generous offer from Ravi

2002-08-11 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day all, If it's any easier, I've a rightly unheralded blog dawdling fitfully along at http://blogorrhoea.blogspot.com/ and would be honoured to put up anything penpals might like to write for the common weal. Er, as long as no technical knowledge other than cutting and pasting is required on

Re: Reform-ism?

2002-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
He used to be pretty good, wasn't he? If he means that there are many capitalisms, he is missing what Marx was up to. Marx acknowledged the differences among capitalist forms. True, he began Capital with a stageist flourish, but he left that behind as his thinking matured. Seeing differences a

Reform-ism?

2002-08-11 Thread Ian Murray
All that's left is reformism Marx was the first anti-capitalist. But it's unlikely that he'd be one now Gareth Stedman Jones Monday August 12, 2002 The Guardian The myriad scandals currently rocking corporate America would have come as little surprise to Karl Marx. The unchecked expansion and c

Mekong: A river of opportunity

2002-08-11 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
Business Standard Friday, August 9, 2002 ASIA FILE A river of opportunity It is classic regional cooperation, although environmentalists will have different views, says Barun Roy It is classic regional cooperation, although environmentalists will have different views. Thailand is helping Chin

War in Iraq

2002-08-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Someone posted a report from debka to the Marxism list suggesting that the war has begun, but that the US is just taking away slices of Iraq, piece by piece. Does this story make any sense? http://www.debka.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: Max Elbaum To Speak In Sacramento On SocialMovement History

2002-08-11 Thread Doyle Saylor
Greetings Economists, Louis Proyect wrote, We have the same requirement today that existed in Russia in 1902 and in the USA in the 70s and 80s, namely to unite scattered Marxist circles and individuals. Understandably, there is a certain amount of gunshyness among Elbaum's generation. The idea of

Re: Longer hours required to make Europe more competitive

2002-08-11 Thread Tom Walker
The Wall Street Journal article was approximately 2,500 words long so I wrote: (ROUGHLY) THE SAME NUMBER OF WORDS ABOUT A "SAME AMOUNT OF WORK" By Tom Walker On August 8, 2002 a strangely familar article appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Headlined "Europe's Prized Leisure Life Becomes Econom

RE: Terror threat overblown

2002-08-11 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29330] Terror threat overblown Ken Hanly: Strange the article doesnt mention that there doesnt seem to have been a significant Al Qaeda terrorist act in the US since Sept. 11, almost a year now. None of the periodic warnings have been followed by attacks. --- the fact

Re: Max Elbaum To Speak In Sacramento On SocialMovement History

2002-08-11 Thread Louis Proyect
>Max Elbaum To Speak In Sacramento On Social Movement History > >Max Elbaum, an activist and author, will deliver a talk titled >"Revolution in the Air: Third World Marxism of the 1960s," on >Thursday, August 15 at 7 p.m. in the Green Room at the Sierra 2 >Center, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento.

Max Elbaum To Speak In Sacramento On Social Movement History

2002-08-11 Thread Seth Sandronsky
August 11, 2002 News Release For more information: Call John Rowntree, (916) 446-1758 P.O. Box 160406 Sacramento, CA 95816 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Max Elbaum To Speak In Sacramento On Social Movement History Max Elbaum, an activist and author, will deliver a talk titled "Revolution in the Air:

In US, stagnating income

2002-08-11 Thread Seth Sandronsky
"We have arrived, on balance, at income stagnation." Jared Bernstein, a labor economist at the Economic Policy Institute. Stagnant Wages Pose Added Risks to Weak Economy August 11, 2002 By LOUIS UCHITELLE Although the recession has ended, the wages of more than 100 million workers are still s

Terror threat overblown

2002-08-11 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Ken, > Strange the article doesnt mention that there doesnt seem to have been a > significant Al Qaeda terrorist act in the US since Sept. 11, almost a year > now. None of the periodic warnings have been followed by attacks. I may sound a bit nutso here, but it seems to me that the authori