RE: Citizens as clients/consumers

1998-04-24 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Though it may not be news to you, I was surprised by how wide-spread the language of "customer service" and "business-client" is in reference to the provision of public services. . . . Comment: that the client may not know which agency is actually delivering (or not) is a handy foil

RE: Richard Rorty *- demise of leftcharset=iso-8859-1

1998-04-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Some of this talk about the New Left is science fiction. SDS and its counterpart formations around the Communist Party and Socialist Workers Party were by no means "crushed." Nor is it obvious that infiltration was an important factor. These formations were responsible for the birth of the

Arise, Ye Prisoners of Serial Correlation

1998-04-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
scientists in general. Meanwhile, forgive me for sitting here in my office, chuckling like a madman. MBS "I feel better than James Brown." -- Was Not Was ============ Max B. Sawicky 20

[Fwd: Brisbane: Update 2 and boycotts appeal]

1998-04-21 Thread Max B. Sawicky
the lurkers on this list report in with what they can do. We need help and we need it now. regards Gary Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200

Australia?!

1998-04-19 Thread Max B. Sawicky
"In the semi-gloom just before dawn yesterday, East Swanson dock resembled the post-apocalyptic setting of a Mad Max film. About 2000 wharfies and their supporters had linked arms, their backs to the dock gates, their faces lit by burning fires. The road before them was blocked by metal

Re: What We Really Do

1998-04-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Louis Proyect wrote: Max Sawicky:: Some folks devote the bulk of their time to lobbying the White House or Congress. . . . . . . The reason they were effective is that they had an adversarial attitude toward the Reaganites. This no longer is the case. . . . You are distinguishing

What We Really Do

1998-04-15 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Some folks devote the bulk of their time to lobbying the White House or Congress. Lobbying is intrinsically an incrementalist occupation, well beyond 'reformism,' in that it is defensive bordering on begging, devoted to looking for angles, smoothing the sharp edges of policies, humoring

Re: Australian Social Security

1998-04-14 Thread Max B. Sawicky
FYI, the right-wing case for an "Australian solution" to Social Security is contained in Backgrounder # 1149 on the Heritage Foundation web site (www.heritage.org) in their archives. It's a PDF file. MBS ============ Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8

Re: Superannuation plans

1998-04-14 Thread Max B. Sawicky
mobility, this seems to be one of the very top goals of neo-liberalism. Of course, that doesn't mean you or anyone else will have a richer retirement. Cheers, Max Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax

Re: Australian Update #1

1998-04-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Rob Schaap wrote: With reference to Oz, Max writes: I was talking about the privatization of the financing of benefits in terms of the use of individual accounts, government purchase of corporate stock, or whatever. I know nothing about this, Max! Are you talking about something that's

Re: Help!

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
2. Wisconsin recently announced that they have no more welfare recipients, and all their former welfare people are either working or being "trained." Anyone have references for that? Or does anyone have recent references for any "training" of welfare recipients in New York or anywhere else

Re: Good news: Welfare gains

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. MBS Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20036

Rave On

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
- Ronald Reagan MBS ============ Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20036

Re: Democrats, labor leaders and NAFTA/IMF

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
to change history, but to understand it better. MBS Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20036

Really?

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
"The question is, if more Repubs. had held out against NAFTA, how many more Dems could have come to support it." Apparently you've made conclusions without requiring the answer to this question. "I wouldn't be surprised if the 3/4 of the Dems who voted against NAFTA were allowed to do so only

Re: Really?

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Doug Henwood wrote: Max B. Sawicky wrote: "I wouldn't be surprised if the 3/4 of the Dems who voted against NAFTA were allowed to do so only after it became clear that they had enough votes to pass it; that's the way Congress works sometimes." Our reportorial zeal for f

Re: US vs. Europe (was: Democrats, labor leaders and NAFTA/IMF)

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
W., I knew you'd have something enlightening to say about this. MBS Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: Two quick points: 1. To portray Europe as ethnically and culturally homogenous is simply incorrect: there has always been religious and ethnic diversity comparable to that in the US; migratory

Re: Social Security Rescue

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
J Cullen wrote: . . . My question: If Social Security were privatized and everybody bought mutual funds, and the economy still grew at the anemic rate of 1.5 percent that the system's trustees assumed in order to manufacture the crisis, would the stock market grow enough to finance the

Re: US vs. Europe (was: Democrats, labor leaders and NAFTA/IMF)

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Louis Proyect wrote: Racism was a bigger factor in disrupting class politics in the US, because race has been a more important issue, from slavery to immigration. --Nathan Actually, it was the Democratic Party that drove the wedge between black and white workers in the 19th century.

EPI Environmental Economist

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
t nostrums of vegetarian leninism ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). BTW, if I've set the new one-day record for posts, let me convey my regrets. MBS ============ Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL

Re: Really?

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Doug Henwood wrote: This reminds me of a talk that Randall Dodd gave at URPE summer camp a few years ago. Randall, then working for the Democratic Study Group, explained to us all the constraints and borders that characterize Washington politics. We all knew there were those constraints and

Re: Democrats, labor leaders and NAFTA/IMF

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Michael Perelman wrote: In reality, many of the populist organizations were very interracial. Over time, populism became more racist. My understanding is that there was a cycle. Aspopulism bred in the post-bellum Democratic Party, it was clearly racist. Meanwhile blacks were developing

Re: Settlement: $500 to Every Kid Born between 1985 and 1997

1998-04-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Will we realize that we cannot eat money. - The Cree Aikya Param, Publisher, Women and Money Economic Justice and Empowerment Report -- ============ Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-7

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. . . Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20036

Nathan Is Kosher, Etc.

1998-04-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Lest there be any doubt, as everybody piles on Nathan, I'd like to say that for whatever it's worth in my book he's on the side of the angels. I'd be surprised to learn that state spending on TANF/AFDC had decreased. It may have slowed down in growth. I don't know for certain. The bigger

Re: Bush and Ron Dellums (Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Nathan Newman wrote: . . . (I would also note that much of the increase in domestic spending under Bush was due to cyclical spending increases due to the early 90s recession in combination with the explosion in medical inflation in those years.) The increase could well have had political

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Fellows, Jeffrey wrote: AFDC has been renamed. It is now Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), or some such phrasing. I understand that federal block grant payments to states for TANF are larger than the former federal AFDC funding. However, I believe that the actual distribution of money

Gremlinz

1998-04-06 Thread Max B. Sawicky
I recently discovered to my horror that many of my brilliant posts to PEN-L, and who knows where else, failed to arrive. So if anybody has wondered about dropped conversations or non-response, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. MBS (netscape)

Green Permits and Taxes

1998-02-25 Thread Max B. Sawicky
In the words of Chumbawamba, I get knocked down, but I get up again, etc. etc. Hahnel has kicked my ass pretty well but I have a few last words before I expire. I'm too dumb to know when I'm licked. I even dusted off my Baumol and Oates to get some answers, but the book failed my ten minute

Re: boucher, epi and coal

1998-02-24 Thread Max B. Sawicky
would work. I made a limited statement (below) and Hahnel has dropped a thirty-pound treatise on my head. But in re: Perelman's 'crock' I should confess I think tradable permits are a good idea in principle. Max B. Sawicky wrote: If government gives away emissions permits, then clearly

Re: boucher, epi and coal

1998-02-24 Thread Max B. Sawicky
is obviously an improvement but is not without problems of its own. === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http

Re: Boucher's entire article

1998-02-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
sticker sold in WDC =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily reflect the views

Re: boucher, epi and coal

1998-02-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. Associating environmental skepticism with the Right? Uncovering specious links between Harvey and the victim of tendentious posts known as Rethinking Marxism? It is to laugh. . . . Cheers, MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy

Re: boucher, epi and coal

1998-02-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. . . . Uncovering specious links between Harvey and the victim of tendentious posts known as Rethinking Marxism? I don't understand. That wasn't a reference to you, but to Brother LP's detective work. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy

RE: Peter Drucker

1998-02-17 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Peter Drucker is a contemporary of ex-Trotskyist and later publisher of the National Review, James Burnham, in putting managerialism on the ideological map. Drucker published his version of managerialism in "The End of Economic Man" (1939) and "The Future of Industrial Man" (1942).

RE: Peter Drucker

1998-02-17 Thread Max B. Sawicky
On Monday, February 16, 1998 7:34 PM, William S. Lear [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: On Mon, February 16, 1998 at 19:15:07 (-0500) Louis Proyect writes: Check out the Baffler "Commodity your Dissent" collection. (W.W. Norton) There's an article "Apostles of the New Enterpreneur:

Chumbawamba, Live Like Them

1998-02-17 Thread Max B. Sawicky
The more acute among you will recognize my prescience in mentioning the promising British rock group, Chumbawamba, on this list some months ago. Drink a whiskey, cider, or lager drink to them at your next opportunity. MBS -Original Message- From: Sid Shniad [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Henwood's CPI

1998-02-12 Thread Max B. Sawicky
DH had a note a couple of weeks ago to the effect that despite the apparent defeat to the Boskin commission's recommendation to reduce the CPI by a full percentage point, the BLS had apparently found reasons to adjust it to that extent in any event. This troubled me and I checked w/our CPI Guru,

RE: Said on US-Iraq

1998-02-11 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Quoth Valis, channeling Prof. Said, Said ending "Apocalypse Now": The saddest aspect of the whole thing is that Iraqi civilians seem condemned to additional suffering and protracted agony. I've got a hunch things could unfold, or unravel, differently this time. The U.S. has set an

FW: primitive communism

1998-02-09 Thread Max B. Sawicky
From: Doug Henwood [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 09, 1998 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: primitive communism Louis Proyect wrote: The first step is making the legal case. . . . Yeah, that's me. PEN-Ler Jim Craven will be on, 5 PM on Thursday.

FW: Talkin' 'bout _speech_, period!-3

1998-02-06 Thread Max B. Sawicky
-- Sent: Thursday, February 05, 1998 9:11 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: Talkin' 'bout _speech_, period!-3 Quoth Max, hanging beetlebrowed over the congregation: My whimsy always has a purpose, however crack-brained. In this case, you seemed to discount the

RE: Today's free market -- lobster salad socialism?

1998-02-05 Thread Max B. Sawicky
-- =_NextPart_000_01BD3255.4D04A180 -- Sent: Thursday, February 05, 1998 2:15 PM To: LABOR-L; Progressive Economists' Network Subject:Today's "free" market -- lobster salad socialism? The Los Angeles Times Sunday, December 28, 1997 THE BAILOUT

RE: Talkin' 'bout _speech_, period!-2

1998-02-04 Thread Max B. Sawicky
-- =_NextPart_000_01BD3164.E0D9C260 -- Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 9:04 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: Talkin' 'bout _speech_, period!-2 [..] This will really hold us together when evangelical yawpers triangulate

RE: Talkin' 'bout _speech_, period!

1998-02-04 Thread Max B. Sawicky
-- =_NextPart_000_01BD316B.D2EC38C0 -- Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 12:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: Talkin' 'bout _speech_, period! The story of God sending the she-bear to maul the children who teased a bald-headed man, Elisha. Good

Re: correction-Blaut-A.G.Frank

1998-01-30 Thread Max B. Sawicky
e short or long run is open to question. Nor with this, though I lean to the skeptical on the 'sustainability' critique. Incidentally, I enjoyed your travelogue a great deal. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTE

Re: returns to colonialism

1998-01-30 Thread Max B. Sawicky
hard to install, is a highly superior operating system compared to Win95. I used OS/2 for a while and was underwhelmed. It was quite unfriendly and crashed plenty. It did seem pretty good for telecommunications. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Polic

Re: Workfare Tax Credits

1998-01-30 Thread Max B. Sawicky
the details, who what when and where for you. maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax

Re: Ken Starr

1998-01-30 Thread Max B. Sawicky
, which began to set up shop before he was even inaugurated. Clearly any more progressive government would face similar threats. The public's view of Starr et al. could also influence this year's mid-term elections. MBS === Max B. Sawicky

Re: EMU

1998-01-29 Thread Max B. Sawicky
submitted. I will e-mail the draft to anyone who is interested. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC

Re: correction-Blaut-A.G.Frank

1998-01-29 Thread Max B. Sawicky
the time I thought this was well- taken, up to a point, but now we seem to have an accelerating ratio of footnotes to discussion which tends to narrow participation in the discussion. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL

Re: thought for the day

1998-01-29 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Even with the sex stuff, the political momentum is on the Democrats' side, though they clearly have far to go. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200

Re: correction

1998-01-28 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ation with control in the hands of corrupt urban elites. =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http:/

Re: EMU

1998-01-28 Thread Max B. Sawicky
will help more than hurt. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky

Re: EMU

1998-01-28 Thread Max B. Sawicky
to be solicited somewhat less often these days. Oh well. Goodbye Paris, hello Detroit. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax

Re: Why won't they let Slick Willie womanize in peace?

1998-01-26 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ked into supporting one bunch of corrupt hypocrites against another, instead of organizing to get rid of the whole lot. Yes, please do try to figure them out. Let us know when you come up with something. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEc

Re: Lost in nostalgia

1998-01-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
, the great mandala . . . ETERNAL LIFE! Temporally, MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http

(Fwd) Error Condition Re: Re: The Hong Kong peg?

1998-01-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. Besides squirreling away Nazi dough for decades, the Swiss are a major international obstacle to effective taxation of capital due to their bank secrecy laws. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660

Re: Lean and mean

1998-01-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
essary. 2. perhaps, but again, not necessary. 3. yes, but precise calculation not necessary. Accounting without calculation. Give me some time to get my arms around that one. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL

Article on Federal Budget

1998-01-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
For interested parties, my Challenge article (Jan-Feb, 1998) on the Federal budget debate can be found at: http://tap.epn.org/sawicky/sa980112.html All comments appreciated (on the article, not the mug shot). MBS === Max B. Sawicky

Re: Lean and mean

1998-01-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
=== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily reflect the views of anyone associated

Re: How Do Off Budget Items Affect Deficit?

1998-01-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
eers, MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessari

Re: How Do Off Budget Items Affect Deficit?

1998-01-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Max B. Sawicky wrote: Desposit insurance is a net revenue raiser now. The numbers for 1996 through 1999, respectively, are 8, 12, 4, 3, and 1 billion. For 2000 and after, the levels remain at $1 billion. Yeah, but the costs of the SL

Re: Lean and mean

1998-01-12 Thread Max B. Sawicky
employment). This could be an index the BLS could produce quarterly. How do you define the social costs of overtime? Not costs to the worker and employer, mind you, but to third parties. That would inform the design of the tax. MBS =========== Max

Re: utopias (II)

1997-12-12 Thread Max B. Sawicky
, MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily

Re: Subversive symbol? II

1997-12-09 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. We already did that. Then what about, `How the social profile of the armed forces has markedly changed, and what this could mean politically'? Answer: a) black; b) nothing. Cheers, MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy

Re: Subversive symbol?

1997-12-09 Thread Max B. Sawicky
by this. Next we'll have, 'why television cop shows aren't revolutionary art.' Oh wait. We already did that. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202

Re: Liberte, Legumite, Fraternite

1997-12-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
/eating man/computing machine. [crunch[ MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http

Re: Fast Track Down, Not Out/Progressive Populist 12/97

1997-12-03 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ve-diggers of the revolution. Sure. Whatever turns you on. Nobody's going to lose any sleep over this. Regards, Max =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste

Re: Fictitious Value

1997-12-01 Thread Max B. Sawicky
=== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily reflect the views

Re: Global Financial Crisis

1997-11-24 Thread Max B. Sawicky
real economy will not occur unless there is a major revamping of economic institutions and a rethinking of macro-economic reform... There are, however, no "technical solutions" to this crisis. Meaningful reforms are not likely to be implemented without an enduring social struggle. Wh

(Fwd) 'Labor Boss' as Ultimate Bogyman

1997-11-24 Thread Max B. Sawicky
FYI. Mike E. has posted this in a few places and I thought it ought to be seen in a few more. Nelson is one of the prime movers in the new "Scholars Artists and Writers" pro-labor group. MBS --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Sunday, November 23, 1997 LA Times THE

Re: teamsters

1997-11-19 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ons, union or otherwise, much less make revolutions. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC

Re: fast track

1997-11-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
=== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily reflect the views of anyone

Re: Teaching Finance Courses

1997-11-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
earnings to buy EPI literature. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawick

Re: the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie

1997-11-13 Thread Max B. Sawicky
of politicians (with the notable case of Clinton burning our retinas) prevents them from doing so. They go the path of least resistance, seeking campaign bucks and the powers of incumbency. I'd say we have substantial areas of agreement. MBS ===============

Re: fast track

1997-11-12 Thread Max B. Sawicky
NAFTA. Some Members were not ready to be suckered a second time. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC

Re: fast track

1997-11-12 Thread Max B. Sawicky
g research would of course be very welcome. Cheers, MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://t

(Fwd) ADAction News and Notes

1997-10-31 Thread Max B. Sawicky
___ === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily reflect the views of anyone associated with the Economic

Re: the crash and politics

1997-10-28 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:16:41 -0800 Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "michael perelman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: the crash and politics From: Max B. Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fast track was alre

Re: Asian ecological crisis

1997-10-28 Thread Max B. Sawicky
oes deeper than the mere fact of private ownership of capital or its absence. Any remarks on these ill-formed thoughts ? No less well-formed than most of the other jive on this list. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Instit

Re: the crash and politics

1997-10-28 Thread Max B. Sawicky
a 10 percent decline in U.S. stocks to discredit n-l. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http

Any UFFO's? (Unidentified Flying-Financier Objects)

1997-10-27 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Yo Doug, Anything interesting happening in your neck of the woods? Let me say that if the socialist revolution is finally upon us, I always have been deeply sympathetic. Secretly Marxist Max === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy

Re: price indexes

1997-10-27 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. A book I'm reading, Williamson Lindert's There was a thread or two in FEMECON not too long ago on alternative price indices for different social groups which included some citations. It was inspired by the Boskin Comm. debate. MBS === Max B

Re: price indexes

1997-10-27 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 22:45:20 -0500 Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: price indexes Does anyone know of any work on different price indexes for different income classes in the U.S. A

Re: Do the Jews Own America?

1997-10-23 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ot;Good as Gold." If you haven't read it, stop whatever you're doing now and get a copy. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 12

FYI: Capital's Gain

1997-10-21 Thread Max B. Sawicky
still have resort to arguments regarding the volatility of profits and finance in general. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819

Re: The New Zealand Experiment

1997-10-21 Thread Max B. Sawicky
=== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily reflect

Re: A forum on finance capital

1997-10-20 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ance and industry make for political opportunities which are eschewed by revolutionists. Alternatively, differences could be invented by reformers to evade the revolutionary imperative. Evasively, MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMA

The New Economy

1997-10-15 Thread Max B. Sawicky
as a piece in Slate on France) he veers more in this direction. MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washin

Re: Book reviews of Thernstrom?

1997-10-15 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ing idiots are using the new book by the Thernstroms to argue that racism is bascially gone, I guess it's time to take a quick look at it. Anybody seen a decent review? Front page of last week's Washington Post Book World had a piece worth a look. MBS =======

EPI Fellowship Opportunity

1997-10-15 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ANNOUNCEMENT THE MARCIA MCGILL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE PURPOSE To provide advanced graduate students with experience in policy- relevant empirical research and to assist them in developing their own research/dissertation topic. ACTIVITIES The research fellow will

(Fwd) Re: PKs and Apologies

1997-10-07 Thread Max B. Sawicky
e translation debate to Tom and W. Cheers, MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.o

Those PK's

1997-10-06 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ey in fact are (e.g., Sudan, Vietnam, PRC/China, etc.) MBS =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC

Re: PKs and Apologies

1997-10-06 Thread Max B. Sawicky
would seem to be less extreme at the front end, at least. On balance, you'd have to say we're all better off as a result, though the blessings are mixed. mbs =========== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Stre

Re: Those PK's

1997-10-06 Thread Max B. Sawicky
On Mon, October 6, 1997 at 15:02:20 (+) Max B. Sawicky writes: ... The subjugation of women is the easiest argument against the PK's, since they are relatively open about it, but in practice I wonder how important it will turn out to be. Why will men who have heretofore declined

[PEN-L:12757] RE: Overcapacity?

1997-10-02 Thread Max B. Sawicky
(Stopped rooting for Yankees when R. Jackson was traded by Mr. Unindicted Unmentionable.) === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax

[PEN-L:12735] Re: Unions and Globalisation

1997-10-01 Thread Max B. Sawicky
there you can probably pick up more stuff by following links and cruising. MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax

[PEN-L:12600] A Few Questions on Work Time

1997-09-26 Thread Max B. Sawicky
tax carries the threat of upsetting the current U.S. system of social insurance. Any thoughts on this? Cheers, MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste

[PEN-L:12569] Fast Track and Free Trade

1997-09-24 Thread Max B. Sawicky
arah Anderson is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. c Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company =============== Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy

[PEN-L:12516] EPI Trade Reports; Clarification

1997-09-22 Thread Max B. Sawicky
] MBS === Max B. SawickyEconomic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax)Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily

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