the law and economics of gov. contracts

2003-10-23 Thread Eubulides
Federal Ban Doesn't Hurt WorldCom Much By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 24, 2003; Page E01 In the nearly three months since federal authorities suspended WorldCom Inc. from receiving new and renewed contracts because of its ongoing accounting troubles, U.S. agencies hav

Re: congressional research service

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
unbelievable! I was looking for the source of this story. http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/7079437.htm On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 07:37:06PM -0700, Eubulides wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, Oc

Re: congressional research service

2003-10-23 Thread Eubulides
> - Original Message - > From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Does anyone have any idea why I might be having trouble locating the > > Congressional Research Service web site? > > -- > > = > > http://www.pennyhill.com/ > > The reports used to be up on th

Re: congressional research service

2003-10-23 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: [PEN-L] congressional research service > Does anyone have any idea why I might be having trouble locating the > Congressional Research Service web si

congressional research service

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Does anyone have any idea why I might be having trouble locating the Congressional Research Service web site? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wall Street solidly behind Bush

2003-10-23 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > do you think that individual capitalists of whatever sort really care about the balance on the current account (except the currency speculators)? also, the fall of the dollar seems to have encouraged a leveling off of the b

Re: Wall Street solidly behind Bush

2003-10-23 Thread Devine, James
do you think that individual capitalists of whatever sort really care about the balance on the current account (except the currency speculators)? also, the fall of the dollar seems to have encouraged a leveling off of the balance on the current account. It doesn't have much to do with cowboy cap

Iraq death question

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Does the US quickly remove seriously injured from Iraq right away so as to not count them among the dead? Aren't all the counted deaths people who did not survive attacks, even temorarily? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Ma

new frontiers in environmental-economic accounting

2003-10-23 Thread Eubulides
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/environment/seea2003.pdf

Re: Wall Street solidly behind Bush

2003-10-23 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > John Gulick wrote: > > >Nice find. This puts to bed stronger versions of the thesis that US finance > >capital does not tacitly back > >the Bushies' ultra-unilateralism and military adventurism. > > Don't underestimate their

Re: Wall Street solidly behind Bush

2003-10-23 Thread Doug Henwood
John Gulick wrote: Nice find. This puts to bed stronger versions of the thesis that US finance capital does not tacitly back the Bushies' ultra-unilateralism and military adventurism. Don't underestimate their cynicism - Bush cut their taxes. Next to that, policy can take a distant back seat. I go

Re: Wall Street solidly behind Bush

2003-10-23 Thread John Gulick
Lou Proyect posted the following NYT article: "Once at Arm's Length, Wall Street Is Bush's Biggest Donor" ... Nice find. This puts to bed stronger versions of the thesis that US finance capital does not tacitly back the Bushies' ultra-unilateralism and military adventurism. Wall Street was backed i

ISEE 2nd call for papers

2003-10-23 Thread Eubulides
Don't miss ISEE 2004, July 11-14, 2004 in Montreal. See all the details on our web site www.iseemontreal2004.com CALL FOR PAPERS - ISEE 2004 LIST OF TOPICS Biodiversity, biotechnology and biosafety: Resource management in first nations Biodiversity, biotechnology and biosafety: Intellectual pro

productivity growth as a mixed bag

2003-10-23 Thread Devine, James
[I wonder how Varian would explain this point in terms of his micro textbook.] October 23, 2003/New York TIMES/ECONOMIC SCENE The Mixed Bag of Productivity By HAL R. VARIAN RECENTLY productivity has been growing at a rate of about 4 percent a year. For the country as a whole, this means that e

breaking news

2003-10-23 Thread Devine, James
NORTH KOREA EXPELS IRAN FROM AXIS OF EVIL; NO LONGER EVIL ENOUGH, SAYS KIM Looking for 'Evillerdoer,' N. Korean Says One day after Iran agreed to put a halt to its nuclear program in response to pressure from the international community, North Korea expelled Iran from the Axis of Evil, saying

Wall Street solidly behind Bush

2003-10-23 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, October 23, 2003 Once at Arm's Length, Wall Street Is Bush's Biggest Donor By GLEN JUSTICE A day after a chilly reception at the United Nations last month, President Bush received a warmer greeting from a New York group that he had been keeping at arm's length: about a dozen leaders of th

FW: Re: Cancun

2003-10-23 Thread Sabri Oncu
Doug: > Here's a problem. As long as people's wages are rising > by n%, it's hard to make them upset that profits are > rising 1.5n%. American incomes have been polarizing for > over 25 years. Why has it never become a serious political > issue? I believe the main problem, that is, your main prob