[PEN-L:212] Re: Citicorp-Travelers Merger

1998-09-24 Thread Gary Dymski
nouncement date, in effect, is the merger date. *The anti-trust law is actually still on the books. Strange but true. Gary D. Gary Dymski Department of Economics University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521-0427 Phone: 909-787-5037 x1570 Fax: 909-787-5685 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)

[PEN-L:73] Brazil in a corner

1998-09-10 Thread Gary Dymski
uot;I think I am even more pessimistic than you". By the way, for those interested in checking out some of the trends: A really interesting source for such gawking, if an incomplete one for developing markets, is www. bigcharts.com, which readily pulls up historical data in graphical f

[PEN-L:69] Re: "Old panaceas do not work"

1998-09-10 Thread Gary Dymski
solution of the past allows a mechanism whereby the markets can freely react to developments in Brazil as they happen, to the detriment of Brazil's flexibility in this crisis. Gary D. Gary Dymski Department of Economics University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521-0427 Phone: 909-787-

[PEN-L:49] Re: free-market ideology

1998-09-09 Thread Gary Dymski
shift gears (as they will) >in response to class forces and dynamics reflecting their own >institutional positions. > >So my question: in what ways, if any, should this current >trend/development influence our own political efforts in this period. >Should we just ignore it, promote

[PEN-L:1245] Addendum to question

1998-08-26 Thread Gary Dymski
s, no? I guess I'm thinking that the Hitler-parallel, if such exists, would have to be younger and more obscure at this point. Am I underestimating Lebed here? Peace, Gary Gary Dymski Department of Economics University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521-0427 Phone: 909-787-5037 x157

[PEN-L:1244] Re: Russia in emergency talks with IMF

1998-08-26 Thread Gary Dymski
ing in the wings who commands popular respect and is a "comer"? There is certainly enough chaos to go around--will anyone try to reap this whirlwind? Gary D. Gary Dymski Department of Economics University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521-0427 Phone: 909-787-5037 x1570 Fax

[PEN-L:1068] Re: query: Bennett Harrison

1998-08-21 Thread Gary Dymski
b-page. > >Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & >http://clawww.lmu.edu/Departments/ECON/jdevine.html > > Gary Dymski Department of Economics University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521-0427 Phone: 909-787-5037 x1570 Fax: 909-787-5685 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)

[PEN-L:1052] Re: Media ownership

1998-08-20 Thread Gary Dymski
rule akin to the clause in the CRA which states that a bank must pass close scrutiny on its CRA perform- ance when it wants to open or close branches (ie, that a media station that wants to take over, close or transform a given outlet must "prove" that it is being socially accountable i

[PEN-L:978] Re: korea/russia questions

1998-08-19 Thread Gary Dymski
workers' side has now balked at being part of the tripartite commission sanctioning changes, everyone is apparently still talking. Things are changing fast, however. Perhaps friends in Korea might have fresher news. Gary D. Gary Dymski Department of Economics University of California, Ri

[PEN-L:973] Re: Re: Re: Re: 3 Articles on Russia

1998-08-18 Thread Gary Dymski
South Korea, for example, many people remain uncertain as to what >conclusion to draw from their crisis. They hate the chaebol (large >conglomerates) and they blame the crisis on them and the government for >protecting them. Some see greater market freedoms as a way to break up the >

[PEN-L:3799] RE: stock market & investment

1996-04-16 Thread Gary Dymski
> The other day, I asked loyal Keynesians to comment on Morck, Shleifer, and > Vishny's 1990 paper showing the stock market to have little effect on > investment - a very damaging empirical refutation of JMK's line on the > malign influence of sentiment on the real world. Let me add a couple of p

[PEN-L:3733] RE: trade surplusses

1996-04-11 Thread Gary Dymski
Eban, There are better experts than I, but just a couple of thoughts. > A question from a trade-theory neophyte: > > How, these days, does the mainstream argue that Japanese trade surpluses > continue to persist? Isnt' there supposed to be an exhange rate mechanism > to eliminate them? > The cur

[PEN-L:2772] RE: Grassroots urban policy on the web

1996-02-06 Thread Gary Dymski
In response to Jim Jaszewski's request for information on grassroots urban policy ideas on the WWW: A good "point of entry" is Neighborhoods Online, at http://libertynet.org/community/phila/natl.html Gary D. Gary A. Dymski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. of Economic

[PEN-L:30] RE: Solicitation of Articles: RPE "Latest Developments in Marxist Theory"

1995-07-26 Thread Gary Dymski
Pen-l comrades, Please accept my apologies for inappropriately sending a message intended for Paul Zarembka and Ajit Sinha to the _entire_ Pen-l net. I try to avoid such mistakes, and will try even _harder_ from now on! Gary Dymski Gary A. Dymski, Dept. of Economics [EMAIL

[PEN-L:29] RE: Solicitation of Articles: RPE "Latest Developments in Marxist Theory"

1995-07-26 Thread Gary Dymski
clear as I wrote the Neilsen/Ware paper that I was at the tip of an iceberg. Would it be appropriate to proceed? Gary Dymski In message 19 Jun 1995 14:46:12 -0700, Paul Zarembka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Solicitation of Papers > > RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY > &g

[PEN-L:5707] RE: If Orange County can do it, why not Mexico?

1995-06-26 Thread Gary Dymski
> Today's (June 26, 1995) Globe and Mail reprinted a piece from the NYT in > which Joe Mysak, ediotr of Grant's Municipal Bond Observer did a flame. > He's enraged that Orange County, one of the riches counties in the US, > has opted for bankruptcy rather than undergo the local government > equiva

[PEN-L:4840] Some ref's to cred-mkt discrim. lit.

1995-04-26 Thread GARY DYMSKI
In delayed response to Marsh's request, here are some bibliographical notes to accompany my recent posting on discrimination in the credit market. I should note that UCR has had a transition to a new computer system, so I was "off the net" from Saturday to this morning (Wednesday). If there was

Re: Credit scoring again??

1994-11-01 Thread GARY DYMSKI
In message 27 Oct 1994 12:31:38 -0700, pat mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Doug, > > I don't know if he's still on the list, but Gary Dymski would be a good > source for this question. Also, try and contact Tim Bates at Wayne State. > > patrick &quo