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2001-02-08 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
1986;40:61-74. -Original Message- From: Margaret Coleman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 9:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7889] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto I understand you are not defending George, but I think that his discriminatory

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2001-02-07 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
, 2001 1:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7770] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto Maggie, It is also most certainly not true that Henry George's "main claim to fame" is his anti- Chinese writings. Heck, I had never even heard of them before you mentioned them, and I have even

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2001-02-07 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, February 05, 2001 9:34 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7785] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto Barkley, we'll have to disagree. I will try and find the cites I used to use in class. Henry George may not be famous for his anti-Chinese sentiment today, but he was very famous

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2001-02-07 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
y Rosser -Original Message- From: Brown, Martin (NCI) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:58 AM Subject: [PEN-L:7850] RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto This is actually kind of complicated. He first became prominent as a jou

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2001-02-07 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7866] Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto Martin, Well, what George is most famous for today (and was at least somewhat famous for in his own day) is his advocacy of a single tax on land as a general solution to many economic problems. This actually drew

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2001-02-07 Thread Jim Devine
At 01:16 PM 2/7/01 -0500, you wrote: Well, what George is most famous for today (and was at least somewhat famous for in his own day) is his advocacy of a single tax on land as a general solution to many economic problems. I understand that there are Georgians [followers of Henry G.] who

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2001-02-07 Thread Forstater, Mathew
o Georgian economics in the AJES over the years. -Original Message- From: Jim Devine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 4:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7878] Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto At 01:16 PM 2/7/01 -0500, you wrote:

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2001-02-07 Thread Margaret Coleman
L:7785] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto Barkley, we'll have to disagree. I will try and find the cites I used to use in class. Henry George may not be famous for his anti-Chinese sentiment today, but he was very famous for it in the nineteenth century. As I said before, his writings were w

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2001-02-07 Thread Margaret Coleman
ation depended upon the maintenance of racial purity." -Original Message----- From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7806] Re: de Soto Mat mentioned Gompers: Frank, Dana. 1999. Buy American: Th

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2001-02-07 Thread Margaret Coleman
L:7785] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto Barkley, we'll have to disagree. I will try and find the cites I used to use in class. Henry George may not be famous for his anti-Chinese sentiment today, but he was very famous for it in the nineteenth century. As I said before, his writings were w

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2001-02-06 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
PROTECTED] Date: Monday, February 05, 2001 9:34 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7785] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto Barkley, we'll have to disagree. I will try and find the cites I used to use in class. Henry George may not be famous for his anti-Chinese sentiment today, but he was very famous

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2001-02-06 Thread Forstater, Mathew
2001 9:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7785] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto Barkley, we'll have to disagree. I will try and find the cites I used to use in class. Henry George may not be famous for his anti-Chinese sentiment today, but he was very famous for it in the nineteen

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2001-02-06 Thread Michael Perelman
Mat mentioned Gompers: Frank, Dana. 1999. Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism 49: "Samuel Gompers of the cigarmakers union, who emerged in the 1880s as president of the new American Federation of Labor, liked protectionism, too. But he didn't think it went far enough. "If it

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2001-02-06 Thread Forstater, Mathew
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7806] Re: de Soto Mat mentioned Gompers: Frank, Dana. 1999. Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism 49: "Samuel Gompers of the cigarmakers union, who emerged in the 1880

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2001-02-06 Thread Doug Henwood
Jim Devine wrote: Henry George? he was a leftist (of sorts), whereas de Soto isn't (given what I know about his views from the reviews). De Soto told me that he's considered a right winger only by right-wingers in the U.S.; in Peru, he's considered something of a leftist. Don't know if this

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2001-02-06 Thread Nathan Newman
- Original Message - From: "Doug Henwood" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Devine wrote: Henry George? he was a leftist (of sorts), whereas de Soto isn't (given what I know about his views from the reviews). -De Soto told me that he's considered a right winger only by -right-wingers in the U.S.;

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2001-02-06 Thread Anthony D'Costa
My Peruvian friend places him on the right. Anthony xxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor Comparative International Development University of WashingtonCampus Box 358436 1900 Commerce

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2001-02-05 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
What I read in de Soto's blurb seemed to emphasize the importance of "paper," as in paper that confers property rights that can then be traded in secondary markets. Oh goody. So the poor can be sandbagged by speculative bubbles in hotass financial markets. Whoopdy-doo! Barkley Rosser

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2001-02-05 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
be placed in the political spectrum is a rather murky business). Barkley Rosser -Original Message- From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, February 04, 2001 5:02 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7751] Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto I wrote: Henry George? he was a leftist

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2001-02-05 Thread Margaret Coleman
spectrum is a rather murky business). Barkley Rosser -Original Message- From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, February 04, 2001 5:02 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7751] Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto I wrote: Henry George? he was a leftist

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2001-02-05 Thread Margaret Coleman
I've attached a file of notes I took from an article in the NY Sentinel written by "A Journeyman Mechanic." I hope their clear enough to explain what I mean. Of course, it's been about four or five years since i read them.maggie Jim Devine wrote: I wrote: Henry George? he was a

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2001-02-04 Thread Margaret Coleman
Jim, Jim, Jim, do NOT get me started on Henry George. No, I was thinking of lesser known groups, one of which called themselves the Mechanics. They wrote up an early marxist style take on the economy which explained, in part, why wages did not cover the entire value of labor. I have notes on

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2001-02-04 Thread Jim Devine
I wrote: Henry George? he was a leftist (of sorts), Maggie wrote: Jim, Jim, Jim, do NOT get me started on Henry George. Yeah, I knew about George's bad side. A lot of old leftists were bad, especially on issues of racism, sexism, nationalism. could you explain the Mechanics' views more? are

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2001-02-03 Thread Michael Perelman
On Doug's show he never mentioned land reform or even the use of publicly owned lands. Instead, he seems to mean regulations that make it difficult to get credit for that restrict the ability to get business licenses. Jim Devine wrote: Though I haven't read his book, I've thinking about

Re: de Soto

2001-02-03 Thread Margaret Coleman
I haven't read De Soto's work, but from what has been described on pen-l, it sounds very much like several land distribution proposals which were popular in the USA during the 19th century. There was one large movement, pre-Marx, which also called for the abolishment of land ownership all

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2001-02-03 Thread Jim Devine
Maggie wrote: I haven't read De Soto's work, but from what has been described on pen-l, it sounds very much like several land distribution proposals which were popular in the USA during the 19th century. There was one large movement, pre-Marx, which also called for the abolishment of land

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2000-10-04 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
I'm interviewing Hernando de Soto, the Peruvian libertarian propagandist, on the radio tomorrow. Any ideas for questions? Doug +++ How many acres of trees have been exported to Japan since Fujimori's been in power? How much of Peru is owned by Japan? Does he see that as a form of