Ernest Mandel and the Brenner thesis

2003-11-06 Thread Louis Proyect
Dear Jan-Willem Stutje, I stumbled across your announcement for a conference titled Theory as History: Ernest Mandel's historical analysis of world capitalism on Jerry Levy's OPE-L, a listserv made up primarily of Marxist professors. http://www.iisg.nl/research/mandel.html This conference

Re: Myron Scholes' day in court

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Pollak
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Carl Remick wrote: Boffo stuff, but what's the upshot? Is Dr. S. on food stamps now or what? Does that ever happen to rich guys? I remember when Donald Trump was $300 mln in the hole in the 80s. It never seemed to bother him so much as being $1000 in the hole bothered me

Re: Social Democrats Win in Saskatchewan

2003-11-06 Thread k hanly
I was a little surprised at the win but not that much. The NDP was ahead slightly in the polls but the election was close to a dead heat. The NDP got 30 seats and the Sask. Party 28. It is hard to predict how right wing the Sask. Party would have been. It is heartening to see a fight

Re: Marx abstraction [was Query: critique of production functions -clarification-]

2003-11-06 Thread Matías Scaglione
Dear James: --- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I agree: Marx was deliberately abstracting in a way that (he thought) reflected the actual process under capitalism. In my very short précis, I was only summarizing one part of his approach and its actual application. I was in no way

Re: Myron Scholes' day in court

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Perelman
I saw the rich kids documentary last night. Trump's daughter remembers going to Trump Plaza with Dad. Seeing a homeless person, he said that the homeless person was $2 billion richer than he was. She did not understand what he meant at the time. I met Scholes briefly before he was rich and

Re: Myron Scholes' day in court

2003-11-06 Thread Devine, James
Seeing a homeless person, [The Donald Trump] said that the homeless person was $2 billion richer than he was. it's easy for the rich to _say_ such things. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

Re: Myron Scholes' day in court

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Perelman
The movie is filled with such things. Young children taught about prenups. Poor people would not understand the problems that these kids face. On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:32:19AM -0800, Devine, James wrote: Seeing a homeless person, [The Donald Trump] said that the homeless person was $2

Re: Ridiculous paper of the day

2003-11-06 Thread Michael Perelman
Yes, small farmers will not invest in control, large farmers could (but didn't). However, reducing farm size is one of the most effective measures -- although much of that land should not have been plowed in the first place. On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:44:15PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: Is that

Re: Loren Goldner on the economy

2003-11-06 Thread Devine, James
comments: the question about the political business cycle theory at this point does not concern the Bushwackers' intentions. Rather, it's about their ability to spark an election-year boom (delaying the hitting of the fan by the shit until 2005). Their friend Alan at the Fed doesn't have much

Loren Goldner on the economy

2003-11-06 Thread Devine, James
MS Outlook's non-intuitive commands (and their non-correspondence to similar commands in MS Office) meant once again that I sent this off before it was finished. comments: this is a pretty good article. the question about the political business cycle theory at this point does not concern the

prenups

2003-11-06 Thread Devine, James
Michael refers to Young [rich] children taught about prenups. here are the lyrics to a romantic country western tune: JUST IN CASE Todd Snider ©2000 == You oughta know by now this love of mine is real Honey words just can't describe the way I feel And even though we just met

Re: They decapitate babies don't they?

2003-11-06 Thread Carrol Cox
andie nachgeborenen wrote: But that was in another country, and, besides, the wench is dead. If we're poaching on non-Shakespearean territory, I prefer I am the Duchess of Malfi still!* and Cover her face, mine eyes dazzle, She died young. Carrol I.e., You can kill me, and I can't stop

Re: the new gated community

2003-11-06 Thread Carrol Cox
andie nachgeborenen wrote: Well, the strategic hamlet goes back to Vietnam days. It was used in Central America too. I don't know as much as I should about details of the Philippine War pursued by McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft. Did they use anything like strategic hamlets in that war? Or did

short selling rules...

2003-11-06 Thread Eubulides
[Federal Register: November 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 215)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 62971-63009] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr06no03-24] [[Page 62971]] --- Part V Securities

Re: They decapitate babies don't they?

2003-11-06 Thread joanna bujes
Yes -- a magnificent play -- The Duchess of Malfi -- Joanna Carrol Cox wrote: andie nachgeborenen wrote: But that was in another country, and, besides, the wench is dead. If we're poaching on non-Shakespearean territory, I prefer I am the Duchess of Malfi still!* and Cover her face, mine

FW: Congress seeks to regulate university courses; make them more patriotic

2003-11-06 Thread Devine, James
From Michael Bednar Department of History The University of Texas at Austin Congress Moves to Regulate Postcolonial Studies (fwd) Oct. 20, 2003 Friends, As many of you who know me well will soon realize, I have become a political activist for the first time in my life. I am not here to

Re: election results

2003-11-06 Thread troy cochrane
The NDP are far from the ideal party of the left, but I do understand they work within certain constraints, and they are far better than the alternative. So, it is still nice to see then pull out a win in my beloved home province. Troy paul phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't give the

cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread Eubulides
washingtonpost.com No 'Cronyism' in Iraq By Steven Kelman Thursday, November 6, 2003; Page A33 There has been a series of allegations and innuendos recently to the effect that government contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan are being awarded in an atmosphere redolent with the stench of

Re: cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread paul phillips
This is a joke, no? Paul Phillips Eubulides wrote: washingtonpost.com No 'Cronyism' in Iraq By Steven Kelman Thursday, November 6, 2003; Page A33 There has been a series of allegations and innuendos recently to the effect that government contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan are being

Re: cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread Max B. Sawicky
I want the drugs this guy is using. - Original Message - From: Eubulides [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:33 PM Subject: cronysm? What cronyism? washingtonpost.com No 'Cronyism' in Iraq By Steven Kelman Thursday, November 6, 2003; Page

Re: cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread joanna bujes
His screed has the virtue of being so unbelievable(who hasn't heard of the $5,000 toilet seats)...that it's well, unbelievable. Joanna Max B. Sawicky wrote: I want the drugs this guy is using. - Original Message - From: Eubulides [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: joanna bujes [EMAIL PROTECTED] His screed has the virtue of being so unbelievable(who hasn't heard of the $5,000 toilet seats)...that it's well, unbelievable. Joanna === Haven't the Pentagon procurement people lost a couple of

Re: cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread Devine, James
He's the author of Push Comes to Shove: The Escalation of Student Protest, a book that criticized the SDS and other student radicals. He was a member of the Young People's Socialist League, the youth group of the Socialist Party-USA. Though some of his critique was on the mark, he clearly went

Re: cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread Eugene Coyle
Thanks for the best laugh of the day. Gene Coyle Eubulides wrote: washingtonpost.com No 'Cronyism' in Iraq By Steven Kelman Thursday, November 6, 2003; Page A33 There has been a series of allegations and innuendos recently to the effect that government contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan

Off List Re: cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread Carrol Cox
Devine, James wrote: . . . .he clearly went right-wing or at least nuts. You mean there's a difference? :-) Carrol

Re: Off List Re: cronysm? What cronyism?

2003-11-06 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: Carrol Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Devine, James wrote: . . . .he clearly went right-wing or at least nuts. You mean there's a difference? :-) Carrol = With Jim, there's always a difference. :- Ian

The eternal values of Americans, or, the Government right to choose

2003-11-06 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
On November 5, President Bush enacted the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which makes it unlawful for US doctors to perform partial-birth abortions, except when necessary to save the life of the mother. The Senate voted 64-34 to ban partial-birth abortions, while the House passed the

Terry Eagleton on the American body

2003-11-06 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
...the body is a wildly popular topic in US cultural studies - but this is the plastic, remouldable, socially constructed body, not the piece of matter that sickens and dies. - Terry Eagleton, After Theory, 2003, p.186.