Bob, I may be teaching a race, class, and gender course in the fall.
also, Dollars & Sense might be able to review it. Please get me a
desk copy. Marc Breslow, Dollars & Sense, 1 Summer St., Somerville,
MA 02143. Thanks.
Michael, see my article in the January/February Dollars & Sense, titled
"Whitman Bedazzles New Jersey: Cut Taxes Now, Pay the Price Later."
What Whitman has done so far is mainly to cut contributions to the
state's pension fund by a huge amount, something like $2 billion a year.
She claims that t
NEW BOOKS FROM DOLLARS & SENSE:
Please excuse the semi-commercial nature of this message. This
year Dollars & Sense magazine has published new editions of three
course readers, all of which have been popular with progressive
faculty for use in introductory and intermediate courses. They
are:
REA
REAL WORLD MACRO, 13TH EDITION: TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS - MEASURING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
1. Is the U.S. Making Progress? Unlike the GDP, A New Measure
Says "No"
2. Counting Women's Work
3. Measuring Women's Progress
4. When is a Recession Over: Sitting in a conference room, s
Re the unemployment rate, see my brief article, "Job Stats: Too Good to
Be True," Dollars & Sense, September 1996, page 51 -- using BLS data,
the real U.S. rate is about 12% (or was as of March). Marc Breslow.
Bob, congratulations on the living wage victory! We are working away
on the study for one in Boston. Marc Breslow.
Real World Banking, 3rd edition
Chapter One: Introduction
1. What is Money?
2. What is the Federal Reserve?
3. Derivatives: Tool for Growth or Instability?
4. The Wages of Greed: Why Orange County Gambled on Derivatives
and Lost
Chapter Two: The Banks Make
Real World Micro, 6th Edition
CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS
1. Shaking the Invisible Hand: The Uncertain Foundations of Free
Market Economics
2. Who Gains From Trade?
3. The Case of Hungary: Free Markets Aren't Always the Solution
4. Is Small Beautiful? Is Bigger Better? Small and Big Business
From: Marc Breslow, Co-Editor, Dollars and Sense
Re: Dollars and Sense course readers
Please excuse the commercial announcement -- we are a non-profit
organization dedicated to progressive social change.
Dollars and Sense now has five anthologies, used principally
Real World Macro, 14th edition: Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS - MEASURING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
1. Is the U.S. Making Progress? Unlike the GDP, A New Measure
Says "No"
2. Counting Women's Work
3. Measuring Women's Progress
4. The Job Stats -- Too Good to be True
REAL WORLD INTERNATIONAL, THIRD EDITION
By Dollars and Sense magazine
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CHAPTER 1 TRADE THEORY
1.Who Gains From Trade?
2.Markets Unbound: The heavy price of
Bill, do you know how to reach Ellen Dannin? Marc Breslow, Dollars &
Sense magazine.
Hi Patrick, this is Marc Breslow at Dollars & Sense. It's been a long
time
since our last communication. How are you? Would you be interested in
making another stab at writing for us? Let me know. Marc.
CURRENT ECONOMIC ISSUES: PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVES FROM DOLLARS &
SENSE
2nd edition
CHAPTER 1: GOVERNMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND INEQUALITY
1. Is Big Government Really the Problem?
2. Unnecessary Evil: Why Inequality is Bad for Business
3. Putting People First? Clintonomics and Post-Prosperity
SPECIAL ISSUES OF DOLLARS & SENSE
The following special issues are available or will be in the next
six months. Free desk copies are available (send an email, and
later send $1 per issue for postage).
REPRINT AND PHOTOCOPY POLICY
Our reprint
In reply to Eric Nilsson looking for readings for an intro course on
economic issues, Dollars & Sense will have such a reader available
for the spring. It will be a revision of our "Decoding the Contract" (as in the
Contract with America" volume, and will be titled "Current Economic Issues:
Progr
CURRENT ECONOMIC ISSUES: PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVES FROM DOLLARS &
SENSE (FORMERLY DECODING THE CONTRACT)
CHAPTER 1: THE FEDERAL BUDGET
1. Death By Devolution: Congress Passes the Buck to the States
2. Budget-Balancing Nonsense: The GOP Attacks the Wrong Problems
3. Pumping up the Pentagon: The Dom
Mark, I would like to talk with you about writing an article for D&S
sometime. Are you interested? You can reply by Email or phone, 617-
628-8411. Marc Breslow, Dollars and Sense (out of town 12/26-1/6/97).
Michael, what about the Dollars and Sense anthologies? They are not
meant as primary texts, but as supplementary readers I think they
do a great job -- of course I'm rather biased about it. I would be
interested to hear from anyone on PENL what you think of Real World
Macro, Micro, Banking
REQUEST FOR ENDORSEMENT QUOTES
PEN-L friends -- please excuse this semi-commercial request. I'm
putting together a large promotional mailing for the Dollars and
Sense series of course anthologies: Real World Macro, Micro,
International, and Banking, and our newest volume, Current
Economic I
12/22/97
From: Marc Breslow, Co-Editor, Dollars and Sense
Re: DOLLARS AND SENSE COURSE READERS
Please excuse the commercial announcement -- we are a non-profit
organization dedicated to progressive social change.
Dollars and Sense now has six anthologies, used
REAL WORLD MICRO, 7TH EDITION: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction5
CHAPTER 1: MARKETS EVERYWHERE: PRIVATIZATION AND DEREGULATION
1. Privatization: Downsizing Government for Principle and Profit
Edward S. Herman6
2. Competition Comes to Electricity: Industry Gains, People
andthe Environment Los
Robiinn, I'm glad you think you can use the environmental reader. If
you need it sooner than when Jesse gets back. I can mail it, and the other
books. Let me know. By the way, if you get the January magazine, you will
see that your situation did not get into my article on "How People Spend
their
THE ENVIRONMENT IN CRISIS
CHAPTER 1: THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
PAGE
1. Is the U.S. Making Progress? Unlike the GDP, a New
Measure Says 'No'2
2. Air Pollution, Past and Present
8
CHAPTER 2: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Global Warming: How B
REAL WORLD INTERNATIONAL, FOURTH EDITION
CHAPTER 1 TRADE THEORY
1.Who Gains From Trade?
2.Markets Unbound: The heavy price of globalization
3.Rethinking Competitiveness: A review of books by Michael Porter
and Robert Reich
CHAPTER 2 TRADE AGREEMENTS: GATT and NAFTA
4. Macho Economics: Ca
Real World Macro, 14th edition: Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS - MEASURING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
1. Is the U.S. Making Progress? Unlike the GDP, A New Measure
Says "No"
2. Counting Women's Work
3. Measuring Women's Progress
4. The Job Stats -- Too Good to be True
Ron, how about directions on how to get from the convention to the party?
Is it walkable, or public transit or what? Marc Breslow.
First off, as someone who DID read Moore's original piece, he very
clearly stated that BOTH opposition to corporate power and the
Contras were important. (In the sentence immediately follwing the
two htat have been quoted above.) I thought his article was
provocative in a good way, perhaps over
Peter, mayube Holly Sklar's book, CHAOS OR COMMUNITY?. Marc Breslow,
Dollars and Sense.
Would anyone out there be interested in writing a summary and critique
of rational expectations (re the Nobel prize) for Dollars and Sense?
Would probably run in our "Primer" column, could be from 700 to 1,400 words.
Please reply to my attention. Thanks. Marc Breslow, Editor.
Two people replied to my query concerning writing an article on
rational expectations for Dollars & Sense. I deleted your messages
by mistake. Could you send me a message again? Thanks. Marc Breslow.
>From Marc Breslow, Editor, Dollars and Sense magazine
DOLLARS AND SENSE MEETING AT ASSA
If you will be in San Francisco, please come to our discussion
meeting at 5:00 PM on Saturday, January 6, in the Sutter B room at
the Hilton. I will talk about the magazine's recent changes and
ou
>From Marc Breslow, Editor, Dollars and Sense magazine.
(Please excuse the commercial announcement. But we do exist to
serve, not to make money.)
Announcing a new reader by Dollars and Sense that will just be
coming off the presses at the end of this month:
DECODING THE CONTRACT: PROGRESS
Blair, yes, use Real World Macro. You might also want to consider our
new reader, "Decoding the Contract," $7.50 for students. Also, in
the March/April Dollars and Sense I will have an article that
summarizes and reviews the "Redefining Progress" model -- its
shorter and cl
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