Re: pitfalls of economic journalism

2004-01-02 Thread dsquared
British Home Stores; it's a mid-market clothes retailer. The lower-casing of the last two letters of the acronym was put in there by some bunch of branding charlies in the 90s. It's currently owned by Philip Green, one of the characters of Brit business. dd On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:48:42 -0600,

Re: the political economy of oil; minor historical footnote

2004-01-02 Thread dmschanoes
Seems to me the question we need to be asking is *scarce for whom*? For the poor, schools are scarce, medical care is scarce, violence free communities are scarce, housing is scarce, nutritionally beneficial foods are scarce, clean water is scarce, democratic participation is scarce, electricity

Re: USA: overtime pay redux

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Perelman
You might remember how Reagan improved nutrition in the school by defining Ketchup as a vegetable. By redefining overtime, maybe Bush can make people feel les overworked. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL

NAFTA

2004-01-02 Thread Louis Proyect
NAFTA 10 YEARS LATER After Initial Boom, Mexico's Economy Goes Bust Supporters say the free-trade zone has been a success, but critics point to the loss of jobs, factories and investment. By Chris Kraul, Times Staff Writer MEXICALI, Mexico The heady early years of the North American Free Trade

Re: USA: overtime pay redux

2004-01-02 Thread DMS
Well, it's all about the cash. The new regulations will exempt millions of workers from the premium pay requirement for overtime work. The definitions of supervisor, manager, etc. will be expaned to embrace perhaps another 20 million workers, exempting, for example, copy editors, retail clerks

Re: USA: overtime pay redux: correction

2004-01-02 Thread DMS
Excuse the error, please, 10 million not 20 million. For more check: http://www.epinet.org/newsroom/embargoed/bp-flsa-e.pdf dms

Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread k hanly
This is an interesting site for information on reconstruction finances etc. It would seem crony capitalism at least is thriving in Iraq if nothing else. http://www.iraqrevenuewatch.org/ Cheers, Ken Hanly

Re: Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread Louis Proyect
At 11:52 AM 1/2/2004, you wrote: This is an interesting site for information on reconstruction finances etc. It would seem crony capitalism at least is thriving in Iraq if nothing else. http://www.iraqrevenuewatch.org/ Cheers, Ken Hanly In an effort to ensure that Iraqi oil revenues are managed

Re: Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread DMS
Soros? Transparency? Is this more hilarious than sad, or vice versa?--- currency speculation I guess doesn't register as an extractive industry when there is hardly anything more extractive and less transparent. Soros making sure that the Iraqi oil wealth is used for the benfit of the Iraqi

productivity

2004-01-02 Thread joanna bujes
In a recent SF Chron article on productivity, the author wrote: Such fast-growing productivity is a tremendous boon for society, economists stress. While jobs might disappear in the short run, higher output per worker spurs growth that in the long run creates more opportunity. Higher productivity

Re: productivity

2004-01-02 Thread DMS
There is plenty of data on this and except for that data collected by Dr. Pangloss and his assistants at the Milton Friedman-Ayn Rand School of the Dismal Science(Team Fight Song-- First I Look At the Purse), the last 30 years have proved just the opposite-- greater profits have been accompanied

Nagging 911 questions

2004-01-02 Thread Brian McKenna
http://www.nypress.com/16/53/newscolumns/feature.cfm

Re: Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread k hanly
Thanks for the Info. I guess it is still better than Fox Moos Watch! Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:00 AM Subject: Re: Iraq Revenue Watch At 11:52 AM 1/2/2004, you wrote: This is an

Customizing customer orders

2004-01-02 Thread k hanly
Customized Pizza Order Operator: Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. How May I serve you... Customer: Hi, I'd like to order. Operator: May I have your NIDN first, sir? Customer: My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, eh, it's 6102049998-45-54610. Operator: Thank you, Mr. Sheehan. I see you live

Re: Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread Doug Henwood
So if Soros funds it, does that mean it's all untrue? Should I stop reading the New York Times because advertisers fund it? Doug k hanly wrote: Thanks for the Info. I guess it is still better than Fox Moos Watch! Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL

Re: Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread dmschanoes
Rhetorical question? Come on, nobody suggested any such thing. Read it critically, like you would or should read the NY Times, without illusion or denying its specific allegiance to a specific class interest. We read the WSJ, Financial Times, the WTO, IMF, WB, BIS, BEA, Statistics Canada, ETC

Re: Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread Louis Proyect
So if Soros funds it, does that mean it's all untrue? Should I stop reading the New York Times because advertisers fund it? Doug This project seems to be an outgrowth of another Soros venture, the http://www.eurasianet.org/policy_forum/crw.shtmlCaspian Revenue Watch, which monitors the development

Re: productivity

2004-01-02 Thread Mike Ballard
--- joanna bujes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a recent SF Chron article on productivity, the author wrote: Such fast-growing productivity is a tremendous boon for society, economists stress. While jobs might disappear in the short run, higher output per worker spurs growth that in the long

the WSF and questions of strategy

2004-01-02 Thread Eubulides
http://www.flonnet.com/fl2101/stories/20040116002503900.htm

The Avocado Declaration

2004-01-02 Thread Louis Proyect
[The following statement was initiated by Peter Miguel Camejo. He is a life-long fighter for social justice who was the Green candidate for Governor in California in the 2002 general elections and in the 2003 recall election.] THE AVOCADO DECLARATION INTRODUCTION The Green Party is at a

Re: Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread dmschanoes
Wait a minute, are the rules of engagement here that there is to be no engagement?

Re: Iraq Revenue Watch

2004-01-02 Thread Eubulides
[speaking of crony capitalism and Eurasianet..] The new cold war The long struggle between the US and Russia has found a new focus Jonathan Steele Saturday January 3, 2004 The Guardian In the dying weeks of another war-filled year, one bit of good news was the non-violent uprising which

[political] industrial ecology

2004-01-02 Thread Eubulides
January 3, 2004 E.P.A. to Study Use of Waste From Sewage as Fertilizer By JENNIFER 8. LEE The Environmental Protection Agency will sponsor a series of scientific and public health studies on the safety of using sewage sludge as fertilizer, including nationwide chemical tests and building a human

Re: [political] industrial ecology

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Perelman
I am semi-retired -- at the economics meetings now for a few days. What is remarkable is that the article says nothing about the EPA sanctioned use of toxic waste is fertilizer. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL

pen-l archives

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Perelman
I think that the csf computer might be gone. It was supposed to go last September. Hans Ehrbar is hosting the archives now. We all owe him a great debt of thanks. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

National Attack on Labor Studies

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Hoover
Date:Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:28:54 -0600 From:Nelson N. Lichtenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The national attack on labor studies Colleagues: As many of you already know, the Schwarzenegger Administration has eliminated funding for the UC Institute for Labor and Employment. The

e-bay 'employee incorporation'

2004-01-02 Thread Michael Hoover
i recently saw figure of 40,000 people who derive livelihood from e-bay, any listers know if this is accurate...also, i seem to recall reading something awhile ago about e-bay offering such folks health insurance, i assume this would be opportunity to purchase group rather than individual