[PEN-L:5197] Re: teaching resources

1996-07-17 Thread Max B. Sawicky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are two articles that may be useful for teaching macroeconomic issues in the current ATLANTIC (July 1996): "The Forces Making for an Economic Collapse" by Thomas I. Palley and "The Economic Consequences of Mr. Clinton" by Robert A. Levine. Anybody have an

[PEN-L:5167] Re: Becker and his critics

1996-07-15 Thread Max B. Sawicky
e watch' and other groups have been snapping these up. No untoward incidents have been reported yet, but I'll be on the lookout. M.S. ============= Max B. Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] 202-775-8810 (voice) 202-775-0819 (f

[PEN-L:5168] Re: becker and banter

1996-07-15 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Michael Perelman wrote: practical work that could be of use to others. I wish that Max would keep us more informed about what EPI has on the table. I wouldn't have thought that anybody would like me to send even more messages to this list, even without my political eccentricities

[PEN-L:5066] Re: Hedonism

1996-07-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
, some of these critiques can be perfectly well formulated and presented using neoclassical "tools." Hear, hear! ============ Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L

[PEN-L:4991] Re: Wants

1996-07-06 Thread Max B. Sawicky
uld check the threads and note how the rhetoric escalated. I've said before would be happy to observe a truce on name-calling and associating the words of those with whom I disagree with racists, fascists, and other villains. M.S. ================ Max B. S

[PEN-L:4982] Re: Wants

1996-07-05 Thread Max B. Sawicky
who spent some years in Washington DC moved to Boston. They thought he had a Southern accent too. Obviously, 'provincial' is not geo- graphically specific to the Southland. M.S. Max B. Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economic Policy

[PEN-L:4950] Re: McMuffin, Gender, Rights

1996-07-02 Thread Max B. Sawicky
REPLIES I can't keep up this pace. After today I am going to try to limit my e-mail, so if I haven't responded yet, I'm not ignoring you, I'm thinking of a better answer. Doug Henwood wrote: At 2:20 PM 7/1/96, Max B. Sawicky wrote: no reason to doubt that it is indeed rare

[PEN-L:4930] Re: McMuffin, Gender, Rights

1996-07-01 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Doug Henwood wrote: At 8:23 AM 7/1/96, Max B. Sawicky wrote: If people base their ethical and moral conclusions on "facts" that are totally untrue, then those conclusions have no validity, as dearly as they may hold them. The crime issue sure does hinge on both fact and theor

[PEN-L:4337] Re: social secur...

1996-05-17 Thread Max B. Sawicky
blishes dictatorship over his elders. I never saw the movie so I don't know if he had them liquidated or not. ============ Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW

[PEN-L:4312] RE: Robert Samuelson and the CEA

1996-05-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
C.N.Gomersall wrote: A naive question of mine own: is Robert related to Paul? Hell, no. Bite your tongue. Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW

[PEN-L:4313] RE: Robert Samuelson and the CEA

1996-05-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Christopher Niggle wrote: Robert is Paul Samuelson's son. Are you quite certain? That's news to me. Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW

[PEN-L:4314] Re: social secur...

1996-05-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Blair Sandler wrote: Maggie, I think the movie was called, "The Long Run," or something close to that (?). No, it was "Wild in the Streets." ============ Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Ins

[PEN-L:4315] Re: ask Newt

1996-05-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
r magazine. ============ 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

[PEN-L:4316] Re: samuelson, summers, and the like

1996-05-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
think Karl Marx said that, but maybe not. Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200

[PEN-L:4317] Re: social secur...

1996-05-16 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Supplementary cinematic note: In Logan's Run humanity was mostly wiped out, but there was no agist regime dedicated to exterminating over-30's. And let us not forget Soylent Green. Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice

[PEN-L:4287] Re: TOP 1% HOUSEHOLD WEALTH

1996-05-15 Thread Max B. Sawicky
and a shorter version put out by my shop. Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200 Washington

[PEN-L:4288] Re: Robert Samuelson and the CEA

1996-05-15 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Labor Day, actual book availa- bility probably late Fall. What's your book about? Max Max B. Sawicky 202-775-8810 (voice) Economic Policy Institute 202-775-0819 (fax) 1660 L Street, NW [EMAIL PROTECTED

[PEN-L:4217] Re: Fwd: a sleeping giant

1996-05-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a perverted way, the very existence of feminist lists might tend to attract visits from sexist pigs (just as racist white power types might especially want to visit discussion lists of African-Americans and neo-neoclassicals might visit a Post-Keynesian list).

[PEN-L:4192] Re: the xUSSR once again

1996-05-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike M. mentions the difficulty that the old USSR's bosses had with firing workers. I have questions for Pen-l's experts: To what extent did this limit on firing and laying off actually apply? My expertise ended when I took my fields in comparative systems, but I

[PEN-L:4193] Re: FW: BLS Daily Report

1996-05-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Mike Meeropol wrote: If the value of compensation is the market price of the services provided -- for example, health insurance -- then this clearly overstates the increase in income. The "contribution" of employers to employee health insurance premiums have gone WAY UP, much faster than

[PEN-L:4195] Re: Balanced Budget ARguments

1996-05-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Mike Meeropol wrote: I need all the support I can get ... and if he gets into the "projections" game, I can trot out Dean's research. Dean, are you there? How do I get a copy??? We'll send you a package. Also check out a paper from the previous AEA meetings in SFO by Corsetti and Roubini

[PEN-L:4144] Re: the new AFL-CIO

1996-05-04 Thread Max B. Sawicky
ake a seat -- if there's a single 'deal-breaker' issue that may not be it. Which means don't make threats if you don't have a good reason to back them up. ============ Max B. Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economic Policy Institute 202-775-8810 (voi

[PEN-L:4145] Re: minimum wages

1996-05-04 Thread Max B. Sawicky
David A. responded to some of the criticisms in his report for EPI. Max B. Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economic Policy Institute 202-775-8810 (voice) 1660 L St., NW, WDC, 20036 202-775-0819 (fax)

[PEN-L:4146] Re: Seeking clarification

1996-05-04 Thread Max B. Sawicky
the right. ============ Max B. Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economic Policy Institute 202-775-8810 (voice) 1660 L St., NW, WDC, 20036 202-775-0819 (fax) "It was wonderful to have discovered America, but it would have been more wonderful

[PEN-L:4147] Re: minimum wages

1996-05-04 Thread Max B. Sawicky
s economic success). Maybe there's some bigger effort that could be mounted. On the other hand, there must be more useful things to do. ============ Max B. Sawicky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economic Policy Institute 202-775-8810 (voice) 1660 L St

[PEN-L:4121] Re: minimum wages

1996-05-03 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Eban Goodstein wrote: Any body familiar with the attempts to trash Card and Krueger's NJ study? Talk to John Schmitt at EPI. He's been keeping track of that stuff.

[PEN-L:4122] Re: the new AFL-CIO

1996-05-03 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Doug Henwood wrote: So how many hearings on the minimum wage did the Dems sponsor when they controlled Congress in 1993 and 1994? None. How hard did Clinton push the Don't expect me to defend the incredible indefensible President. In hindsight the m.w. should have been pushed by Congress.

[PEN-L:4123] Re: minimum wages

1996-05-03 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Since I wrote a very positive review of their book, and had Card on my radio show, I asked him several times if he'd responded to his critics. I never heard from him. If anyone else has had better luck, I'd like hearing about it. This is actually a pretty interesting story about the power of

[PEN-L:4124] Re: C.Eugene Steuerle onSocial Security

1996-05-03 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Mike Meeropol wrote: I am glad to see Max Sawicky posting to PEN-L. The check is in the mail. Since I know he has done a lot in the area of social security, Not too much, actually. Dean Baker has dethroned me as EPI expert on Social Security. Look for his new issue brief on the

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1996-05-03 Thread Max B. Sawicky
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[PEN-L:4075] Re: Oregon economists letter on BBA (120 lines)

1996-05-02 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Eban: You have blundered into the way of my jihad against excess in deficit reduction. For the sake of argument, I will assume you actually believe everything in your letter, and for the sake of greater clarity on the left I will trash it. Feel free, incidentally, to add my name to the

[PEN-L:4077] Re: the new AFL-CIO

1996-05-02 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Doug Henwood wrote: So the much-touted organizing drive looks like a cover for the Clinton re-election campaign - at an expense equal to half the federation's annual budget. But at least union members can compensate for their falling real wages by deploying their AFL-CIO credit card!

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