Yes, total rubbish. To add insult to injury, Ferguson mentions "vindication
of Weber" several times. To judge from the article, Ferguson either never
read Weber's book or read it so long ago as an undergrad that he has only
the vague idea that it had something to do with the work ethic and
protesta
The Japan Times: June 7, 2003
Chinese competition will hurt Japan car firms: World Bank
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Japan's automobile industry will shrink in the long run
due to fierce competition from China, the World Bank said in a report
released Thursday.
"Our analysis projects a contraction of automo
>From Michael's response I will single out two sentences:
> I think that Sabri's note suggests that we don't have
> a great difference among us.
Yes. This is what I think. In details maybe you differ but, in my
opnion, it is not the details but the "totality" what matters.
This is why I call myse
[lord what rot]
[NYTimes]
June 8, 2003
Why America Outpaces Europe (Clue: The God Factor)
By NIALL FERGUSON
OXFORD, England - It was almost a century ago that the German sociologist
Max Weber published his influential essay "The Protestant Ethic and the
Spirit of Capitalism." In it, Web
[yet another iteration on the socialization of risks/costs and the
corporatization of gains]
[NYTimes]
June 9, 2003
The Man Pushing America to Get on the Internet Faster
By MATT RICHTEL
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 3 - The United States, where the Internet was
invented, now falls behi
- Original Message -
From: "k hanly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] outsourcing the State redux
> Hmmm. Fighting terrorism by terrorising workers.
> Fighting terrorism by removing legal rights. Fighting terrorism by
> d
Hmmm. Fighting terrorism by terrorising workers.
Fighting terrorism by removing legal rights. Fighting terrorism by
destroying the UN and International Law.
What's next?
Cheers, Ken Hanly
- Original Message -
From: "Ian Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday,
Title: destructive creation
after a slow start, the following article is pretty good, except for its constant mis-use of the word "efficiency" to mean "lowest private costs of business" (short-term profit maximization).
June 8, 2003/New York TIMES Magazine
The Sink-or-Swim Economy
By HARRIS C
Confrerence to be held in Ankara on september 6-9, 2003.
Comradely
erdogan
Conference web page: www.erc.metu.edu.tr
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Mario Blejer (Bank of England, Former Governor of the Central Bank of
Argentina)
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/ccbs/
Kevin Hoover (University of California at Da
[They're getting anxious...]
"The essence of all power is the right to define with authority, and the
major stake of the power struggle is the appropriation or retaining of the
right to define." [Zygmunt Bauman]
===
Powell, Rice Defend U.S. Intelligence on
I think that Sabri's note suggests that we don't have a great difference
among us. I myself have offered policy suggestions to Democratic
politicians -- but never with any success. Even so, these politicians
could never hope to accomplish anything without some sort of militants
acting behind them
Aldo in his first mail:
> In a years time, a serious Democratic candidate may
> be facing down the lonely ranger. We dont know who
> the candidate will be. But hell need good economic
> programs in a hurry. Someone has to prepare the ammunition,
> and keep it dry. FDR had such a team of academi
Title: RE: [PEN-L] Fwd: Waiting for Godot
>Jim, Ian, and Michael in different ways and words all refer to the
mounting tide of revolution as a necessary precondition for success. Till
then - it seems - it's waiting for Godot. <
I never said anything about "mounting tide of revolution," nor
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