RE: New Course in NYC on CAPITAL, Vols. II & III

2003-01-29 Thread Drewk
Winter-Spring 2003 Class at the Brecht Forum MARX'S _CAPITAL_, VOLUMES II and III Andrew Kliman 16 weekly sessions (8 per semester) beginning January 30 Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 pm. At the Brecht Forum 122 West 27th St., 10th floor New York, NY (212) 242-4201. Tuition is $65-$95 (sliding scale).

RE: RE: Military spending stats?

2003-01-29 Thread Seth Sandronsky
In Dec., JC spoke in Sacramento at the Marxist School. He said that U.S. military spending to defend the nation pre-9/11 amounted to, if I recall correctly, about $1 billion annually. Seth Sandronsky Jim Cypher, if you can find him, has produced numbers on this for several years. --

Re: macro modeling politics

2003-01-29 Thread Michael Perelman
Pagan is supposedly a first class econometrician, although I am not ualified to judge. On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 08:05:09PM -0800, Ian Murray wrote: > Bank told inflation model is out of date > > Charlotte Denny > Thursday January 30, 2003 > The Guardian > > The Bank of England was warned last ni

macro modeling politics

2003-01-29 Thread Ian Murray
Bank told inflation model is out of date Charlotte Denny Thursday January 30, 2003 The Guardian The Bank of England was warned last night that the economic framework it uses to set interest rates is out of date and should be replaced. Professor Adrian Pagan told Threadneedle Street that its cher

Bard College, Frank Gehry, money and power

2003-01-29 Thread Louis Proyect
After a long absence following a devastating fire, The Baffler (http://www.thebaffler.com/) is publishing once again. This magazine can be described among other things as analyst/critic of a growing tendency in corporate America to co-opt the avant-garde and the counter-culture. While there are

new audio product

2003-01-29 Thread Doug Henwood
Now up, after just a little delay, in my radio archive : January 23, 2003 William Pepper, author of An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King, on the assasination as a joint venture of the U.S. government and the mafia * listener phonec

RE: Military spending stats?

2003-01-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34205] Military spending stats? Jim Cypher, if you can find him, has produced numbers on this for several years. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -Original Message- > From: Bill Lear [mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: Re: RE: Military spending stats?

2003-01-29 Thread Max B. Sawicky
It depends on what you want to do with the numbers. If you want to comb the Federal budget for spending with a military purpose, you should use the OMB data. The NIPA numbers are less detailed but better suited to macro analyses. If all you want to do is look at military as a share of the budget

Re: RE: Military spending stats?

2003-01-29 Thread Doug Henwood
Also, the national income accounts have a good history, though the numbers are a bit different: . Doug Max B. Sawicky wrote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2003/pdf/hist.pdf -

RE: Military spending stats?

2003-01-29 Thread Max B. Sawicky
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2003/pdf/hist.pdf -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Lear Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:34205] Military spending stats? I'm looking for stats on m

Military spending stats?

2003-01-29 Thread Bill Lear
I'm looking for stats on military spending here in the U.S., say over the past 20 years. It might be helpful if the space program were listed as well, as I think that is largely military. Any good sites for this? Bill

lobbying

2003-01-29 Thread Ian Murray
Posted on Tue, Jan. 28, 2003 Researchers want monthly government report on layoffs reinstated By DIANE STAFFORD The Kansas City Star A research organization is petitioning the U.S. Department of Labor to reinstate a monthly report on mass layoffs. The Economic Policy Institute, which studies th

a clear and present danger

2003-01-29 Thread Devine, James
Title: a clear and present danger U.N. Orders Wonka To Submit To Chocolate Factory Inspections UNITED NATIONS-Responding to pressure from the international community, the U.N. ordered enigmatic candy maker William "Willy" Wonka to submit to chocolate-factory inspections Monday. "For years,

McCloskey on the Notre Dame situation

2003-01-29 Thread Robert Manning
McCloskey on the Notre Dame situation Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:07:45 -0800 Forthcoming, Eastern Economic Journal Notre Dame Loses Deirdre McCloskey Visiting Professor, Denison University UI

WTO/drugs

2003-01-29 Thread Ian Murray
WTO sorts drugs patent issues for Third World A K Bhattacharya in Davos | January 29, 2003 12:43 IST http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/jan/29wef3.htm The World Trade Organisation has made headway in resolving the differences over intellectual property rights for drugs needed by developing countries

The Third Reich of our times

2003-01-29 Thread Louis Proyect
BLAIR IS A COWARD John Pilger Daily Mirror Wednesday 29 January 2003 William Russell, the great correspondent who reported the carnage of imperial wars, may have first used the expression "blood on his hands" to describe impeccable politicians who, at a safe distance, order the mass killing of

McCloskey on the Notre Dame situation

2003-01-29 Thread Michael Perelman
Forthcoming, Eastern Economic Journal Notre Dame Loses Deirdre McCloskey Visiting Professor, Denison University UIC Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, and English,

Bush state-of-the-union message

2003-01-29 Thread Louis Proyect
http://fuckitall.com/bsh/ -- The Marxism list: www.marxmail.org