PBS documentary on the global economy

2002-04-09 Thread Diane Monaco
have shaped the present global economy, the Commanding Heights Web site examines the history of the global economy and demonstrates how key economic theories have evolved in the context of historical events. The three-part television series includes: Part One -- "The Battle of

Re: Re: The Global Economy

2001-12-22 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: "Mohammad Maljoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 9:15 AM Subject: [PEN-L:20869] Re: The Global Economy == Sorry for not replying earlier. Two ethnogra

Re: The Global Economy

2001-12-22 Thread Mohammad Maljoo
I write to thank all who responded, particularly Yves Bajard; I now have a few good list of sources of studies . Yves, do you think that changes in informatiom technology have not contributed to affect the restructuration of the organization of world production in the global economy? Is

Re: The Global Economy

2001-12-21 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
chnology restructure the organization of world production in the >global economy? whether one can classify different approaches in >this regard? I would highly appreciate any reference on these topics. > > Best, > Mohammad Maljoo Mohammad, I mentioned Frederick Abernathy, et al

The Global Economy

2001-12-21 Thread Mohammad Maljoo
e the organization of world production in the global economy? whether one can classify different approaches in this regard? I would highly appreciate any reference on these topics. Best, Mohammad Maljoo _ MSN Photos is the ea

A gleam of light for the global economy

2001-04-01 Thread Chris Burford
At a time when probably something up to 10 trillion dollars has been taken out of the world economy already by the stock market falls and the accumulation of bad debts in places like Japan, as I predicted, there is a gleam of light if capitalism only turns a philanthropic. Of course by compari

Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-19 Thread Peter Dorman
I want to thank everyone who has been sending in their picks. I'll be leafing through them. Peter

Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-19 Thread Janet M. Tanski
und) >Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. > >Peter Dorman wrote: >> >> Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and >> I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global >> economy. The ideal book

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Bill Rosenberg
. Description 280 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN 1856494020 (pbk.) 1856494012 (hardbound) Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Peter Dorman wrote: > > Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and > I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Anthony D'Costa
8 Sep 2000, Peter Dorman wrote: > Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and > I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global > economy. The ideal book would: > > discuss the origin, management, and consequences of third world de

Re: Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Ken Hanly
Hanly - Original Message - From: Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 4:21 PM Subject: [PEN-L:2030] Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy > Ellen Frank wrote: > > >When Corporations Rule the World by

Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Louis Proyect
Let me suggest an alternative to finding a single book on the topic, whether Greider, Korten or whomever. I generally find books that focus on a single aspect more useful, such as the following: 1. "Dying for Growth: Global Equality and the Health of the Poor", edited by Kim, Millen, Irwin and Ge

Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Doug Henwood
Ellen Frank wrote: >When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten Not my favorite book: . Doug

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Ellen Frank
When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and >I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global >economy. The ideal book would: > >discuss the ori

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Joel Blau
Peter: Have you looked at the Field Guide to the Global Economy by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh? It might be too colloquial in its approach, but it is probably worth getting an exam copy. (The New Press, thenewpress.com). Joel Blau Peter Dorman wrote: > Well, campers, my teaching team

Re: looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Jim Devine
How about Robin Hahnel's recent book (South End Press)? I've forgotten its title. At 01:07 PM 9/18/00 -0700, you wrote: >Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and >I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global >econom

looking for a book on the global economy

2000-09-18 Thread Peter Dorman
Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global economy. The ideal book would: discuss the origin, management, and consequences of third world debt, the politics and economics of structural adjus

[PEN-L:9585] Re: Michael Jordan and the global economy

1999-07-23 Thread Michael Yates
I am teaching a course in global political economy this coming fall with an anthropologist friend of mine. In the textbook, "Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism," the author (Richard Robbins) citing William Waits, argues that Santa Claus's major role was to "decontaminate" Christmas gif

[PEN-L:9579] Michael Jordan and the global economy

1999-07-23 Thread Louis Proyect
Atlantic Monthly, http://www.theatlantic.com A new book examines the economic impact of Michael Jordan and shows why his Airness represents globalism at its most powerful by Jack Beatty July 21, 1999 Michael Jordan has the soul of a cash register -- or so Walter LaFeber, a distinguished Corne

[PEN-L:7998] Re: Re: Japan and the Global economy.

1999-06-15 Thread Ken Hanly
Social democratic governments are "slouching" toward Eurosocialism? What is that? What makes whatever it is a form of socialism? Cheers, Ken Hanly Dennis R Redmond wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Henry C.K. Liu wrote: > > > job insecurity prevents spending in favor of savings. Worse, Japan is

[PEN-L:7995] Re: Japan and the Global economy.

1999-06-15 Thread Dennis R Redmond
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Henry C.K. Liu wrote: > job insecurity prevents spending in favor of savings. Worse, Japan is > falling victim to capital spending recession. No one is expecting the > latest round of fiscal stimulus to revive sustainable growth in Japan. Well, the OECD says Japanese invest

[PEN-L:7987] Japan and the Global economy.

1999-06-15 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Japan has sought to boost aggregate demand through traditional Keynesian measures. The commitment to restructure the economy and to a competition policy remain halfhearted. The decade-long recession continues. The restructuring of the US economy has a one and a half decade jump on the Japanese ec

Re: Saving Ourselves - And Others - From The Global Economy

1998-01-28 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
Has anyone read Greider's chapter "The Ghost of Marx" in which he propounds a quasi-Schumpeterian analysis--that despite endemic excess capacity, there is ever more investment and 'creative destruction' of existing capacity. As crises of apparent overproduction/underconsumption are overcome the

Saving Ourselves - And Others - From The Global Economy

1998-01-28 Thread Robert Naiman
[I wrote this in response to the William Greider piece which appeared in the Nation and was also widely distributed on the Internet. The Nation refuses to run it, so I'm "self-publishing" it. Feel free to pass along.] Saving Ourselves - And Others - From The Glo

[PEN-L:12747] Child Labor in the Global Economy (fwd)

1997-10-02 Thread Sid Shniad
> Foreign Policy In Focus: Child Labor in the Global Economy > > By Terry Collingsworth, General Counsel, International Labor Rights Fund > Editors: Tom Barry (IRC) and Martha Honey (IPS) > > Vol 2, No. 46 > October 1997 > > > Key Points > * Child lab

[PEN-L:12746] Child Labor in the Global Economy

1997-10-02 Thread Interhemispheric Resouce Center
Foreign Policy In Focus: Child Labor in the Global Economy By Terry Collingsworth, General Counsel, International Labor Rights Fund Editors: Tom Barry (IRC) and Martha Honey (IPS) Vol 2, No. 46 October 1997 Key Points * Child labor is a serious problem with over 250 million children

[PEN-L:1770] Forum on Labor in the Global Economy

1995-12-07 Thread Hugo Radice
Could someone please tell me how to subscribe to the list 'Forum on Labor in the Global Economy? I know its address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], but I don't know how to subscribe. Thanks, Hugo Radice [EMAIL PROTECTED]