Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread William S. Lear
On Monday, January 24, 2000 at 13:26:56 (-1000) Stephen E Philion writes: > > And what of the poorest Americans' loss of ground compared to the > richest, as reported by the Fed? The apostles of equality consider > the rising inequality kindling for social unrest. But while that >

Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-25 Thread Timework Web
I was online writing a message when another call came through on the line and killed my connection. It also added several characters to the end of Alm's name. Could "Almoom{X!oiLT" be his secret code name, I wonder? Or Who needs satire with clowns like Cox and Almoom{X!oiLT? Tom Walker

Re: Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread Joel Blau
I'm afraid Cox and Alm are pretty hopeless. I debated Cox (and was called a Communist by him) on NPR a couple of months, and he's a pure, free-market ideologue. The New York Times op-ed piece from which this quote comes typifies their approach. Rather than treating education and inequality as inte

RE: Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. . . I'd like to see a point-by-point rebuttal to this, sent certified mail, to the authors. Let's draft it here and let Max send it off on his finest letterhead. Bill Send to who? And why on my letterhead? As I mentioned before (might have been on LBO), my boss Larry Mishel an

Re: Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread Stephen E Philion
Hey, I didn't write that, it's from the NY Times article I sent to the list...Steve On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, William S. Lear wrote: > On Monday, January 24, 2000 at 13:26:56 (-1000) Stephen E Philion writes: > > > > And what of the poorest Americans' loss of ground compared to the > > r

Re: RE: Re: Why Decry the Wealth Gap?

2000-01-24 Thread Michael Perelman
send me some Kleenex. "Max B. Sawicky" wrote: > > My favorite line from Cox was that one sign > we are richer now is that we have bottled > water rather than tap water. Something to > bring tears to Perelman's eyes. > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico,