michael wrote:
Business Week describes GM becoming almost entirely dependent on its
finance unit. I recall seeing something similar about Ford.
A few years ago, Ford was making money on its finance division and
breaking even on cars. But the finance division was almost
exclusively devoted to
I spied with my little eye a forum on a Magna Carta for Cyberspace, in the
Indiana University journal The Information Society, 12(3) July-September,
1996.
Introduction, by Mark Poster Cyberspace and the American Dream: A Magna
Carta for the Knowledge Age, by Esther Dyson, George Gilder, George
For some interesting comments on modern finance capital, see Rob Steven,
Japan's New Imperialism. Japan's post-WW2 economic growth was often
attributed to its specific social institutions, particularly its factories,
supposedly resulting in superior productivity, and taken by some neoliberals
as
For what it's worth, Mel G. was the speaker at graduation this last May (at Loyola
Marymount, a Jesuit-sponsored university). He was funny and non-controversial, with a
minimum of platitudes (except when he made fun of platitudes) -- which is about all
one can hope for in a graduation speaker
Best religion movie is Elmer Gantry.
Have watched it many times.
mbs
Of course, the best movie about Jesus is still Monty Python's Life of
Brian.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Best religion movie is Elmer Gantry.
Have watched it many times.
(I reviewed this when it was in the theaters. Now it is available in video.)
Kadosh
Kadosh, a hard-hitting feminist polemic, revolves around the tangled
sexual politics of three men and two women in an
FYI, URL for the site is http://www.debunking-economics.com/ . It's definitely worth
checking out.
Thanks,
Anders
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I hate to put it bluntly like this, but I don't think you should read
any of that Industrial Org stuff.
Take a look at Steve Keen's new book,
August 3, 2003/New York TIMES magazine
The Probability That a Real-Estate Agent Is Cheating You (and Other
Riddles of Modern Life)
By STEPHEN J. DUBNER
The most brilliant young economist in America -- the one so deemed, at
least, by a jury of his elders -- brakes to a stop at a traffic light on
Bush Impeached? Wanna Bet?
By Leander Kahney
Wired.com
02:00 AM Aug. 04, 2003 PT
Though there was an outcry over the Pentagon's terrorism futures market,
a similar online exchange is in the works to predict what the U.S.
government is up to.
The American Action Market will offer various
Best religion movie is Elmer Gantry.
Have watched it many times.
mbs
I love Burt Lancaster!!!
In addition to _Kadosh_, I also recommend _Passions of Joan of Arc_
(1927) and _The Day of Wrath_ (1943), both directed by Carl Theodor
Dreyer. Cf.
Did he say 'Blessed are the cheesemakers?'
j.
Best religion movie is Elmer Gantry.
Have watched it many times.
mbs
Of course, the best movie about Jesus is still Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
I would have bought futures on Poindexter getting axed after announcing
a futures market.
Ken.
--
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
-- Laurence J. Peter
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Poindexter to Leave Pentagon Research Job
Project to Create Futures Market on Events in Middle
Me too.
I own the video of Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
mbs
I love Burt Lancaster!!!
In addition to _Kadosh_, I also recommend _Passions of Joan of Arc_
(1927) and _The Day of Wrath_ (1943), both directed by Carl Theodor
Dreyer. Cf.
Jim wrote:
Of course, the best movie about Jesus is still Monty Python's Life of
Brian.
Yep that is what I said to, especially the ending: hanging on the cross, the
three sing look on the bright side of life.
But can't we make a better movie ? See further
yea verily! Saith I:
the best movie about Jesus is still Monty Python's Life of Brian.
speaketh Jurriaan:
Yep that is what I said to, especially the ending: hanging on the cross, the
three sing look on the bright side of life.
even better, in imitation of many Hollywood endings, the camera
As I was sitting on Sunday a in pub in scenic Canterbury, Kent (the weather
was superb, as it usually is on my attempts at holidays), the barman played
a nickelback track, and it went like this
Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
even better, in imitation of many Hollywood endings, the camera pulls back
to show a panorama of perhaps 50 or even 100 people singing look on the
bright side, while dancing on their crosses. I think this is where it's
announced that the sound track is for sale in the theater lobby. (BTW,
without
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