are granted only
three-year temporary protection visas. They cannot get access to full
benefits, they have no right to English language classes and they cannot
bring over
"gentlemen farming" indeed, since the wealthy gentlemen (& women) receive
the lion's share of the subsidies.
Ian Murray wrote:
> Quoting Sen. Lincoln
> "It's not critical to my sustenance or my sustainability," she said,
> "but subsidies are critical to most gentlemen farming in Arkansas."
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At 01:01 PM 09/01/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>The purpose of the new approach, administration officials say, is to
>convince China that the administration's plans for a missile shield are
>not aimed at undercutting China's relatively small nuclear arsenal, but
>rather intended to counter threats from
At 12:25 PM 09/01/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>The last argument of the champions of overwork is economic necessity. A
>good reply is that by working less, people can get adequate rest. When
>they go back to work they will be more alert, have more energy, and be
>more productive.
on the other hand, if
Fighting To Organize
Outrage at the sight of former managers looting assets at state-owned
factories is providing a breeding ground for organized labour in China. A
worried Beijing is battling its elusive leaders every step of the way
FEER
By Jiang Xueqin/ZHENGZHOU, CHONGQING and BEIJING
Issue
Rob,
I understand very well what you mean when you say being Australian is getting
difficult. Take a look at what is below to see how difficult it already is to
be Turkish.
Sabri Oncu
+++
Turkey clamps down on mass Kurdish rally
By Ufuk Utkan
ANKARA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Prison cells
I wrote,
>>There is a fixed amount of hubris.
Jim Devine asked,
>is this the "lump of hubris" fallacy?
Almost, except it is not a fallacy. Maybe it's a phallusy.
Tom Walker
Bowen Island, BC
604 947 2213
The real news story here is France surpassing the USA in hourly
productivity. The overworked American is yesterday's papers. The NYTimes
buries what should be its lead in paragraph 13. The NAM spokesman spins a
slender good-news story out of a thick dark cloud for the "American Way".
France surpa
http://.nytimes.com
Saw James C. Scott square off vs. Sam Popkin once. Wallersteinian
conference at UCSC wioth others in attendence
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/skocpol/
and Temma Kaplan, at UCSC. Debated, the Moral vs. Political Economy of the
Peasant. Papers later published in The
[NYT]
SEP 02, 2001
White House to Let China Build Up Its Nuclear Fleet
By DAVID E. SANGER
[W] ASHINGTON, Sept. 1 The Bush administration, seeking to overcome
Chinese objections to its missile defense program, intends to tell
Chinese officials that it has no objections to the country's plans
The Global Communist Programme can be read at the following address:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~beprepared/FIST
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When Nigerian asylum seekers are sent back to Nigeria, they are immediately
handed to the police. This police force, especially the feared Mobil
< http://www.feer.com >
ASIAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: OVERVIEW
Asia's Red-Queen Economies
By Tom Holland/HONG KONG
Issue cover-dated September 06, 2001
Asia faces something far more serious than just a cyclical downturn in
the global economy. The rise of China as the region's top low-cost
manufacturer
At 08:45 AM 09/01/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>"We have to admit we know less about things than we thought we did," said
>Martin Regalia, chief economist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
>
>Nevertheless, the "we" that knows less than they thought they did still
>assumes they know more than the them who
Overwork is a goldmine issue for liberals and the left here in the US.
Especially when it is inadequately compensated, or not backed by
vacation time that you can actually use, overwork has a negative effect
on people's daily life.
Moreover, the Republican Party and conservatives do not have a na
[was: Re: [PEN-L:16559] Re: Re: neomercantilism, trade]
David Shemano wrote: > Why would abolishing private property free people
from material want? I can understand the theoretical argument that
abolishing private property would free people from poverty, but is not
material want relative and
http://www.lexis-nexis.com/academic/2upa/Ars/Radical%20Periodicals%20in%20th
e%20United%20States,%201881%961960.htm
To be preferred is the reprint in hardbound editions on paper,
microfilm is a hastle, but, the Greenwood Press 1968 re-printing of all
these is way out of print.
My subject
The humble part:
"We have to admit we know less about things than we thought we did," said
Martin Regalia, chief economist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Nevertheless, the "we" that knows less than they thought they did still
assumes they know more than the them who never presumed to know so
The NYT article below "buries its lead" in paragraph 13:
"But partly because of the comparatively high number of hours that Americans
work, the report found that France and Belgium edged out the United States
in productivity per hour. In France, which ranked first, workers produced
$33.71 of valu
[note that leftist economist Tom Palley is quoted below. I hope that the
AFL-CIO isn't saying that financial controls should be imposed at this
point in the business cycle...]
September 1, 2001 / Los Angeles TIMES.
Talk about it Fed Chairman Talks of Limits to His Powers
Economy: Greenspan sa
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