Re: Do Most New Jobs Pay Over Average?

1994-10-18 Thread John Keefe
men filled substantially fewer jobs than they did before the recession began." Since women earn less than men, on average, it would seem that the conclusion reached by the NY Times is nearly a mathematical impossibility, in addition to not making sense. John Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "Nobel" prizes in Econ.

1994-10-12 Thread John Keefe
On Wed, 12 Oct 1994, Doug Henwood wrote: > Is there any room in game theory for power - political, market, or > class? Or is it just a game among equals and individuals? I don't know much about game theory myself, but a friend teaches it at NYU, and I've attended a few classes of his underg

Re: Krugman's Fantasy Economics

1994-10-03 Thread John Keefe
Greetings pen-l folks, Can someone tell us where to get copies of the World Economic Forum Ian mentioned? Thanks. John Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 28 Sep 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Herewith El Kruger: >Reports by international organizations are usually greeted wit

Re: Fed and full employment

1994-08-30 Thread John Keefe
e willing to put the financial system on an even weaker footing." The ball is now in the court of business, to create lots of new jobs with new investment or whatever. I am eager to hear Pen-l responses to central bankers' throwing in the towel at 6% unemployment. John Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 212-475-5580

Re: NYC uenmployment

1994-08-18 Thread John Keefe
On Tue, 16 Aug 1994, Doug Henwood wrote: > > There is no "Wall Street bust" yet. Profits, until the beginning of this > year, were at record levels. But as John Keefe, a banking analyst who I > think still subscribes to PEN-L, put it, it was only record profit

Re: tax on stock sales

1994-04-29 Thread John Keefe
k transfer tax is estimated as a 1.3% increase in the required return and a 13.8% decrease in the prices of stocks on the NYSE. They did not take into account the secondary effects of loss of liquidity, etc. Regards. John Keefe[EMAIL PROTECTED] 212-475-5580