Paul Krugman writes in today's NY Times that the Bush administration
has stated that religious organizations that receive federal funding
can take faith into account in making employment decisions. I
wonder why schools that receive federal funding cannot take racial
discrimination into account in
Bill Lear wrote:
Paul Krugman writes in today's NY Times that the Bush administration
has stated that religious organizations that receive federal funding
can take faith into account in making employment decisions. I
wonder why schools that receive federal funding cannot take racial
Title: Enron/Bush video
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-enron17dec17,0,6225837.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dbusiness
Videotape From '97 Enron Party Jokes About Accounting
From Associated Press
December 17 2002
Five years before Enron Corp. collapsed in a big accounting scandal, an
Good news from Narco News.
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Title: housing bubble?
While reading Dean Baker's excellent article on the housing bubble in the current issue of CHALLENGE, I thought of a factor that he didn't discuss, i.e., the distribution of income and wealth. This might suggest that the bubble isn't that much of a bubble (it should be
On Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 08:27:59 (-0800) Devine, James writes:
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Okay, my thought, about one fundamental which could be behind the bubblish
data: one of the things that also happened is the widening gaps in the
income and wealth distributions that has been sustained over the last 25 to
I have been ringing recently about the new WiFi technology that
threatens the wireless industry, which is already burdened with
overcapacity. Just today, the New York Times reports that the defense
industry has discovered that this technology interferes with vital radar
capacity.
--
Michael
NYTs objectivity: Argentina = Citicorp
First, NICHOLAS D. KRISTOFs observation:
.I was struck by the angry scrawls on American banks in Buenos Aires. A Citibank branch was defaced by this line written in English (with Spanish grammar): "Thieves, returns ours dollars!"
and then, his
Title: RE: [PEN-L:33152] Military Keynesianism to the rescue
it's also easy for people to listen in on WiFi.
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Title: FW: housing bubble?
Dean Baker responded to my comment:Both the home price index that I cite in the paper and the CPI's rental index are quality adjusted (more or less) so there would not be an issue of composition effects driving the price changes. It could be the case that more
More good news.
* Venezuela army chief condemns strike
General's criticism is major boost for Chavez
Tuesday, December 17, 2002 Posted: 10:07 AM EST (1507 GMT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Opposition hopes for military disobedience
to Hugo Chavez dimmed after Venezuela's army chief
Jim Devine quoted Dean Baker:
Second, the bubble years 1995-2002, where exactly the years in which
income inequality fell back somehwat.
Eh? Household ginis, acc to the Census Bureau:
1990 0.428
1991 0.428
1992 0.434
1993 0.454
1994 0.456
1995 0.450
1996 0.455
1997
It's hard to know what data to look at in figuring out whether there's a
bubble. But falling margin requirements always make me suspicious; and,
nowadays, at least in the Bay area, you can get a mortgage with little or
no money down.
There is also the extraordinary obligation of the mortgage
The following news items concern a factor that can go either way,
hardening or softening the US stance toward Venezuela. So far, it
appears to have softened it (as it has been combined with Latin
American nations' rejection of the US initiative on Venezuela, the
Venezuelan armed forces' --
Resolute Mbeki sees off his leftwing critics
President's attack takes fight out of 'disloyal' dissidents in battle for
the soul of the ANC
Rory Carroll in Stellenbosch Tuesday December 17, 2002 The Guardian
President Thabo Mbeki laid bare a resolve to rule South Africa for the next
seven
Robert Shiller has an interesting essay in today's WSJ, Safe as
Houses? in which he argues against a housing bubble in several ways.
The most persuasive is that the cost of constructing a new house -- if
lower than the price of a house -- would prevent a bubble as profitable
new construction
Eugene Coyle wrote:
The most persuasive is that the cost of constructing a new house --
if lower than the price of a house -- would prevent a bubble as
profitable new construction flooded in to keep the prices from
bubbling.
But the market is mainly about existing houses, which are about 80%
After Schroeder won the German elections on 22 September, neck and neck
with the CDU at 38.5% of the electorate aided by the better improvement of
their allies the greens compared to the FDP, thei vote has spiralled down,
as a result of government spending cuts and a perception that the
I don't think that construction costs have a great deal to do with
inflation in housing prices. As Schiller says, location, location,
location: land prices have been soaring in the booming areas. For that
reason, a good deal of increase in our population has come from people who
sell their
Protest In San Francisco Against Intervention in Venezuela
by solidarity * Tuesday December 17, 2002 at 04:04 PM
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S.F. PRESS CONFERENCE / RALLY IN SUPPORT OF VENEZUELA'S DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS COORDINATED WITH ACTIONS NATIONWIDE
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18th, NOON at VENEZUELAN CONSULATE 311
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:03:18 +0100
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
La Fuerza Bolivariana de Trabajadores de Venezuela se dirige a la Solidaridad
El guión del golpe de estado continúa
Alerta para salvar las conquistas bolivarianas
1.- El mismo guión antes, durante y después del 11 de abril de 2002,
* The Venezuela Solidarity Group
What We Stand For:
The Venezuela Solidarity Group is a network of North American
activists who support democracy and equitable development in
Venezuela through education and people to people solidarity. The VSG
works to oppose US intervention. We support
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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:20:40 -
Subject: [VSCampaign] Critical Situation in Venezuela!
(Message courtesy of the VSC)
Critical Situation in Venezuela!
Rally in Support Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution
Coordinated with Actions Nation-wide Press
In a message dated 12/17/02 6:36:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was reminded of the South African coal miners who were forced by
apartheid to live long distances from their job. In the USA you are
beginning to see a kind of economic apartheid.
Go to
I agree with the recent examples of the intensification of work (thread
title Gotta Have Faith)
The headline in the London evening newspaper last night was Work till you
drop!
The government have warned that it is unwise to expect to stop working at
65. This is because New Labour dare not
... quits as in booted out...
Since I translated the article below, I have found out (http://
www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u60829.shtml) that Meirelles has been
approved by 21 votes against 5, with one abstention. The PFL (Party of the
Liberal Front; hardcore IMF drones) and the
Title: testing
testing
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