Yes, although they usually do it by means of a "cashback" deal whereby you
get money up front when you drive the motor away.
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From: Eugene Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: [PEN-L:29530] Sliding into the dip
Can the au
U.S. Ignored Appraisers In Land Deal With Utah
BLM Experts Called Swap A $100 Million Giveaway
By Michael Grunwald and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, August 19, 2002; Page A01
The Bush administration recently agreed to a massive land swap with
Utah even though the federa
Greetings Economists,
Louis Proyect writes,
Indeed, this goal remains unfilled to this day and it is up to
socialists and gay liberation fighters to fulfill it.
Doyle,
This is just a short quote from a longer essay (by LP) on a brief history of
attitudes toward homosexual activity on the part of
I gotta get cable.
Social Security borrowing urged
By Joyce Howard Price
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
White House economic adviser Lawrence B. Lindsey says it would be worth
borrowing $1 trillion to implement President Bush's plan to allow workers to
devote part of their Social Security taxes to s
Here is another article detailing some of the preparations in the Gulf area
for an attack. It seems that the forces will be ready to attack soon, but of
course that does not mean that it will necessarily happen soon. Perhaps
Bush will wait for better political weather conditions.
Cheers, Ken Han
The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com
NEWS ANALYSIS Grass roots economists' influence grows
Daniel Altman The New York Times
Monday, August 19, 2002
NEW YORK Though rich countries may be able to rescue Uruguay and
Brazil from crises simply by lending them billions of dollars, the
prob
Yes. Both were at the seat of power -- or at least near it; and both
recanted. Neither would feel wholly confortable with the views found on
this list.
Of course, I feel much more kinship to Stiglitz -- quite a bit in fact --
than to McNamara. The point is we can take what we want from people
Michael Perelman wrote:
>Some of us are quick to attack Stiglitz. Certainly he is an imperfect
>vessel on leftist politics. Henry Liu's initial post was useful in
>reminding us about Stiglitz's limitations, but the fact that he has come
>out from such a prominent position and gone so far call f
Jim wrote:
>an accounting quibble: it's not a balance of payments deficit, but a
>current-account >deficit balanced by a capital-account surplus, where the
>latter implies that the US >national net worth is falling.
Thanks for replying. One more question, if you don't mind. How the US can
have a
HindustanTimes.com
Sunday, August 18, 2002
UN cuts rations as Afghan food aid runs out
Simon Denyer (Reuters)
Mazar-i-Sharif, August 18
The UN's World Food Programme is being forced to cut rations for millions of
hungry and vulnerable Afghans because international donors have failed to
stump u
ken hanly wrote:
> So how come Pakistan isnt part of the axis of evil and attacked for
> developing weapons of mass destruction and ignoring the UN?
Pakistan acquired nuclear weapons capability in 80s. The decision to develop
nuclear weapon capability was probably made immediately after the loss
Ian's reference to the Bhagwati article was interesting. I agree with
Bhagwati about TRIPS and appreciate his contribution, yet Bhagwati is far
less progressive than Stiglitz.
Some of us are quick to attack Stiglitz. Certainly he is an imperfect
vessel on leftist politics. Henry Liu's initial
[This is an email from a friend of mine who has spent a lot of time
thinking about the relation of military and nation in Europe from the
French revolution onwards, and spent a lot of time travelling around
Africa and hanging out at Oxford during the early days of
de-colonialization. I thought s
The sort of scenario I would expect would be something like a plane being
shot down in the no-fly zone. A rescue operation ensues ... and then
escalates.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To Jim Devine,
Drinking a case of carrot juice before it spoils would probably turn me
orange.
I can see what the point of a war in Iraq would be after October. The
actual battle couldn't give as much of a Keynesian boost to the economy as
beefing up Star Wars.
Surely the statements by Scowcro
I found JS's comments on the TRIPS provisions of the WTO rather
intriguing. It also seems more than one "mainstreamer" is starting
to see big problems with the BWI's:
On page 2 [ 127] of the following, Jagdish Bhagwati calls for the
removal of TRIPS from the WTO.
http://www.asil.org/ajil/wto8.pd
> Bush I sloshed about looking for a justification [e.g., Baker, It's
> about oil] and none took hold until he warned that Saddam had nukes
> ready to fly.
No, that was the excuse. The strategic justification for Gulf War I was
to destroy Saddam's army, which was too big for our liking, because
I think you should distinguish between Foucault and his writings on the one
hand, and the reception/interpretation of his writings in various
intellectual milieus on the other. I would think Foucault was to the left
of Althusser, politically, all along. Blaming post-modernist subjectivism
on F
I think it's too late for the U.S. to launch
a war before November. The politics are not
right for the Admin yet. They haven't sold it,
either domestically or elsewhere. The Dems
would let them do it, but only I think to give
them opportunities to ruin themselves politically.
So I'd cover the
I think you should distinguish between Foucault and his writings on the one
hand, and the reception/interpretation of his writings in various
intellectual milieus on the other. I would think Foucault was to the left
of Althusser, politically, all along. Blaming post-modernist subjectivism
on F
There is a great deal going on in the Gulf in preparation including a huge
expansion to runways, storage facilities in various UAE states and transfers
out of Saudi Arabia. Here is just one example of the navy stuff. Of course
with appropriate denial that it has anything to do with an Iraq war.
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Devine, James wrote:
> Michael, I bet you that there will be no war against Iraq before the
> November election. If there is, I'll give you a full case of the best
> carrot juice.
Yecch! How about 50 bucks?
> Of course, we need to define war. I'll let you do it and then d
>From NY Times International...cheers, Ken Hanly
Officers Say U.S. Aided Iraq in War Despite Use of Gas
By PATRICK E. TYLER
ASHINGTON, Aug. 17 - A covert American program during the Reagan
administration provided Iraq with critical battle planning assistance at a
time when American intelligenc
Unfortunately, there is a "conceivable solution to the Palestine question" -
expulsion - which, if Martin van Creveld and others are to be believed, is a
very serious incentive for Israel's support for a war on Iraq. Such support has
indeed been very forthcoming.
As for big-picture strategic
Title: war/election bet
RE: [PEN-L:29564] Re: Re: Re: production & realization
Michael, I bet you that there will be no war against Iraq before the November election. If there is, I'll give you a full case of the best carrot juice. (I'd give you single-malt scotch, in honor of Mark Jones, b
Title: RE: Re: production & realization
I wrote:
>In fact, under the right conditions, such as those of the 1950s and
1960s n the U.S., it can pull up wages (relative to labor productivity) and thus consumer demand, preventing underconsumption problems (without it
being necessary for consumer
Title: RE: production & realization
the necessaily temporary stimulus of state & local spending also helped end the 2001 recession.
will the Second Saddam War "play in Peoria?" I dunno. With Republican Big Wigs like Kissinger, et al saying that they don't like it, I have some doubts. (BTW,
Title: RE: [PEN-L:29559] Re: production & realization
I wrote:
> So the "solution" to the undertow created new problems,
> new imbalances, with which we are still living. I think
> they'll keep the U.S. down for quite awhile, even without
> a double dip, unless of course there's a major war.
Bush I sloshed about looking for a justification [e.g., Baker, It's about
oil] and none took hold until he warned that Saddam had nukes ready to
fly. Rob need not worry about the attack hurting Bush in 2004. There are
plenty of dogs to wag.
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 01:40:24AM +1000, Rob Schaap w
http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-924774-9.pdf
I'm with Michael Pollack on this one. No realistic discernable
strategic goal. No reliable staging posts. No enduring alliance. No
conceivable solution to the Palestine question. No decisive good will
in the region. No hard evidence to defend pretext #1 (Baghdad links to
al Qaeda), pretext #
The bourgeoisie has, through its exploitation of the world market, given
a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country.
To the great chagrin of reactionaries, it has drawn from under the feet
of industry the national ground on which it stood. All old-established
natio
The Economist, April 17, 1993
The long march
by Gideon Rachman
INDONESIA'S long march from poverty is nearly over. By 2000 the country,
once a pauper among nations, should have joined the emergent middle
class. The rise of a richer Indonesia will be more than just another
Asian economic succ
(This lead story in today's NY Times undercuts the Bush lie that the war
is about eliminating weapons of mass destruction. Along with the
defection of veteran high-profile Republicans this week including Henry
Kissinger makes an invasion of Iraq more difficult--but not impossible.)
Officers Sa
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Michael Perelman wrote:
> I suspect that the war is directed at the Nov. elections.
Michael, if it will cheer you up, I'll bet you there's no war before the
elections. In fact I'll give you 2 to 1. And if you'll give me 2 to 1,
I'll bet you they will be no war in next 365
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