Re: virtual economics

2003-07-26 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Perelman, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Today, NPR had a feature about this paper, probably stealing the idea from Slate. It is surprising how few original ideas they come up with. I found the discussion interesting in that it added another dimention to the c

virtual economics

2003-07-26 Thread Perelman, Michael
Today, NPR had a feature about this paper, probably stealing the idea from Slate. It is surprising how few original ideas they come up with. I found the discussion interesting in that it added another dimention to the concept of ficticious value. I still cannot receive mail, including pen-l, a

Re: Query

2003-07-26 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
"...the issue is not more versus less government [or big government versus small government], but rather to whose interests the government gives effect. Thus, a movement from more to less stringent requirements for the emissions of polluting firms is not a move from more to less government ['deregu

Can Cuba's problems be solved on the basis of internal decision-making ?

2003-07-26 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
I was reading a simplistic economic paper very critical of Cuban government economic policy at: http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/asce/cuba9/rbetan.pdf Has any learned friend of ours come across literature which suggests a specific constructive mix of government policies which would improve the

Query

2003-07-26 Thread Seth Sandronsky
Recently, somebody on PEN-L posted a quote from an article on government intervention in the JEI. I can’t recall the writer or the poster. Advance thanks for answering my query. Stumbling toward the light, Seth Sandronsky _ MSN 8 wit

Judith Miller nailed

2003-07-26 Thread Louis Proyect
slate.com The Times Scoops That Melted Cataloging the wretched reporting of Judith Miller. By Jack Shafer Posted Friday, July 25, 2003, at 3:49 PM PT If reporters who live by their sources were obliged to die by their sources, New York Times reporter Judith Miller would be stinking up her family t