Re: Phil Mirowski

- Original Message - From: "michael perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 9:07 PM Subject: [PEN-L:20630] Phil Mirowski > I regard Phil Mirowski as one of the most creative economists in the > world outside of pen-l. I am waiting for h

ny times

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/11/science/life/11MIMI.html -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Japanese Devils/Riben Guizi (Dir. Minoru Matsui)

_Japanese Devils/Riben Guizi: Confessions of Imperial Army Soldiers from Japan's War against China_ (Dir. Minoru Matsui, 2000) at . Mark Schilling, "Face to Face with Imperial Evil," _Japan Times_ 5 December 2001 at

Police on riot alert for EU summit

I endorse this one too. Not the police, of course, the protestors. Sabri +++ THURSDAY DECEMBER 13 2001, THE TIMES Brussels police put on riot alert for EU summit BY MARTIN FLETCHER, EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT BELGIAN police are braced for the arrival of the tens of thousands of anti-globalis

Phil Mirowski

I regard Phil Mirowski as one of the most creative economists in the world outside of pen-l. I am waiting for his new book, Machine Dreams, to arrive in the mail. Here is a new article by him http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_12/mirowski/index.html I have not had time to read it, but if it

Re: Re: Re: Enron

Paul Douglas was a Univ. of Chicago economist, who became an Alderman in Chi. Daley hated him so got him to run for the Senate because he was sure to loose, except that he did not. On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 09:02:32PM -0800, Eugene Coyle wrote: > I believe Ken Lay has a Ph. D. in economics but d

Re: Re: Enron

I believe Ken Lay has a Ph. D. in economics but don't know where he went to school. Wasn't Senator Douglas the Douglas in the Cobb-Douglas production function? Gene Coyle Michael Perelman wrote: > Maybe we could open an economists' hall of shame. Portugal's Salazar was > an economist; we have

WEF call to action

Consider me as one of the endorsers as well. Sabri +++ CALL FOR AN ANTI-CAPITALIST CONVERGENCE AGAINST THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN NEW YORK CITY (JANUARY 31- FEBRUARY 4) JOIN US AS NEW YORKERS STRIKE BACK AGAINST CORPORATE TERROR For years now, the CEOs of major corporations, hund

Re: Enron

Maybe we could open an economists' hall of shame. Portugal's Salazar was an economist; we have Phil Gramm and Dick Army. Les Aspin began pretty well, but then. On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 07:50:54PM -0800, Ian Murray wrote: > I just read on another web site that Ken Lay is an economist. Does > anyb

Enron

I just read on another web site that Ken Lay is an economist. Does anybody know who his teachers were, where he went to school etc? Ian

Theory of Free Trade

Robert Vienneau sent this to pkt. It relates to the pen-l project. Subject: Free Trade Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:41:37 -0500 From: Robert Vienneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.0 INTR

Chinese manufacturing bargains

Henry Liu sent notice of this fascinating opportunity to pkt. "Henry C.K. Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This e-mail just came in this morning - an example of the living reality of free trade! Shoes exprting from China at $0.70 a pair will sell in US stores for $35 a pair or more. Subject:

Re: RE: RE: Fascism

"Devine, James" wrote: > > > > > I would emphasize the role of modes of production -- and their incumbent > classes -- plus modes of reproduction ("families," kinship, etc.) over > "culture." The latter seems a bit vague to me. But then I'm not an > anthropologist. > "Culture" is a word in r

RE: RE: RE: RE: Fascism

Yes, Sabri, there are as many similarities as differences among economic actors in a zeitgeist situation. Inner perceptions and active responses among individuals and families may differ, in line with cultural survival strategies having "deep" structure, while surface institutional responses may s

Peasants to bear brunt of open grain market

Peasants to bear brunt of open grain market SCMP RAY CHEUNG Tough business: Zhang Zhonghuang faces a new age of competition. SCMP photo Every day, Shandong farmer Zhang Zhonghuang brings the wheat from Liu

imperialism and the working class.

[was: RE: [PEN-L:20051] Re: RE: Re: Relative and absolute surplus value] Greg Schofield writes: > The other important matter is to do with productive forces > when you [that is, when I] say: > > "Even if the "best practice" equipment isn't introduced into > a low-wage area, introducing an "an

BLS Daily Report

> BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2001: > > RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.6 percent in > November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The decline followed a > 2.4 percent decrease in October and reflected continuing drops in both

Re: RE: pop quiz in lieu of finals

- Original Message - From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:53 AM Subject: [PEN-L:20609] RE: pop quiz in lieu of finals > my guess: Frank Hahn for (1) and Phil Mirowski for (2). [1] is d)Roger Sugden [2] is a)Geoffrey

Re: RE: RE: pop quiz in lieu of finals

- Original Message - From: "Max Sawicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:40 PM Subject: [PEN-L:20612] RE: RE: pop quiz in lieu of finals > How do you know Karla Hoff? She's a nearly-new assistant prof > at U-Md. Does she have some rep

RE: Relative and absolute surplus value

[this is an old one. I just got the time to respond.] > [Charles Brown]: I see what you mean. The increased overtime that Ford or > Chrysler , that has been implemented for a number of years > would not necessarily raise the aggregate average rate of > profit for the capitalist class as a who

RE: RE: Re: Re: Stupid profit rate question

I agree from my experience. People may or may not be aware that Bush's head of OMB, Mitchell Daniels, is aggressively promoting increased levels of contracting out, including substituting contracted out professionals to replace government career individuals. -Original Message- From: Max

RE: RE: RE: Fascism

Jamil writes: > As well, I disagree about modernization & globalization being homogenizing > factors any more than pre-modern cultures of poverty had certain > similarities on a physical plane, e.g., hunger is hunger. Yet even what is a > shared phenomenon such as "hunger' is perceived and respon

RE: Re: Re: Stupid profit rate question

Sorry if I misinterpreted. I agree that corporate influence is an eternal problem, but it is the least interesting one analytically. Even if without any such influence, there is an intrinsic problem of contracting in some areas simply because running a contract system has costs, both government

RE: RE: pop quiz in lieu of finals

How do you know Karla Hoff? She's a nearly-new assistant prof at U-Md. Does she have some rep I didn't know about? (I knew she was a Stiglitz student.) mbs > 2)'[T]he evolution of economics as an academic profession is a case of > lock-in comparable to the peacock's tail. Sets of genes produ

HUNGER AND POVERTY IN AMERICA

The following article on Hunger and Poverty in America, followed by an accompanying Quotes on Hunger Amidst Plenty, will appear in the Dec. 15, 2001, issue of he Mid-Hudson (NY) Activist Newsletter and Action Calendar. -- HUNGER

RE: RE: RE: Fascism

good points jim, but while I agree about the vagueness of "culture" as generally used, socio-political categories are even more vague, especially when adhered to on ideological grounds, ergo becoming less rational and a matter of "belief" i.e. "materialism" as a belief system, hence an "idealist"

RE: pop quiz in lieu of finals

my guess: Frank Hahn for (1) and Phil Mirowski for (2). Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -Original Message- > From: Ian Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEN-L:20584] pop

German Metalworkers Seek 5-7 percent Wage Increase

German Metalworkers Seek 5-7 percent Wage Increase ECONOMIC IMPACT WORRIES RISE OVER EFFECT OF HIGH SETTLEMENTS ON RECOVERY: By HUGH WILLIAMSON Financial Times, Dec 11, 2001 http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id= 011211000887&query=German+Metal+Workers Leaders of Germany's p

RE: RE: Taliban screwed it up?

classically, the answer is yes & no. Various powerful political economic factions in Pakistan helped to create then used the Taliban to extend their influence into Afghanistan, and did so quite successfully. With the exception of several neo-puritanical ethno-religious threads in Pakistani society

RE: RE: Fascism

> excellent comments, jim, & of course, teh dictionary > definitions follow ideological usage, as one might expect especially after > reading raymond williams analysis of literature as reflection of class structure and > hegemonic values. Of course dictionary definitions reflect ideology, but

RE: Re: Taliban screwed it up?

Frank G. writes:> I´ve been wondering about stability in the middle east. When the war on Afghanistan began, there were reports of widespread resentment in Muslim countries over the attack, massacres in Nigeria, Musharraf was trying to prop up a house of cards, powerful ISI staff were pro-Taliban

RE: Re: Is harvey pitt letting corporate america off the hook?

Michael Perelman writes: > Steve, I suspect that many people will not know what this > about, but it > is important. Corporations are going to be allowed to be even more > tricky in their accounting. Investors (mostly small ones) will get > fleeced. Enron's will multiply. Free markets uber

RE: Taliban screwed it up?

tell me if I'm wrong in my impression that the most important thing that the US did in its war against Afghanistan was to convince (cajole, strong-arm, threaten, bribe) Pakistan to abandon the Taliban. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -Original Message---

Re: Definition of new phase of imperialism / ( relative surplus value again)

Hey good start As to these issues one may say: 1)It may be said that the closer workers are brought together via improved means of communications, and literally a smaller world, the bigger the springboard for cooperation in an ever bigger proletariat. Also The development of machinery through

Re: Re: Stupid profit rate question

Max, I never intended to implement contracting out would be easy. You gave a number of examples of government screw-ups. Won't they be almost inevitable so long as the government is permeated with corporate influence? "Max B. Sawicky" wrote: > MP suggested contracting was an easy alternative,

Re: Re: Taliban screwed it up?

My understanding was that the fundamentalists made up only about 15 percent of the Pakistani population, but they had a great deal of influence in the military. There is supposedly a great deal of concern in Pakistan over the bombings, but Musheref still commands considerable respect. > I´ve be

Re: Taliban screwed it up?

>From: Steve Diamond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [PEN-L:20580] Taliban screwed it up? >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:56:32 -0800 > >Or they were just called off by Pakistan - how else to explain the >relatively orderly retreat from Kabul and the

RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stupid profit rate question

My brother use to work for government lab. They developed some kind of communications technology that was then to be "commercialized" by one of the big defense companies. DOD instituted a new program allowing the research labs to bid against the defense companies to do the actualy production. M

Ramsey Clark to UN

On December 11, 2001 the following letter was sent from former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark to the ambassador and foreign minister of each member of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly. International Action Center 39 West 14th St, #206 NY, NY 10011 212-633-6646 fax: 212-633

Stupid profit rate question

Retorts Max: So snap judgements founded on ideology about the mere identity of ownership and management (public or private) are of limited use. But do go on with your bad self. = It is in eliciting these rather more considered ruminations on the problems of redistribution that I have ma

RE: RE: Re: Stupid profit rate question

Hey, I got news. The government already does this all the time. And I think in many cases it does it quite well. I spend a considerable amount of time doing all the things that Max describes below for the National Cancer Institute. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (lately HCFA) ru

Re: Stupid profit rate question

. . . And then, only *after* the collapse/bankruptcy of some monopolistic utility (e.g. Enron, Railtrack, NATS), will the state "intervene" to clean up the mess and shore up a fundamentally bankrupt system.Michael K. Public ownership and management are more appropriate in some cases tha

Re: Is harvey pitt letting corporate america off thehook?

Steve, I suspect that many people will not know what this about, but it is important. Corporations are going to be allowed to be even more tricky in their accounting. Investors (mostly small ones) will get fleeced. Enron's will multiply. Free markets uber alles. Steve Diamond wrote: > > http

Stupid profit rate question

Sez Max: The Gov would have to organize a competitive bidding system, evaluate contract proposals, monitor contract compliance, enforce contracts, and have substitutes (possibly itself) in the event of non-performance. It ain't like ordering pizza. Taxing is definitely easier. = The gov d