"Britain must enter euroland"

2002-11-29 Thread Chris Burford
Synchrony between the head of Ford and the head of Nissan. The first told the Confederation of British Industries (CBI) last week that Ford and Britain loses millions the longer Britain fails to join the euro. Yesterday Nissan emphasised that the future of its manufacturing in the North East is

Bush not dim-witted

2002-11-29 Thread Chris Burford
This article in the leftish UK Guardian just before Bush's win. It is generally unwise to assume people are fools. It impedes a perspective that can really analyse what are the forces in the system, (social and economic). http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,830061,00.html George Bush is

Regulating UK finance capital

2002-11-29 Thread Chris Burford
Jill Treanor Friday November 29, 2002 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,850315,00.html The City has delivered a blow to the financial services authority today by accusing the watchdog of being too expensive and less effective than the regulators that preceded it. An

Re: Re: Re: Bush, moron? ref # 32618

2002-11-29 Thread Doyle Saylor
Greetings Economists, Michael Perelman writes, If this article is correct, psychopathology may be associated positively with what markets call ability, not disability. Babiak, P. 1995. "When Psychopaths Go to Work." International Journal of Applied Psycholology, 44: pp. 171-188. Of course, I am w

deflation watch

2002-11-29 Thread Perelman, Michael
Falling Prices Put Fed on Guard Policymakers Talk About Dangerous Dynamic for Economy Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, right, talks with Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.), center, and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) (L) before a recent meeting of the congressional Joint Economic Committee, at which Gr

Once a Close Economic Rival of China, India Falls Behind

2002-11-29 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
It's ironic that capitalism's last hope may be China under the Communist Party * NYT November 29, 2002 Once a Close Economic Rival of China, India Falls Behind By KEITH BRADSHER SONEPAT, India - Raj K. Gupta, a partner in one of India's largest shoe manufacturers, makes a dreaded b

Otto Reich at work

2002-11-29 Thread Michael Perelman
I was just listening to a Flashpoints (KPFA) interview with a reporter who lives in Haiti. He was describing a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. He said that the U.S. press reported that the crowd was shouting slogans in favor of bin Laden, yet he heard not a si

Re: Once a Close Economic Rival of China, India Falls Behind

2002-11-29 Thread Chris Burford
At 29/11/02 12:46 -0500, you wrote: The average Chinese citizen now earns $890 a year, compared with $460 for the typical Indian, according to the World Bank. I wonder if median figures would be more informative, and whether they would be possible. Would the World Bank be ideologically oppose

Re: Re: Why Isn't the Fed's Medicine Working?

2002-11-29 Thread Finmktctr
Michael: Glad you found Jane's piece worthwhile. In our view, the Center gets its share of acknowledgement -- as well as generally respectful treatment in mainstream business/financial media and an occasionally open-minded audience in parts of the academy and the Fed. If those of us who work w

Anna Letitia Barbauld, "Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, A Poem"

2002-11-29 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
1811 was the year when King George III was declared insane. * EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, A POEM. BY ANNA LÆTITIA BARBAULD. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON AND CO., ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. 1812. PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR AND CO., SHOE LANE. STILL the loud death drum, thundering from afar,

George Soros, Imperial Wizard

2002-11-29 Thread Michael Perelman
The title is maybe unfair. Soros does sponsor some very good things domestically, such as the drug legalization. He also funds some good people. Internationally, he is terrible. This article mostly tells the international story. Covert Action QuarterlyNumber 74 Fall 2002 George Soros,

TOMPAINE.com - ExxonMobil Caves To Science

2002-11-29 Thread Ralph Johansen
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