good news/bad news

2004-06-07 Thread Devine, James
from MS SLATE: US Senator John >Kerry said he won't campaign this week. "We think it's respectful, and No. 2, I don't think we're going to get any coverage," one named Kerry staffer told the NYT.< bad news: Kerry honors Reagan. good n

Re: Krugman on good news

2003-11-30 Thread Julio Huato
Paul Krugman wrote: "And there are signs of an economic takeoff in at least parts of India [...] every one of those development success stories was based on export-led growth." Then Michael Pollak made the following remark: "India wasn't. Exports are 10% of its economy, like the US." India is a bi

Re: Krugman on good news

2003-11-28 Thread Michael Pollak
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Krugman was quoted saying > Now we know that the club isn't that exclusive, after all. South Korea and > several smaller Asian economies have made a full transition to modernity. > China is still a poor country, but it has made astonishing progress. And > there are signs of an

Re: Krugman on good news

2003-11-28 Thread Mike Ballard
--- Eubulides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Jeebus..] Quite intriquing that workers keep producing and producing, yet *we* appear to be in debt to other ruling classes of the world. I guess there's nothing left to do but to take over and run the means of production for ourselves. Wake up

Krugman on good news

2003-11-27 Thread Eubulides
[Jeebus..] [New York Times] November 28, 2003 OP-ED COLUMNIST The Good News By PAUL KRUGMAN I've heard it said that I should try, just once, to write something upbeat. Honestly, on the domestic front it's hard. Yes, the business cycle is looking up - but with the budget out

good news, at last

2003-10-02 Thread Michael Perelman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33159-2003Oct2.html -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

GOOD NEWS

2002-12-14 Thread PAUL COKER
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Good News 4 Computer Dealers

2002-11-19 Thread BIOS Computers
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RE: good news -- textbooks

2002-04-27 Thread Devine, James
I read several chapters of the ms. of this book. It's very good. (I'd prefer an updated version of Bowles & Edwards, but that's still in the works.) JD -Original Message- From: michael perelman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 4/26/02 6:12 PM Subject: [PEN-L:25459] good ne

good news -- textbooks

2002-04-26 Thread michael perelman
Do you teach a semester long Principles of Microeconomics class? Are you dissatisfied with your current text, because of its narrow free-market ideology, or its over-emphasis of technique? If so, this e-mail is for you. (If not, please pass it along to a colleague, or immediately delete it with

RE: Re: it's good news week!

2002-03-02 Thread Devine, James
As I recall, a top climatologist made a similar point a few years back. It did not garner front-page headlines, to say the least. Peculiar, isn't it? Gil the future scenario in T.C. Boyle's novel, A FRIEND OF THE EARTH is becoming more & more plausible. Jim D.

Re: it's good news week!

2002-03-02 Thread gskillman
As I recall, a top climatologist made a similar point a few years back. It did not garner front-page headlines, to say the least. Peculiar, isn't it? Gil > Goodbye cruel world > > A report by top US scientists on climate change suggests that > catastrophe > could be imminent > > Jeremy Rifkin

it's good news week!

2002-03-02 Thread Devine, James
Goodbye cruel world A report by top US scientists on climate change suggests that catastrophe could be imminent Jeremy Rifkin Friday March 1, 2002 The Guardian [U.K.] We live in a world that has become so desensitised by watching calamities unfold on global television - both natural and human-

Re: Good News

2002-02-13 Thread Michael Perelman
I know of nobody else of his stature who has never shown any cracks in his integrity. Sabri Oncu wrote: > The State Security Court #6 of Turkey found the publisher (Fatih > Tas) of Noam Chomsky's book "The American Interventionism" not > guilty yesterday. Noam Chomsky attended the hearing and in

Good News

2002-02-13 Thread Sabri Oncu
The State Security Court #6 of Turkey found the publisher (Fatih Tas) of Noam Chomsky's book "The American Interventionism" not guilty yesterday. Noam Chomsky attended the hearing and informed the court about the crime he committed in his article that appeared in the book "Dusunceye Ozgurluk 2001"

Good news! Light at end of tunnel!

2001-09-18 Thread Tom Walker
Recovery just around corner! WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commerce Secretary Don Evans on Tuesday said he was ``still very optimistic'' about the future of the U.S. economy, despite last week's terror attacks on New York and Washington. ``In terms of the economy, I am still very optimistic about the f

Good News

2001-08-16 Thread Michael Perelman
"On the Threshold of the Third Globalization: Why Liberal Capitalism Might Fail?" BY: BRANKO MILANOVIC World Bank Development Research Group Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstr

good news!

2001-08-06 Thread Jim Devine
from economy.com Defense-Aerospace Profits Take Off By Steve Cochrane 08/6/01 12:00 PM ET There is no profits recession in the defense-aerospace industry. Not only are the leading U.S. defense contractors posting positive net earnings, but profits are generally rising. Last month, Lockheed Mart

Good News! is bad news

2001-06-15 Thread Tom Walker
>Stocks clawed into positive ground in late morning trading on Friday as >weak economic data and grim profit forecasts from Nortel Networks Corp. >and JDS Uniphase Corp. stoked hopes the U.S. Federal Reserve would fire >off a bigger than expected interest-rate cut. Tom Walker Bowen Island, BC

Re: good news from Guatemala

2001-06-06 Thread Michael Pugliese
olent Sanctions and Cultural Survival at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard. - Original Message - From: "Jim Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:47 AM Subject: [PEN-L:12874] good news from Guatemala &

good news from Guatemala

2001-06-06 Thread Jim Devine
from SLATE: >The LA [TIMES] fronts word that 11 Guatemalan communities are going to >file suit today against a former president, accusing him >of genocide. More than 200,000 Guatemalans were killed during a civil war >in the 1980s. According to the LAT, the suit charges that former President >E

bad news/good news

2001-04-06 Thread jdevine
the bad news: the UCLA guys predict a "mild" recession in the US during the next year or so. the good news: it won't hit Southern California that hard. (As if we need more!) -- Jim Devine Thursday, April 5, 2001 | L.A. TIMES. S. California Foreseen Escaping U.S. Recess

Re: Good News?

2001-03-23 Thread Nathan Newman
Then again, Bush launched the Gulf War partly to distract from recession talk and his falling popularity back in 1990. -- Nathan Newman - Original Message - From: "Jim Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 11:57 AM Subj

Good News?

2001-03-23 Thread Jim Devine
from SLATE: >An op-ed in the NYT says a sinking Nasdaq could squelch U.S. intervention >abroad. With our economy slowed, Americans may >suddenly ask if we can afford foreign missions. Also, we don't look so >powerful anymore in foreign eyes. Says one Wall Streeter, "Look, the >Nasdaq is Americ

good news from old friends: neoliberalism works

2000-11-15 Thread Michael Perelman
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Re: Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Michael Perelman
I have no trouble with McReynolds or any other leftist running. The risk of a Bush victory is another story. Nathan Newman wrote: > On Thu, 25 May 2000, Jim Devine wrote: > > > if Nader starts winning in the opinion polls, Gore will start shifting to > > the left. Of course, after the election,

Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Michael Perelman
Jim Devine wrote: > > if Nader starts winning in the opinion polls, Gore will start shifting to > the left. Of course, after the election, he'll return to the Democratic > Leadership Council party line. So Nader (and more importantly, _et al_) > have to keep up the pressure up after the electio

RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Max Sawicky
>The logical vehicle for a Nader/union candidacy >is not the Greens, but the Labor Party. RN has >been to LP conventions. A big plus is that he's >to the left of PEN-L on trade. This last sentence is a sign that the concept of "left vs. right" in politics means less the more you examine it. (Le

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Carrol Cox
Nathan Newman wrote: > I just don't see what is gained by the campaign. Third party folks make > so many wondrous claims for such third party efforts, yet historically > Lafayette in 1924 delivered the reactionary era of Coolidge; Wallace the > Cold War and McCarthyism; and we can go on. The

Re: Re: Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Nathan Newman
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Jim Devine wrote: > >Which makes his running even more useless, since at least a legitimate > >move to the left by Gore under pressure might justify the increased > >likelihood of a Bush win. > > Nathan, why did you cut off the rest of my message, which addressed this issue

RE: Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Max Sawicky
. . . How do people on this list justify promoting Nader when a decent committed socialist like McReynolds is running? Is the fact that Nader will lose by a smaller overwhelming margin justification enough? -- Nathan Newman If the industrial unions lead the charge for a Nader candidacy, I'll b

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Jim Devine
>You said " So Nader (and more importantly, _et al_) have to keep up the >pressure up after the election. In fact, it needs to be intensified, to >counteract the constant influence of the corporate lobbyists." > >Since this is what Nader does all the time, running for office seems >irrelevant to

Re: RE: Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Jim Devine
At 05:37 PM 5/25/00 -0400, you wrote: >The logical vehicle for a Nader/union candidacy >is not the Greens, but the Labor Party. RN has >been to LP conventions. A big plus is that he's >to the left of PEN-L on trade. This last sentence is a sign that the concept of "left vs. right" in politics

Re: Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Jim Devine
At 05:01 PM 5/25/00 -0400, you wrote: >On Thu, 25 May 2000, Jim Devine wrote: > > > if Nader starts winning in the opinion polls, Gore will start shifting to > > the left. Of course, after the election, he'll return to the Democratic > > Leadership Council party line. > >Which makes his running e

Re: Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Nathan Newman
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Jim Devine wrote: > if Nader starts winning in the opinion polls, Gore will start shifting to > the left. Of course, after the election, he'll return to the Democratic > Leadership Council party line. Which makes his running even more useless, since at least a legitimate

Re: good news

2000-05-25 Thread Jim Devine
At 12:31 PM 5/25/00 -0700, you wrote: >I know that some people here have strong reservations about Nader, but I >would love to see him puch a hole in neo-liberalism. if Nader starts winning in the opinion polls, Gore will start shifting to the left. Of course, after the election, he'll return t

good news

2000-05-25 Thread Michael Perelman
I know that some people here have strong reservations about Nader, but I would love to see him puch a hole in neo-liberalism. Published on Thursday, May 25, 2000 in the Washington Post Nader's Bid Complicates Gore's Task by Thomas B. Edsall Ralph Nader's ren

Re: it's good news week! (fwd)

2000-04-09 Thread Mine Aysen Doyran
> >two items: > > >1) BUSINESS WEEK had an amazingly favorable review of Noam >Chomsky's book > >on "humanitarian interventionism." > > >2) I found my son (age 9) reading the cartoons in Z magazine, a >leftwing > monthly. > >Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is sad news week!!! "New US aggressio

it's good news week!

2000-04-09 Thread Jim Devine
two items: 1) BUSINESS WEEK had an amazingly favorable review of Noam Chomsky's book on "humanitarian interventionism." 2) I found my son (age 9) reading the cartoons in Z magazine, a leftwing monthly. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://liberalarts.lmu.edu/~JDevine/JDevine.html

SC Weakens Trademark Law: Good News

2000-03-23 Thread Nathan Newman
Yesterday, the Supreme Court significantly weakened trademark law in regards to "trade dress", the idea that companies can sue other producers for resembling the design of their product. While the case benefitting Wal-Mart's right to "knock-off" the design of other more expensive products has a

Good News on Copyright Law: 9th Cir. Upholds Reverse Engineering

2000-02-13 Thread Nathan Newman
For all the horrors discussed on trademark law, the courts have generally upheld decent standards in the area of copyright, and this decision is a big one. It essentially defends using copyrighted software to create new emulation programs to run that software on different hardware. This is key

[PEN-L:9911] Good News!!!

1999-08-10 Thread Craven, Jim
I just hit on a scheme to turn the U.S. from being dominated primarily by caucasians to being dominated by Indigenous Peoples. I sent a book to my friend Mike Levine (I urge all to visit his website and download some of his very penetrating stuff)who is doing research on the Inuit and the Thule So

[PEN-L:8485] RE: Re: Re: good news!

1999-06-29 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Wojtek, This is a bit of a muddle. Ormerod was an accomplished econometric modeler in Britain. Built up a business around it, then sold it for big bucks, so he knows what he's talking about, but you tripped up in a few places. >> His argument can be summarized as follows: Prediction in econom

[PEN-L:8398] Re: good news!

1999-06-28 Thread Rob Schaap
Re: [PEN-L:8381] good news! [Well, I'm always up for some crisis-talk, Doug! One thing ya gotta say here is that no specific reason is given in the whole spiel. More crisis-mongering below ... ] ÝNot only will today's good times roll Ýlonger than ever before, according to this

[PEN-L:8410] Re: Re: good news!

1999-06-28 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 02:02 PM 6/27/99 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: >Jim Devine quoted : >> >> Is it a freak, the economic equivalent >> of a 100-year flood? A growing number >> of experts think not. >> >> Not only will today's good times roll >> longer than ever before, according to this >> view, but the traditional

[PEN-L:8405] Re: Re: good news!

1999-06-28 Thread Doug Henwood
Rob Schaap wrote: >Ý* Computer technology has revolutionized the way >Ýprivate industry manages the flow of products and >Ýmaterials. Disruptive pile-ups of unused goods and >Ýbottlenecks caused by shortages--historically major >Ýcauses of economic instability--appear to be less of a >Ýthreat the

[PEN-L:8411] Re: Re: Re: good news!

1999-06-28 Thread Jim Devine
Peter Dorman wrote: >Sounds to me like bipolar journalism. Last year it was a global depression rippling outward from Asia. This year it's prosperity unto the end of time. So what will the next mood swing bring?< I wonder what would happen if someone actually sat down and constructed the leadi

[PEN-L:8394] Re: Re: good news!

1999-06-27 Thread Peter Dorman
Sounds to me like bipolar journalism. Last year it was a global depression rippling outward from Asia. This year it's prosperity unto the end of time. So what will the next mood swing bring? Peter Doug Henwood wrote: > Jim Devine quoted : > > > > Is it a freak, the economic equivalent > > of

[PEN-L:8388] Re: good news!

1999-06-27 Thread Doug Henwood
Jim Devine quoted : > > Is it a freak, the economic equivalent > of a 100-year flood? A growing number > of experts think not. > > Not only will today's good times roll > longer than ever before, according to this > view, but the traditional cycle of boom > and bust will never be the same again. >

[PEN-L:8381] good news!

1999-06-27 Thread Jim Devine
 Sunday, June 27, 1999  Has the U.S. Economy Entered a Golden Era?  Some experts say today's record boom is a sign of things to  come--that new conditions will bring longer periods of  expansion and milder recessions. Others are skeptical.  By JONATHAN PETERSON, Times Staff Writer  WASHING

[PEN-L:3881] Good News

1999-02-26 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
New York Times Front Page February 26, 1999 In Biggest Drive Since 1937, Union Gains a Victory By STEVEN GREENHOUSE LOS ANGELES -- Winning the biggest unionization drive in more than half a century, the Service Employees International Union gained the right Thu

[PEN-L:567] RE: Re: good news!

1998-10-18 Thread Max Sawicky
> Jim D makes known that the cosmos is conscious after all, just real slow: > > > Chilean Ex-Dictator Pinochet Arrested In London > > . > > LONDON (Reuters) - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was > > arrested in London Saturday by

[PEN-L:569] Re: good news!

1998-10-18 Thread Tom Walker
>- Pinochet's defender decry, citing the "indignity" of serving the warrant >at midnight, while he was in bed, and leaving him incomunicado for 2 hours! >Pinochet, "disappeared" for 2 hours! And that "indignity" is what makes it sweet. Logic tells me that Pinochet will never have to face trial, l

[PEN-L:568] Re: good news, mas o menos

1998-10-18 Thread valis
Tom Kruse concludes: ... > P.S. valis, what is this shit? Huh?! > [snip] > > >Well, that ratfucker just discovered the EU, didn't he? > >Big deal, though; I'll be impressed when they bust some > >local CIA operatives on the same rap. > > I

[PEN-L:565] Re: good news!

1998-10-18 Thread Thomas Kruse
[A note sent to lbo-talk, in response to comments there] Regarding Pinochet's arrest: A couple of points, first a small one. From emilio we read: >BBC-TV shows interviews with refugees from Chile living in London. > >Refugees ? > >I doubt because since 1990 Chile had been a full democratic go

[PEN-L:558] Re: good news!

1998-10-17 Thread valis
Jim D makes known that the cosmos is conscious after all, just real slow: > Chilean Ex-Dictator Pinochet Arrested In London > . > LONDON (Reuters) - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was > arrested in London Saturday by police actin

[PEN-L:557] good news!

1998-10-17 Thread James Devine
from today's Reuters wire, via Yahoo!: Chilean Ex-Dictator Pinochet Arrested In London By Paul Majendie LONDON (Reuters) - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London Saturday by police acting on a request from Spain. A police spokeswoman said P

Re: Good news: Welfare gains

1998-04-10 Thread William S. Lear
On Fri, April 10, 1998 at 10:36:17 (-0400) Max B. Sawicky writes: >... >There seems to be a habit of explaining results after the fact. If >the Dems do something bad, it was in their nature; if they do >something good, it was in response to working class restiveness or >threats to the status quo.

Re: Good news: Welfare gains

1998-04-10 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Dennis R Redmond wrote: > NAFTA was passed by a Democratic Prez and Congress. The other bills Whatever you think about the Democratic Party, this isjust sloppy. As Nathan said, most Democrats in the House voted against NAFTA. The House would have defeated Fast Track if it had been brought up f

Re: Good news: Welfare gains

1998-04-08 Thread Dennis R Redmond
On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Nathan Newman wrote: > If the Dems are so completely the party of Wall Street, how come the vast > majority voted against Wall Street's top priority bills? NAFTA was passed by a Democratic Prez and Congress. The other bills stalled because ordinary working folk got pissed off

Re: Good news: Welfare gains

1998-04-08 Thread Nathan Newman
-Original Message- From: Dennis R Redmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Good news: Welfare gains >There really is no difference between >the two factions of our one-party-state, whic

Re: Good news: Welfare gains

1998-04-08 Thread Dennis R Redmond
On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Nathan Newman wrote: > ...if we compared states response to their new freedom, it would not > support Louis's ideology that there is no difference between Democratic > and Republican parties. In California, we almost got passed a bill that > was, in many ways, BETTER than th

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread MScoleman
They can afford to increase welfare -- I potentially see it as another slush fund a/la the social security trust fund. They increase the monies available, but get rid of the eligible population, so the money is there for the use of the politicians. cute. maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bush and Ron Dellums (Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Nathan Newman wrote: > . . . > (I would also note that much of the increase in domestic spending under Bush was > due to cyclical spending increases due to the early 90s recession in combination > with the explosion in medical inflation in those years.) The increase could well have had politi

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Fellows, Jeffrey wrote: > AFDC has been renamed. It is now Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), > or some such phrasing. I understand that federal block grant payments to > states for TANF are larger than the former federal AFDC funding. > However, I believe that the actual distribution of mon

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Doug Henwood
Max B. Sawicky wrote: >The spending here does not include EITC, which >I took note of above. One can see from Nathan's >numbers that the better part of the public assistance >increase was due to the EITC and SSI, the latter >focused on the elderly and reflecting health care >cost pressures, to s

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
he EITC is well-taken, though we do have a breather this year. Nathan Newman wrote: > ==== > GOOD NEWS: THE WELFARE GAINS MADE IN TH

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Fellows, Jeffrey
individuals is lower under TANF than AFDC. Is there anyone on the list who can confirm my understanding? Jeff -- From: Louis Proyect To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years Date: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 10:33AM At 07:01 AM 4/8/98 -0700, you

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Louis Proyect
At 07:01 AM 4/8/98 -0700, you wrote: > > >GOOD NEWS: THE WELFARE GAINS MADE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS > >- Nathan Newman > > >Even as many of us organize against

Bush and Ron Dellums (Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Nathan Newman
From: Max B. Sawicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >A better view of the other stuff, or the whole >picture, is obtained by considering the trend in >domestic spending as a share of GDP, or to be >precise, total outlays less defense and net interest >payments. Th

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread john gulick
Max Sawicky: >This peaks in 1980, takes a long but >not enormous dip over the 1980's (e.g., less than >2% of GDP), and is restored by that great man >George Bush to pre-Reagan levels. I always suspected Bush was more of a Keynesian than is Clinton. John Gulick John Gulick Ph. D. Candidate Soc

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Nathan Newman
From: James Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Category 1992 1998Change >- - - >Defense 298,350 264,112 -34,238 >Housing assistance 18,904 28,752 +9,848 >Food and nutrition assistance32,622 36,13

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Nathan Newman
we have made in the last decade. Too much focus on losses can lead >not to action but to disempowerment, so this post will lay out some good >news on our successes embodied in the federal budget. Louis Proyect wrote: -This is obscene spin-doctoring on behalf of the reactionary Clinton. The

Re: Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread James Devine
>... the following chart shows (in billions of dollars) how >defense spending has fallen even as spending on housing, food assistance, >and general income support (welfare, Earned Income Tax Credit, etc.) has >risen between 1992 and 1998: > >Category 1992 1998

Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-08 Thread Nathan Newman
GOOD NEWS: THE WELFARE GAINS MADE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS - Nathan Newman Even as many of us organize against the punitive effects of welfare "deform" and other social a

Good news: Welfare gains made in the last six years

1998-04-07 Thread Nathan Newman
GOOD NEWS: THE WELFARE GAINS MADE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS - Nathan Newman Even as many of us organize against the punitive effects of

[PEN-L:12588] Good News for Social Democrats from THE ECONOMIST

1997-09-25 Thread Nathan Newman
An interesting article from THE ECONOMIST on the growth of the state and public spending, despite all the rhetoric of the "end of government." SPEND, SPEND, SPENDSept. 20-28 DID somebody say the age of big government was dead? At the beginning of this century government spending in to

[PEN-L:10732] Re: It's Good News Week! (long)

1997-06-10 Thread Tom Walker
>Well, put aside the gloom and fasten your seat belts. . . Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven (or is that just a pr hack pissing out the 2nd floor window?). Regards, Tom Walker ^^ knoW Ware Communications | Va

[PEN-L:10721] It's Good News Week! (long)

1997-06-10 Thread James Devine
(from the L.A. TIMES, June 10, 1997) (from the LA TIMES, June 10, 1997) Economists See Rosy Long-Term U.S. Future Finance: Nation is poised for huge 20-year growth, many say. Job uncertainty is expected to continue. By ART PINE, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON--Sociologists are worried that

[PEN-L:5976] Fwd: Re: New project for pen-l & some good news

1996-09-05 Thread MScoleman
Steve; Congrats! I just graduate in May so I know how hard you worked!!! maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] p.s. I taught two classes today for the first time. Did I ever feel like an old bat in front of all those college freshkids! - Forwarded message: From: [EMAIL P

[PEN-L:5965] Re: New project for pen-l & some good news

1996-09-05 Thread D Shniad
Congratulations, Steven! Sid Shniad > > > Dear Michael and pen-lers, > > I like the idea of setting up a parallel list to receive information > requests. For me, PEN-L is often at its best when participants focus on > taking political action. Hopefully the parallel list will be a means to >

[PEN-L:5963] Re: New project for pen-l & some good news

1996-09-04 Thread Gerald Levy
> Steven Zahniser > P.S. This summer I successfully defended my dissertation, turned it in, > and received my Ph.D. in economics. I am now beginning a one-year > postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Social Science Research Council, in > which I will look at various issues regarding Mexico-U.S.

[PEN-L:5962] New project for pen-l & some good news

1996-09-04 Thread ZAHNISER STEVEN SCOTT
Dear Michael and pen-lers, I like the idea of setting up a parallel list to receive information requests. For me, PEN-L is often at its best when participants focus on taking political action. Hopefully the parallel list will be a means to continue this tradition. Steven Zahniser [EMAIL PROTE

[PEN-L:2036] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-18 Thread Hugo Radice
In reply to Trond Andressen's comment: the contradiction is in the social democratic PARTIES, which are no longer social democratic. Sorry I did not make the distinction clear between the the present political parties claiming the SD tradition, and social democracy as a broad historical movem

[PEN-L:1879] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-11 Thread Behzad Yaghmaian
I agree with you that the current French reforms do go back (at least partially) to the previous "socialist" administration. But this does not change the question. The main question, in my opinion, is the attitude of the left towards this movement. The workers and students are resisting t

[PEN-L:1850] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-11 Thread Trond Andresen
Hugo Radice, [EMAIL PROTECTED], says on Fri, 8 Dec 1995 > Pro-EU socialists in Europe believe that it is politically possible > to construct a 'people's'/socialist EU > I still on balance go along with this view myself, though we > have the 'local' problem here in the UK that the Labour

[PEN-L:1810] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-08 Thread A. S. Fatemi
gt; > major sacrifices in the sacrosanct state welfare system to reduce > > its soaring deficit, and he has flatly refused to back down." > > > > -- "Public Support for Strike Stuns French Leaders," by Scott > > Kraft, L.A. TIMES, Dec. 6, 1995. > > >

[PEN-L:1797] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-08 Thread Hugo Radice
Sid, Pro-EU socialists in Europe believe that it is politically possible to construct a 'people's'/socialist EU. They recognise that at present the dominant political economy in the EU is monetarist, but they cling to the belief that the 'social cohesion' measures promoted by Jacques Delors a

[PEN-L:1766] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-07 Thread Riccardo Bellofiore
On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, D Shniad wrote: > Further to Jim Devine's upload and Marianne Brun's comments on it, the > Globe and Mail ran a story today saying that if the workers were > successful in France, it would call into question the entire project of > the European Monetary Union. The projec

[PEN-L:1760] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-06 Thread D Shniad
President Chirac is demanding > > > major sacrifices in the sacrosanct state welfare system to reduce > > > its soaring deficit, and he has flatly refused to back down." > > > > > > -- "Public Support for Strike Stuns French Leaders," by Sco

[PEN-L:1759] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-06 Thread Marianne Bruen
esident Chirac is demanding > > major sacrifices in the sacrosanct state welfare system to reduce > > its soaring deficit, and he has flatly refused to back down." > > > > -- "Public Support for Strike Stuns French Leaders," by Scott > > Kraft, L.A. TI

[PEN-L:1753] Re: Good News from France

1995-12-06 Thread Behzad Yaghmaian
n." > > -- "Public Support for Strike Stuns French Leaders," by Scott > Kraft, L.A. TIMES, Dec. 6, 1995. > > No only is this good news, but it suggests that Daniel Singer's > view that French politics became "Americanized" under Mitterand, &g

[PEN-L:1746] Good News from France

1995-12-06 Thread James Devine
jobs and higher salaries. President Chirac is demanding major sacrifices in the sacrosanct state welfare system to reduce its soaring deficit, and he has flatly refused to back down." -- "Public Support for Strike Stuns French Leaders," by Scott Kraft, L.A. TIMES, Dec. 6, 1995.

[PEN-L:5885] More good news from China

1995-07-17 Thread Louis N Proyect
Louis Proyect: And so the gold seekers come, lugging their tents and mess kits and mud-crusted sheepskins for warmth and leaving behind farms or low- paying factory jobs. With an estimated 130 million Chinese designated as "surplus labor" in the countryside, the pool of potential miners tempte

Good news, bad news

1994-05-27 Thread D Shniad
Board predicts GROWTH WON'T STEM UNEMPLOYMENT OTTAWA -- The Conference Board of Canada predicts that the global economy will break free from a four year bout of anemia next near, with growth in Canada leading the pack among major industrial countries. But in its latest forecast, the think t

Not so good news

1994-03-14 Thread Michael Perelman
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Not so good news

1994-03-14 Thread Michael Perelman
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Good News

1994-03-13 Thread Michael Perelman
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1994-03-13 Thread Michael Perelman
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GOOD NEWS AND A WARNING. PLEASE READ!!!!!:X

1994-03-04 Thread Michael Perelman
Attention: Good News and a Warning! On Friday, March 11th, at 3:30pm PST this list will stop using the current list mailer, listman, and will be switched over to listproc. Listproc is the latest version of listserv which is what the pen-l list was using before coming to Chico State

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