Re: spinning CSR

2003-07-20 Thread Michael Pollak
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, the Japan Times was cited as saying > Dutch companies rethink corporate responsibility > The Japan Times: July 21, 2003 > By YUJI UTSUNOMIYA > Dutch food retailer Royal Ahold, a global operator, is a typical case of > CSR failure. Earlier this month, Dutch prosecutors raide

dr. doom and the big one

2003-07-20 Thread Eubulides
American deficit dependency: kill or cure, the fallout's global Larry Elliott Monday July 21, 2003 The Guardian Everything's going to be all right. No, not Bob Marley, but every policymaker from Alan Greenspan to Wim Duisenberg. The A side of 2003 was a bit grim, but turn the record over and the

volunteer army

2003-07-20 Thread michael
David Warsh often has some interesting things to say about the economics biz. This one relates to Iraq. A Very Short History of the Volunteer Army www.economicprincipals.com One of many intricately-related propositions about the capacity of American government that is being tested in Iraq

spinning CSR

2003-07-20 Thread Eubulides
Dutch companies rethink corporate responsibility The Japan Times: July 21, 2003 By YUJI UTSUNOMIYA Staff writer AMSTERDAM -- In Europe, Dutch companies are widely considered to be the front runners along with British companies in addressing the need for corporate social responsibility. The head o

China, again

2003-07-20 Thread Eubulides
The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com China unlikely to budge on yuan peg, analysts say Yumi Kuramitsu and Eugene Tang Bloomberg News Monday, July 21, 2003 China will very likely face new calls to let its currency strengthen when 25 trade ministers from Europe and Asia meet this week i

BBC reporter's statement on dead WMD expert

2003-07-20 Thread Chris Burford
I realised the BBC just gave a link again. So I append below the BBC statement plus the further important statement by their reporter dramatically standing by his own report although Kelly had appeared to deny he was the main source. A thoughtful and sympathetic interview on Channel 4 News with

the law and economics of K St.

2003-07-20 Thread Eubulides
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0307.confessore.html To this day, no one has come up with a set of rules for originality. There aren't any. [Les Paul]

Re: Question - US National Debt

2003-07-20 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
Thanks Max. I guess I asked a stupid question, but your answer is good ! What it proves to me, at the very least, is that the disregard many Americans show for politics (leading to electoral shambles at the most basic level) can be very costly for them. But the question we then have to ask, given t

Re: Question - US National Debt

2003-07-20 Thread Max B. Sawicky
With the tax system of January 2001, the debt would have been paid off in about a decade, with nobody working a day 'for nothing.' The OECD would have comparative data on national debt. mbs What I wanted to get to, was some sort of figure which showed, that in order to pay off the national debt

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-20 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
It may also give the Chinese Government some extra bargaining strength in the controversy over North Korea. J.

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-20 Thread Devine, James
Jonathan writes: >I just can't figure out why there's suddenly a unanimous call for revaluation. Especially since foreign firms account for such a significant portion of exports from China (more than half I think).< as should be well-known, the falling dollar boosts the US economy at the expense o

Re: A Short History of American Capitalism

2003-07-20 Thread Waistline2
7. Progressively fewer persons are self-subsistent, outside the capitalist economy. To do so, they need to possess their own means of production and consume a minimum of commodities that are purchased from others. They are neither wageworkers nor employers. Small numbers of people live by begging.

The far side: the politics of Morose Socialism

2003-07-20 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
I'm famous again, for not doin' anything, check out this PEN-L recycler at Golems Class Struggle Portal (they interpreted it as a bummer): http://g0lem.net/HTH/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=57

BBC E-mail: BBC statement: Full text

2003-07-20 Thread Chris Burford
Chris Burford saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see it. ** Message ** I understand frin Ian (E) the link may not work. ** BBC statement: Full text ** Director of BBC News Richard Sambrook has confirmed that Dr David Kelly was the source for the BBC's dossier report. < htt

intelligence for war; intelligence for law

2003-07-20 Thread Chris Burford
Dr David Kelly was not described as looking particularly depressed by those who saw him just before his death. Suicide of course may not be caused by mental illness or even symptoms of mental illness. It can also be caused by guilt or anger. He may have felt he had been cornered into lying abou

you don't say.......

2003-07-20 Thread Eubulides
"Once you start down this path of not letting the destructive side of capitalism work, you build a bigger and bigger edifice so each time you've got to bet the ranch to make sure it doesn't collapse." said Bill Fleckenstein, head of Fleckenstein Capital in Seattle. "Everyone has believed for at lea

Re: Dead WMD expert was BBC mole

2003-07-20 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Chris Burford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > London summer time 12:13 > > > BBC: the late Dr Kelly was indeed the mole:- > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3081529.stm == Can't reach the link or the home page, Chris. Can you post the ar

Going to the hard core of the matter: the Transformation of Feminism into Capital

2003-07-20 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
(If you liked Stanley Kubrick's last movie, Eyes Wide Shut, check out this story from The Observer). A woman's touch Girls-only strip clubs, porn films directed by women, handbag-friendly dildos and bedroom toys that are not for the boys... The past five years have seen an extraordinary shift in

Downshifting: you don't have to work so hard anymore, when you got enough money

2003-07-20 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
Quitting the rat race to get a life New Zealand Herald, 20.07.2003 By GEOFF CUMMING On John Clark's website is a eulogy to his wife, Jude, who died suddenly in April. Life hangs by a thin thread, it concludes. Procrastinate at your peril. Ten years ago, Clark walked away from a six-figure income

Dead WMD expert was BBC mole

2003-07-20 Thread Chris Burford
London summer time 12:13 BBC: the late Dr Kelly was indeed the mole:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3081529.stm