[PEN-L:2512] Valuing nature

1996-01-22 Thread John William Hull
For those interested in a short and sweet discussion of the inability of markets to give nature prices (the "commensurability problem"), I highly reccomend Juan Martinez Alier's "Ecological Economics and Eco-Socialism" in Capitalism, Nature, Socialism #2, Summer 1989. His book _Ecological Econo

[PEN-L:2398] Re: Vandana Shiva

1996-01-17 Thread John William Hull
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Doug Henwood wrote: > I find them to be influential, in pure or diluted form, in anti-development > NGO circles and among funders. Though deep ecology and ecofeminism are > reported to be at odds - DE being seen as macho (living proof: Dave > Foreman) - Shiva has been embrace

[PEN-L:2391] Re: Vandana Shiva

1996-01-17 Thread John William Hull
On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Colin Danby wrote: > > Henwood's reply ("Vandana Shiva Again"), which simply repeated his prior > assertions at a heightened level of rudeness, is a good example of the kind > of arrogant insularity that our last post took exception to. I don't see Henwood's questioning of

[PEN-L:2375] Yale update (fwd)

1996-01-16 Thread John William Hull
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:38:04 -0800 (PST) From: Debra Lynn Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Yale update Hi all. Here's a very detailed-- alarming, yet encouraging-- report from Gordon Lafer, Director of Research at Yale: This

[PEN-L:1931] Re: Decentralism and straw men

1995-12-13 Thread John William Hull
On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Trond Andresen wrote: > I have no admiration for hippies, or "organic famers " in the U.S. also > being exploitative bosses. So what, I ask... Trond, as the first line of my message indicated, my comments were primarily directed at the "US liberal/left," not Norweigans. My

[PEN-L:1435] Re: State taxes

1995-11-16 Thread John William Hull
John, At the time of Brown's last campaign, I read several pieces by lefties indicating that a flat tax without loopholes would actually be more progressive than the current progessive tax rates with loopholes. Unfortunately, I cannot now find any of this material in my files. Are any PEN-Ler's a

[PEN-L:1424] Re: Press Release on the Hangings

1995-11-15 Thread John William Hull
Calls for a boycott of Shell and an oil embargo certainly would be a potent symbol of moral outrage, but its not at all clear that they would be effective. Can anyone thing of an oil embargo that successfully brought down a regime? The embargo against Iraq has yet to appreciably change Hussein'