Re: A reply to Jonathan Lassen on Chinese workers]

[was: RE: [PEN-L:20840] Re: A reply to Jonathan Lassen on Chinese workers] Ian writes: >So why does the AFL-CIO have member unions building weapons that are used against workers in other countries --Israel and Turkey to name just two? We won't even go into their position on Afghanistan. Why hav

Wrong leaders killed?

To paraphrase the typical Pentagon jargon. There is no independent evidence that the convoy consisted of Taleban leaders! From the Independent UK..other sources have similar stories. Cheers, Ken Hanly US friendly fire 'kills allies of new Kabul regime' By Andrew Gumbel and Kim Sengupta in Kabul

Contagion of the poor?

I like the bit about the possible contagion of the poor in this analysis from an establishment think tank, Stratfor. Anyone for a FTAA now? - President's Resignation Leaves Argentina on the Brink Summary Argentine citizens this week began venting their a

US economistic unions

[was: RE: [PEN-L:20840] Re: A reply to Jonathan Lassen on Chinese workers] Ian writes: >So why does the AFL-CIO have member unions building weapons that are used against workers in other countries --Israel and Turkey to name just two? We won't even go into their position on Afghanistan. Why have

Where Are the Women? (by Sara Austin)

Sara Austin, "Where Are the Women?" _The Nation_ 31 December 2001, at . -- Yoshie * Calendar of Anti-War Events in Columbus: * Anti-War Activist Resources:

RE: Re: RE: globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security

I don't know if it's justified, but I have a visceral reaction against the World Federalists since it turns out some of their early leaders were CIA folks (who wanted US-dominated World Federalism). But Barber seems better than that. JD Ian writes: There's quite a bit of work being done on

Re: RE: Re: Mark Jones on JP Morgan

I believe that some of the sources here are part of the group that says that the gold market is rigged. Doug has interviewed some of those people, but I never heard the interview. Still, I confess, that the though to a crippled J.P. Morgan does give me some shadenfreude or maybe even freude. On

RE: Re: Mark Jones on JP Morgan

Michael Perelman quoted M*** J: >The highly regarded Jim Bianco of Bianco >Research in Barrington, Illinois saith D*** H**: Highly regarded by bears of generally right-wing persuasion. I once got a spreadsheet from him in which he did a correlation on two time series - their levels, n

aid to WTC victims' survivors

from SLATE's summary of major US newspapers: >the [US] federal government will give an average of $1.65 million to families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks who waive their rights to sue for compensation. The cuts range from $300,000 to more than $4 million, with families of younger or higher-in

Re: Mark Jones on JP Morgan

Michael Perelman quoted M*** J: >The highly regarded Jim Bianco of Bianco >Research in Barrington, Illinois Highly regarded by bears of generally right-wing persuasion. I once got a spreadsheet from him in which he did a correlation on two time series - their levels, not their rates of cha

Mark Jones on JP Morgan

Mark sent this to his list. I thought that someone here might want to comment on it. J.P. Morgan's Enron Exposure May Exceed $2.6 Bln, Investors Say By Michael Nol and Mark Lake New York, Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. shares fell amid concern the second-largest U.S. bank's expos

RE: reply to M. Maljoo

One of the editors of that book from Verso is a member of the League of Revolutionaries for a new America (formerly the Communist Labor Party). I can dig up his e-mail addy if you wish to take up these issues further. In the meantime visit the LRNA website. And read some communist beat poetry

reply to M. Maljoo

I found a collection called Cutting Edge: Technology, Information, Capitalism and Social Revolution, edited by Davis, Hirschl and Stack (Verso 1997) to be very useful on the questions you ask. The open question in my mind is the nature of surplus value production on a global basis today: does the

Japan-China

Friday December 21 4:06 AM ET China and Japan End Acrimonious Trade Row By Bill Savadove BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Japan beat a deadline to end an acrimonious nine-month trade row over farm products on Friday, averting further damage to economic ties. But disputes between China and its trad

FW: Call for papers: Conference session on the history of economic thought

>--- Original Message --- >From: Andy Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Andy Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 12/21/01 5:37:35 AM > >Dear Colleagues > >I append a call for papers for a Special Session on History of Economic >Thought at the 4th annual conference of the Association for Heterodox >Eco

Re: The Global Economy

>Four days ago I asked some questions about the organization of world >production. Do you remember? Apart from one case, I didn't receive >any reply perhaps because of their vagueness. Well, the less vague >questions are as follow: how do changes in the information >technology restructure the

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security

- Original Message - From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:37 PM Subject: [PEN-L:20850] Re: Re: Re: RE: globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security > Ian Murray wrote: > > >Naomi Klein, USA > > So it's come to this,

Re: globalization, self-sufficiency, and nationalsecurity

>The Bushies are pushing for energy self-sufficiency by drilling in >Alaska and in every green spot, where rich people don't live, on the grounds of national security. the real grounds may be to escape the already entrenched classes of rent collecting landed proprietors (OPEC and non OPEC govts,

Re: Re: Re: RE: globalization, self-sufficiency,and national security

Ian Murray wrote: >Naomi Klein, USA So it's come to this, has it? Well, her parents are American. Doug

The Global Economy

Four days ago I asked some questions about the organization of world production. Do you remember? Apart from one case, I didn't receive any reply perhaps because of their vagueness. Well, the less vague questions are as follow: how do changes in the information technology restructure the org

Re: Re: RE: globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security

- Original Message - From: "Ian Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:22 PM Subject: [PEN-L:20846] Re: RE: globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security Here's the link: < http://www.charter99.org/ > Politics surely makes strange

Re: RE: jim d? doug?

> BTW, contrary to popular belief, I don't respond to >all messages. > hi jim, as i am writing on the state, mixed economy, etc presently, i would appreciate it if you could point me to the quote in which Marx accepts Ricardo's view of fiscal policy. thanks, rakesh

Re: RE: globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security

- Original Message - From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:01 PM Subject: [PEN-L:20844] RE: globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security > Barber's book JIHAD VS. McWORLD is pretty good on this stuff, even though >

BLS Daily Report, Friday Dec. 21

RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally higher in November than in the prior month. Jobless rates rose in all four regions and 36 states, while only 6 states posted decreases, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The national jobless rate increased to 5.7 percent

RE: globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security

Barber's book JIHAD VS. McWORLD is pretty good on this stuff, even though it's about 5 years old. Bush is the militant leader of McWorld (i.e., neoliberal capitalism), trying to deal with the resistance from Jihad (zealous and particularistic ethnic movements). Jihad (e.g., ObL) is a real problem

globalization, self-sufficiency, and national security

The Bushies are pushing for energy self-sufficiency by drilling in Alaska and in every green spot, where rich people don't live, on the grounds of national security. At the same time, they propose that globalization is the way to peace. This is of course, by no means, the greatest example of the

RE: jim d? doug?

Rakesh Bhandari wrote: >have doug and jim d suggested to you that they'll be avoiding pen-l >as long as i'm posting there? Doug responds: >I sure haven't because I have no such intention. Just busy with work >right now. Me too. I just flew in from Sacramento and haven't looked at my e-mail

Hi-tech earnings gap

http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/business/49521_techwork06.shtml The earnings gap is wide among high-tech workers Compensation for the few at the top vastly exceeds that for most employees Thursday, December 6, 2001 By PAUL NYHAN SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Seattle is well-known as a

Re: A reply to Jonathan Lassen on Chinese workers

Steve Diamond: To suggest that the AFL-CIO is racist and conservative is, frankly, absurd. This is particularly true in light of the near decade long evolution of the AFL-CIO - under both Kirkland and Sweeney, I might add - to express an independent perspective on foreign policy, beginning with t

Re: Re: A reply to Jonathan Lassen on Chineseworkers

> >yet hasn't employment in the US industry risen since NAFTA? or at >least risen beyond what it would have been given the prior and >ongoing forces of automation? I mean US auto industry in particular. rb

Re: A reply to Jonathan Lassen on Chinese workers

Steve D wrote: > To >suggest that the AFL-CIO is racist and conservative is, frankly, absurd. >This is particularly true in light of the near decade long evolution of the >AFL-CIO - under both Kirkland and Sweeeney, I might add - to express an >independent perspective on foreign policy, well i

BLS Daily Report

> BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2001: > > RELEASED TODAY: Youths who work at an early age are more likely to > continue working as they get older. Eighty-five percent of youths who > engaged in work activities while age 14 continued to work while age 15, > and

RE: Optimism from the IMF re Argentina in Sept.

Why don't you send this to the IMF fax listed and ask them to explain why their prediction was so wrong. -Original Message- From: Ken Hanly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:23 AM To: pen-l Subject: [PEN-L:20835] Optimism from the IMF re Argentina in Sept. IM

Optimism from the IMF re Argentina in Sept.

IMF Loan Agreement Good for Argentina A Letter to the Editor By Thomas C. Dawson Director, External Relations Department International Monetary Fund Los Angeles Times September 15, 2001 We differ strongly with Mr. Weisbrot's characterization of Argentina's latest loan agreement with the IMF as

Re: Argentina, the California electricity crisis, and markets everywhere

Markets do work, as testified to by the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets, or CAEM.   CAEM PREDICTIONS IN 2002 What does Enron’s collapse mean? 1. Markets work.  Markets quickly punish mistakes.  Little slack is given for past accomplishments.  Markets are ruthlessly impersonal.  

Re: ARGENTINA'S ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

At 20/12/01 17:56 -0800, you wrote: > http://www.edu-irep.org/actu.htm >Romain Kroës I agree that the IREP argument suggests there is no logical reason why Europe, or Australia should not go the same way as Argentina sometime in the next ten years, if they cannot continue to accumulate suffici

A reply to Jonathan Lassen on Chinese workers

Jonathan, I had fully expected the kind of arguments that you make to be made in the reply by Wong and Bernard. As China goes through the process of being merged more fully into the global capitalist economy it is inevitable that the various state and party institutions, including the ACFTU, wil

Re: Growth!

At 20/12/01 20:35 -0800, you quoted: >The strength of consumer demand is also sucking in imported goods and >widening Britain's trading gap with the rest of the world. The overall >deficit widened to £5.4bn in the third quarter, from a shortfall of >£5.1bn over the previous three months, the ONS