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The New York correspondent of the Swiss journal Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ)
today reports on the recently published Fed paper "Preventing Deflation:
Lessons from Japan's Experience in the 1990s".
A couple of days ago the NZZ also reported on a rumour going around that
the Fed could have direct
>Doha was described by Robert Zoellick, the U.S. Trade Representative, as
>having "removed the stain of Seattle". Seattle stands as a historical
>watershed, through which citizens mobilised democratically to respond to
>free-trade treaties and agendas of corporate globalisation.
1.
Sueddeut
Engels to P. L. Lavrov in London, Nov. 12-17, 1875
1) Of the Darwinian doctrine I accept the theory of evolution, but Darwin's
method of proof (struggle for life, natural selection) I consider only a
first, provisional, imperfect expression of a newly discovered fact. Until
Darwin's time the v
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020610&s=hawkes
The Nation
BOOK REVIEW - June 10, 2002
The Evolution of Darwinism
by DAVID HAWKES
[...]
As Stephen J. Gould (who died as this issue was going to press) shows in
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, Darwin's breakthrough was essentially
m
>He devotes the same attention to his students' work that he does to Plato
>or Aristotle (Platon or Aristotles, sufein, he's German). He'd do all this
>without making you feel dumb. He look at some particularly inane bit of
>argument with gentle puzzlement, then say "Oh, sufein, ach, jawohl, I
Today's leader in the German daily Frankfurter Rundschau -
http://www.fr-aktuell.de/ :
(for the respective FT article scroll to bottom)
Kanzler lobt Protestbewegung
Verständnis für Forderung der Globalisierungskritiker nach Spekulationssteuer
Von Hilmar Höhn
Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder (SP
Rob Schaap forwarded:
> > A colleague heard a news item in the last few days that France has
> > adopted a Tobin tax, which will be used to fund overseas development >
> aid. Can anyone confirm that or provide more details please?
>
> German Minister Says Jospin's Tobin Tax Won't Work
AUG 08, 2001
Nothing for Something
By PAUL KRUGMAN
[R]ecently I gave the "bipartisan" commission on Social Security reform
many of its members and staff are actually associated with the
ultra-conservative Cato Institute a very hard time over its interim
report. Was I unfair? No. It's eve
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000
From: Akira Matsumoto
Subject: Gold
http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/OPE/archive/0001/0130.html :
*-*-*-*
I argued in the previous letter that
The purchasing power index of gold = the value index of a unit gold/the
commodity value index-(D
"Whereas on the one hand the improvement of the means of transportation and
communication brought about by the progress of capitalist production
reduces the time of circulation of particular quantities of commodities,
the same progress and the opportunities created by the development of
transp
*-*-*-* Tuesday July 10, 11:04 am Eastern Time
German Growth Prediction Is Slashed
Leading Economic Institute Slashes Its Growth Forecast for Germany
By HANS GREIMEL AP Business Writer
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Shaking confidence in Europe's ability to stave
off recession, a leading economic
of Political Economy and his
other writings.
Hinrich Kuhls
michael perelman wrote:
>In terms of a crisis, the traditional fictitious capital evaporates in a
>crisis. Whether the intellectual property variant of fictitious
>property also does so will be as much a political question as an
>economic one.
"The history of the patent system can be described
Jim Devine wrote:
>what's pen-l's choice for the best book about Marx's method?
"Nur weil Marx sich im Forschungsprozess die ökonomischem Verhältnisse im
Detail angeeignet, die verschiedenen Entwicklungsformen analysiert und
deren inneres Band aufgespürt hatte, konnte er die mystische Form der
Mark Jones wrote:
>[Michael's message may be subliminal but it is important. Mark]
Is this a kind of "subliminal dialectic" of independence and secession?
I don't understand the "but". What do you think subliminal, and what do you
think important? Without any further comment your posting of th
Michael Perelman wrote:
>I would like to have us concentrate more on the issues of the world
>economy rather than some of the other issues that occupy us,
Browsings:
# 1 - World Economy
Karl Georg Zinn: Schlafmützigkeit im Wirtschaftsabschwung,
in: Sozialismus, Juli/August 2001, p. 14.
Zinn a
At 17:30 30.06.01 +0100, Chris Burford wrote:
>An illuminating detail is that almost 70 years after it was introduced by
>the Nazi's Germany has finally dropped a law restricting discounts in
>small businesses. The current press does not call it a Nazi law, but it
>admits it was designed very
"Chrysler workers must solicit support from IG Metall, the
union representing Daimler workers in Germany. This union
has fought militantly against corporate downsizing and would
undoubtedly lend its solidarity to the Auto Workers union in
this battle."
picture (DaimlerChrysler workers at Sindelfi
>critique of Milton Friedman
For a recent Marxist critique of Friedman see:
Fritz Fiehler:
Die Gesellschaft der Vermögensbesitzer. Über Geld, Chicago und Milton Friedman
[The Society of Private Wealth. On Money, Chicago, and Milton Friedman],
2000, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag;
252 pages, DM 39,80 [that
Charles, you surely remember Marx' aphorism "I am not a Marxist". So please
be careful in assuming to Marx what you think what Marx "held" in Capital.
I guess you are not the only member of this list who would deny the view
that "chapter one of the book by the same name" and all the three volum
At 12:19 24.11.00 -0500, J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. wrote:
>All of this reminds of a very old European joke.
>In England, what is not forbidden is permitted.
>In Germany, what is permitted is forbidden.
>In France, what is forbidden is permitted.
>In Russia, what is permitted is forbidden.
>Barkley R
A week ago [6.11.2000] Louis Proyect wrote:
>Not only do Hobsbawm, Hill and Thompson fail to live up to the example of
>T.A. Jackson, they seem to have forgotten the lessons imparted by A.L.
>Morton, the Dean of British Communist historians, who gave the proper
>emphasis to Ireland. In the sevent
Hi Gene, sorry for the delay. You asked:
>Isn't this from Jack London's Iron Heel?
I forwarded your question to Anthony Meredith, a historian who owns the
list where I noticed Carmen Continuduro's piece.
Fortunately, he could be of assistence. His reply:
"Continuduro's contribution caused grea
(Posted by Carmen Continuduro to another list: a retrospective preview of
the advance election situation in 2008 - the next President's final year in
office.)
History was making fast. The fall elections were soon to occur, and Paul
Continuduro was nominated by the socialist party to run for Congr
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The proof of the coffee is in the drinking.
The proof of the cigar and related stuff is in the smoking.
The anti-proof of facts is in empiriocriticism. (oops)
The proof of theory is in relating it to its underlying social process.
The proof of Amsterdam i
[...]
To the present moment Political Economy, in Germany, is a foreign science.
Gustav von Gulich in his "Historical description of Commerce, Industry,"
&c., especially in the two first volumes published in 1830, has examined
at length the historical circumstances that prevented, in Germany, th
uot;society of simple production of
commodities preceding the society of capitalistic production of
commodities" is one of the most stubborn and the most commonly held
prejudices within the struggle for the reconstruction of scientific
socialism - and it had and still has rather serious implications.
Hinrich Kuhls
[Another delay:]
A Boolean query "history NEAR3 nothing" using the CD-ROM "Marx-Engels:
Ausgewählte Werke" found the document in a second.
Hence Mr Boole and Mr D.V.D. Player would be the appropriate candidates for
any quiz shows.
For more infos about the Marx-Engels-CD point your browser to
[delayed reply]
>does Marx's piece on suicide appear in the MARX-ENGELS WERKE?
>
>It is in Volume 4 of the English Collected Works covering 1844-45 p597 but
>apparently it is not in volume 4 of the M-E W.
Marx-Engels-Werke (MEW) covering the years 1844-45 have been published in
vol. 1 and vol. 2
The quickest way:
Try http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/
for http://www.vsa-verlag.de/buecher.00/fiehler.html
Far and away the best way:
Suggest a translation of this book to your favourite publisher.
HK
At 14:24 29.02.00 -0800, you wrote:
>So if you'll teach me how to read German...
>
>At
Jim Devine wrote some days ago:
>If my memory serves
>me right, in his fantasy novel, CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM, Milton Friedman
>cites Lloyd's generosity as an example how capitalism provides free speech
>to all different perspectives. You see, if you have an unpopular viewpoint
>(and are black
At 09:04 20.02.00 +, you wrote:
>The Third Way needs criticism but it needs informed criticism.
The fact that you don't know about informed criticism of the "Third Way"
does not mean that informed criticism is lacking at all. - The following
book set a good example; it was published in Octob
ton will advocate "positive features of U.S. policy."
All the best,
Hinrich Kuhls
>I wish people would get away from this business of siding either with the
>ethnic Serbs or the ethnic Kosovars. There's enough blame to go around,
>especially when the US and NATO clearly had the most military power of any
>of the participants on the ground. If we are to hunt for war criminals,
mbs:
>Re (1), for evidence on U.S. public opinion favoring
>non-defense public spending, see http://epinet.org
Perhaps I misinterpret the statement, the EPI Brief #134 or both, but I
think the "Statement to German colleagues" is in contradiction to main
passages of the recent article on
SOCIAL
The final paragraph in the "Statement to German Colleagues" on the economic
policy of the Schroeder government - issued by 81 US economists and
published by the Preamble Center Sept 29, 1999 - reads:
"In this country [i.e. the U.S.], there is increasing recognition of the
vital role of governmen
Last Saturday the Frankfurter Rundschau (one of the liberal national
newspapers in Germany) published a translation of the statement below. I
thought I shouldn't withhold both the press release and the statement as
issued by The Preamble Center, September 29, 1999 to the list:
Economists Issue St
The New York Times, August 2, 1999:
>Schröder, after some hesitation, has decided to take the Social Democrats
>sharply toward the right, but over the past few days it has become clear
>that he has not brought all the party with him. Rather, resistance is
>mounting.
I think this article could b
ed in the April issue that is available online has
an extended critical analysis of fifty years of NATO politics.
Hinrich Kuhls
m with more current results of research in the cognitive
process in the interacting system of learning and teaching.
Hinrich Kuhls
>>>>>>>>>>>
Marx on education (Capital volume 1, chapter 15, section 9 passim):
Factory legislation, that first conscious and meth
avalaible.
Hinrich Kuhls
At 12:38 21.01.99 -0800, Michael Perelman wrote:
>Earlier I wrote that Capital, at least the last 2 volumes of the Vintage
>edition, are going out of print. Presumably, Penguin also.
>
>Doug Henwood, clever denizen of the net that he is, went to Amazon,
>
Jim Devine wrote:
>BTW, is the Italian Lire really high in its parity with the Euro? There
>sure seemed to be a lot of Italian tourists when I visited New York in
>early January. (Or was it the airline I flew, Delta, that somehow focused
>on the Italian market?
It is often ignored that Italy -
Controversial as ever. Table of contents of the current issue attached.
Enjoy browsing through it. - HK
>>
The January 1999 issue of Sozialismus.
Sozialismus is an international monthly theoretical and discussion journal,
based in Hamburg, Germany. The journal is a forum for pol
ighest share of
it. Hence it is no contradiction that the government which "has taken the
lead in calling for the participation of 'civil society' in future trade
negotiations" pursues - beyond all civil society - another military attack
in order to keep hegemony on this vital market for running the "driving
force for the economy".
Hinrich Kuhls
November 23, 1998 [The Times, London]
EU socialists set out vision of harmony
FROM CHARLES BREMNER IN BRUSSELS
A MANIFESTO for a socialist Europe with more harmonised taxes and shared
economic policies - including higher public spending - was launched last
night by Britain and the ten other l
According to the OECD Economic Outlook No. 64, November 98 - released
yesterday - the year 1999 will bring a major economic crisis as all the
major capitalistic countries will face an economic slump. Although the
authors of the Economic Outlook make every effort to see the world through
rose-col
t;
Thanks to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" for this helpful tool.
Hinrich Kuhls
to have a
look into this *fourth book* when discussing the historical standing
(including his meaning for the development of the critique of political
economy) of A. Smith, the political economist par excellence of the period
of Manufacture.
Just a hint, back to lurking.
Hinrich Kuhls
At 08:4
only person who could be blamed
for whatever political misjudgment or whatever hurting of vanities.
5. There is no "hoax", hence there is no "affair". I think that's the only
reason why Louis Proyect's two-pages-article has not got front-page
coverage in the New York Times yet.
Hinrich Kuhls
l misuse it as a genuine cure for
insomnia.
Thanks for listening.
Hinrich Kuhls
ew on
what's going on in the German trade union movement as seen from the
socialist left.
The URL is:
http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~rillingr/pla/dgb/verz.html
Hinrich Kuhls
At 21:14 14.09.96 -0700, SHAWGI TELL wrote:
>The German trade unions as
>elsewhere are desperate t
, so
please explain to us, *why* Engels was among those confused?
John, you've stated a clear "but" related to Engels' contributions to
scientific socialism and to critique of political economy. Therefore it
would be helpful to add some *less cheap* shots and a *clear-sighted*
critique.
He deserves it. November 28th is just around the corner!
Hinrich Kuhls
socialism, progressive economists should be
clear on the specific logical status of such categories as simple
circulation of commodities within the system of critique of political
economy. This avoids to refer to the exchange of commodities in a simplistic
manner.
Hinrich Kuhls
ozialistische Studiengruppen (SOST), in:
Sozialismus (vol. 22; No. 7/8) , July/August 1995, Supplement.
The problem: this article is written in German and I have not the time to
translate a 30.000 words article.
Hinrich Kuhls
ho is bringing his own hide to market and has
nothing ot expect but - a hiding."
Would you agree, that there must be a different political conception of
socialism whether one believes simple circulation is a specific mode of
production on its own or one thinks it is a category of the capitalistic
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