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Tel. 530-898-5321
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I just forwarded an article on the y2k and military.
Maybe Clinton is in a rush to send the missles to Iraq or N. Korea rather
than having them reprogrammed.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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I've been asked the following question re Southern California Edison, a
California electric utility which has operations in Australia, is building
coal plants in Indonesia and Thailand, and other plants around the world.
Edison says, in its lliterature, that it is the first fossil-fuel plant in
That would be great. (I'm very big on threads - among other advantagous,
using them let's me extinguish
a whole series of flames and counter-flames with one push of the delete key.)
Thanks
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On Fri, 22 May 1998, Barnet Wagman wrote:
Is it possible - without a lot of work - to remove the [PEN-L:xxx] prefix from the
subject line?
The prefix (actually just the message number) screws up Netscape's threading,
which
makes reading a series of related comments much less convenient
I think the PEN-L prefix enables me to easily distinguish between this
list and the much less useful PKT. But then again, I would rather suffer
through PKT posts to get to pen-l posts if it meant losing people.
Jeff
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Subject: [PEN-L:186] pen-l
Is it possible - without a lot of work - to remove the [PEN-L:xxx] prefix from the
subject line?
The prefix (actually just the message number) screws up Netscape's threading,
which
makes reading a series of related comments much less convenient.
Does anyone else feel this way?
Thanks,
Barnet
There were furious complaints before when a software upgrade removed the
pen-l from the header. I, for one, appreciate the new headers.
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Michael Perelman
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Chico, CA 95929
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I for one missed Mark's posting on this to this list.
Perhaps this had something to do with the list problems
and a repost might be in order.
However, this discussion raged at some length and with
some intelligence not too long ago on
marxism-international, a list that Louis P. now
Mark Jones's post is extraordinary. The history list has been throbbing with
this debate. Mark does an excellent job of putting it into perspective.
Where he goes wrong is in expecting me to have anything to add. I can only
throw out a few comments.
I believe that historical, geographical
: Tue, 19 May 1998 17:54:50 +0100
From: Mark Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: (no subject)
From: Mark Jones
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I am grateful for this debate, which has more than just
historiographical significance.
The EH-Net threads on Re-thinking 18th Century
Boddhi,
The fact that the T-bill sale by the Japanese went
through the New York Fed in a single block proves that it
was coordinated. Essentially the Fed incorporated this
sale, which could have been spread out, into its own open
market operations which are carried out by the New York
C. Rosser,
I don't think that there is a shortage of treasuries out there.
Selling treasuries doesn't do the Yen any good unless you then use the
proceeds to buy Yen. If treasury sales raise U.S. interest rates, the
spread between Japanese and American yields
To whom...,
Late night reports of official Japanese reaction to the G7
communique on for-ex make the Japanese mind-set a little clearer. Either
they are playing it extremely cute or they are living in a dream world.
The latter seems more likely. The communique
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the likely story to
watch is the BOJ selling US government securities, of which
it holds several hundred billions worth. It is now clear
that the 12.1 billion sale through the New York Fed the
other day was very much a coordinated deal. It not only
Date:Sun, 29 Mar 98 16:39 LCL
From:PHILLPS
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Kosovo (corrected)
I had trouble with my e-mail and the previous post was cut
off and the last part garbled. So let me please correct it.
But this relates back to Barkley's message. From what I have
been
"...globalization and the likely consequences for jobs and democracy."
Forwarded message...
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:07:36 -0500
From: Don McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: MAI-NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Books of possible interest
snip ..
Another book offere
The winter issue of SCIENCE SOCIETY contains:
John L. Stanley, "Marx's Critique of Hegel's Philosophy
of Nature"
Alan Shandro, "Karl Kautsky on the Relation of Theory
and Practice"
Jerry Harris, "First Reaction: U.S. Communists the
Khrushchev
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Dear Friends, Scholars, Activists,
Vox populi, according to the NYT:
But most people here said private sin has little to do with public
statesmanship. "I might not think of him[Clinton] as a good husband," said
Scott Inman, a 36-year-old warehouse worker, "but I approve of him as a
president."
And some might judge Clinton more
Dear Conrad:
Rose Ann and I enjoyed seeing you in Chicago, and we hope that you will
find meaningful and lucrative employment to follow your stint at Simon
Fraser. Be sure to check the job postings on the web site of THE CHRONICLE
OF HIGHER EDUCATION every Friday, and most of all, don't give
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 15:34:05 +1100
From: WISE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tracy Quan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: In a NUTshell
Dear Tracy,
Please forward my comments on to the appropriate list.
Jim Craven wrote:
So of course a few hookers who attempt to sanitize it all with the
title sex
Regarding LatAm reaction to FT defeat, I made the following notes for Doug
H. It might be of interest for the rest of the list, so here goes.
Tom -
Hmm, this might be interesting. How much attention is Bolivia paying to the
fast track thing? How does Bolivia fit into proposals for LatAm
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Dear Friends, Scholars, Activists,
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The sixteenth
On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, James Devine wrote:
I thought that Heilbroner's NATION commentary on Mankiw was in many ways
More interesting (to me, at least), was the criticism of Mankiw in BUSINESS
WEEK: Mankiw leaves recessions, inflation, etc. to the end because he
thinks they're unimportant and
Doug Henwood:
Of course South Korean growth wouldn't have been possible without support
from the U.S., and even before the Vietnam war - Korean firms learned how
to do large construction projects in part by building bases for the U.S.
military in Korea itself. I share your admiration of Cuba,
Dear Pen-L'rs,
Karl Carlisle, with whom I've had absolutely no previous email contact,
wrote me today and ask that the list be informed that he has been removed
again for sending a long post on the prostitution thread. He asked me to
post the whole thing to the list, but instead I will
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Subject: Re: privatization data base
You may recall that a few weeks ago I suggested that it might be possible
to put together a data base which could be drawn upon when people are
dealing with privatization issues. Putting together a useful data
Tim Stroshane wrote:
anyone have any information on privatization of health care in
prisons?
On prisons, see John Donahue, The Privatization Decision (book), and
his report for EPI. A public administration prof, Van Johnston (can't
dance, as far as I know) at the Air Force Academy has done
Andrew K wrote:
I'd like some help with a simple general equilibrium model I'm constructing
to show that technological change can reduce labor demand and employment,
even given all the usual neoclassical assumptions. I've got two goods,
labor and one other input, two output prices, the
Romain Kroes and others interested in his posting:
Have a look at the following:
Ference Janossy, 'The End of the Economic Miracle: Appearance and
Reality in Economic Development', International Arts and Sciences
Press, White Plains, NY, 1971. (Also in German: 'Das Ende der
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RATHER PUT A LIMIT IN YOUR ECONOMETRIC MODELS
Marxist predicative econometrics are impossible, because the main marxist
equation is wrong at the macroeconomic scale. Refer to the courageous but
unsuccessfull Gillman's attempts on rate of profit.
Keynesian predicative econometrics are
indication of the
subject matter of his message, before people go to the trouble of
sorting out Attachment 2.I know that April Fools Day was only 2 days
ago, but I've got better things to do!
Martin
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Sid,
I couldn't figure out what this guy's email address was to reply to him. Could
you dorward this reply?
Tim,
In 600 words I could only focus on the theme of corporate
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MUST DEMOCRATS MOVE TO THE RIGHT TO WIN IN '96?
NOT ACCORDING TO A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE
How about lessons on Escape.com for those of us who aren't sure of what you
are doing?
As I recall Monday is a day you can be there at nite? Let's talk.
(E-Mail)
--
John R. Ernst
It's a teensy-weensy point, but could people try to find more informative
subject lines than the following:
"Subject: Re: [PEN-L:4622] Re: PEN-L digest 671".
It makes it easier to decide which threads one wishes to follow...
Thank you,
Francis Thompson
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Montre
to what extent is Clinton's bail-out of Mexico cancelled out by the
Fed's hiking of interest rates?
sincerely,
Jim Devine
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Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699 USA
310/338-2948 (daytime, during workweek); FAX: 310/338-1950
"One
How could I subscribe to PEN? HELP!
Tavis Barr writes:
"I'll buy your prediction of a death of the DP, ecxept that it is no more
'out of office (except for the presidency)' than the Republicans were
during the Reagan/Bush years."
Yes, but unlike the DP these days, the GOP has grass roots in the country
clubs, fundamentalist
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Date: Fri, 11 Nov 94 11:08:34 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: job 1 at University of Vermont
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Department of Economics invites applications for one tenure track
opening at the assistant professorlevel, subject to budgetary approval
Personally, I believe in working/theorising/ and even more playing BOTH in
separate groups AND in coalitions - which is why I'm on both Femecon (and
IAFFE) and Pen-l. But I admit to feeling Femecon more my home. And let's
face it, the history is that most progressive movements which are not
This speech by Larry Summers may interest penners. (Long.)
--Alan G. Isaac
Original message
Mr. Larry Summers talk to the Overseas Development Council
373 Lines Updated On:Wednesday, October 26,
short follow-up on my comment on segmented labor markets and
IQs:
one of the barriers between the primary and secondary labor
markets is that of racism: it white society discriminates against
one because you're melanin-enhanced, you're more likely to get
stuck in the secondary labor market,
I sent an earlier e-mail on this subject, recommending you try Sheldon Friedman's
book, Restoring the
Take my name off pen-l list. My e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
Vijay
I am trying to find Tim Koechlin's (Economics, Skidmore) e-mail address.
Could anyone oblige. Thanks.
Arvind Jaggi
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I thought folks might be interested in this little polemic, which will
appear in tomorrow's (Jul 8) Financial Times letters column.
Doug
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212-874-4020 (voice)
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PS: The sexist "Sir" isn't my choice - it's FT style.
Alan Issac asks if price competition might not be the
motive force behind innovation.
My objection to the term price competition is that it is a
superficial concept drawn from a problematic that focusses on the
interaction between agents buying and selling goods on the market.
But the fact that
Marx's analysis of mechanisation focuses on the process of
real subordination of labour to capital, the process by which
the labour becomes subordinate to the machine. The analysis
divides the machine into three parts, a motive source, a tool
or active part, and a guiding mechanism. The decisive
Would someone refresh my memory as to how to temporarily suspend PEN-L
mail. I'm leaving for a few days. I have the info here someplace but
can't locate it. HELP! (Thanks)
Brian Eggleston
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Berkley Rosser wrote:
1) The argument that as one traces back "indirect energy"
(or whatever) each successive stage contributes less and therefore
one cannot have a model based on that does not hold. This is
true of labor as well. In a linear I-O model, any Sraffian basic
can in principle
. Althusser and Balibar
argued that Capital represented a fundamental epistemological break
from the ideological matrix of political economy. With F M's work
one can see that elements of that matrix were carried forward.
They are able to present the economy as the famous process without
a subje
. Althusser and Balibar
argued that Capital represented a fundamental epistemological break
from the ideological matrix of political economy. With F M's work
one can see that elements of that matrix were carried forward.
They are able to present the economy as the famous process without
a subje
Can anyone out there tell me how to unsubscribe from this list?
Thanks for any help!
RAGING CLASS BATTLES SCARE FRENCH BOSSES
By G. Dunkel
On March 12 and again on March 17, students and workers
throughout France held large protests demanding the end to
the sub-minimum wage the government has decreed for youth.
The March 12 demonstrations were called by the CGT, one of
the
RAGING CLASS BATTLES SCARE FRENCH BOSSES
By G. Dunkel
On March 12 and again on March 17, students and workers
throughout France held large protests demanding the end to
the sub-minimum wage the government has decreed for youth.
The March 12 demonstrations were called by the CGT, one of
the
Can anyone give me the full citation to Bertell Ollman's "Is there a
Marxian Ethic?" Thanks.
Marsh Feldman
Community Planning Phone: 401/792-2248
204 Rodman Hall FAX: 401/792-4395
University of Rhode Island Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stop subscribing the pen-l network.
Can anyone give me the full citation to Bertell Ollman's "Is there a
Marxian Ethic?" Thanks.
Marsh Feldman
Community Planning Phone: 401/792-2248
204 Rodman Hall FAX: 401/792-4395
University of Rhode Island Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stop subscribing the pen-l network.
stop subscription
Dear reader,
I understand that you are working on a petetion to limit the use of
clipper chips in electronic communication.
This issue interests me and I would like to hear your position
Thanks
Erik
Re-sending this message. First version contained an error
It has been an education to learn what progressive economists think and
talk about (on e-mail, at least!). I would be very interested to see the
same intelligence turned to the question of how North America (probably all
I don't think I understand everything you say. But this does not mean that you
should change your language; I don't mind groping. In anycase, as far as the
empirical works are concerned, they may have some merits of their own but they
cannot be used as a
Ajit Sinha asks what problem I was trying to solve in my
posting on the nature of the value metric.
It is not so much what problem am I trying to solve, but what
problem am I able to discover.
What I am asking is whether there is a theoretical problem here in
the nature of the value metric.
Dear pen-l,
Can't resist completing a reference to something that appeared
in Science Society! Jim D. must have known I'd ring in.
The article by Anwar Shaikh, "Foreign Trade and the Law of
Value," was in two parts: Part I, Vol. 43, No. 3 (1979); Part II,
Vol. 44, No. 1 (1980).
Terry Allen, editor of Cover Action Quarterly, is looking for people to
write about the emerging global economic order - the WTO, G7, IMF, and the
rest of it. Anyone interested should contact her at 202-331-9763.
Doug
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Left Business Observer
212-874-4020 (voice)
From: Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler
To:all interested parties
Conference Panel on "THE CHANGING POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ARMS EXPORTS"
One of the old-time chairs of the Fed (Wm. Machesney Martin?) once
said that he saw his role as being to take away the punchbowl before
the party begins. Greenspan seems in that tradition.
in pen-l solidarity,
Jim Devine BITNET: jndf@lmuacad. INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Econ. Dept., Loyola
Yesterday's (Tuesday, Feb. 1) New York Times carries the following:
FED CHIEF IMPLIES A PRE-INFLATION RISE IN RATES
Washington, Jan. 31--The Federal Reserve chairman, Alan
Greenspan, strongly implied today that the central bank would
break with tradition and raise interest
One of the old-time chairs of the Fed (Wm. Machesney Martin?) once
said that he saw his role as being to take away the punchbowl before
the party begins. Greenspan seems in that tradition.
in pen-l solidarity,
Jim Devine BITNET: jndf@lmuacad. INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Econ. Dept., Loyola
Perelman poses a question about the price of Nike
trainers produced in Indonesia. He asks why they are
not lower.
In the writings of Marx there is very little about foreign
trade. He is reputed to have intended to write a volume of
Capital on the subject, but died before starting the task
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