Re: [PEN-L] a pretty good editorial

--- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: REPLY: yes. There's was also the problem that the system wasn't good at providing good consumer goods or freedom of expression. My own suspicion is that internal contradictions were more important for the breakup of the USSR than external

[PEN-L] JPMorgan: Predecessors linked to slavery

Jan. 23, 2005 PEN-L: And slavery reparations from JP Morgan for African Americans in the article below? Not a word. Seth Sandronsky SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Thursday, January 20, 2005 · Last updated 9:20 p.m. PT JPMorgan: Predecessors linked to slavery THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- JPMorgan

Re: [PEN-L] a pretty good editorial

James wrote: REPLY: right. But there was also the class issue of workers vs. bureaucrats. I wrote: Which Yeltsin appealed to brilliantly -- we must get rid of the priviliges of the bureaucrats! (This sounds hilarious today, at a time when bureaucrats in Russia live at a level beyond their

Re: [PEN-L] a pretty good editorial

--- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: many of the bureaucrats (and a lot of black-market traders, etc.) transformed themselves into capitalists. JD -- Oh yes, they've done very well for themselves. (Though, interestingly, with a few exceptions -- Khodorkovsky being among them -- the

[PEN-L] Sacramento premiere of Weapons of Mass Deception

Sacramento premiere of Weapons of Mass Deception, a documentary on media and the Iraq War by Danny Schechter. Thursday January 27, 2005 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. showings Crest Theater 1013 K St. in downtown Sacramento Tickets $10 Benefit for Soapbox, Access Sacramento’s progressive TV talk

[PEN-L] the $ and CBs

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9ef63678-6d7d-11d9-9b69-0e2511c8.html Central banks shift reserves away from US By Chris Giles Published: January 24 2005 00:03 | Last updated: January 24 2005 00:03 Euro and dollarCentral banks are shifting reserves away from the US and towards the eurozone in a move

Re: [PEN-L] the $ and CBs

Are there enough Euros outstanding to allow for a massive shift? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] the $ and CBs

outstanding euros (as of november 2004): M3 = 6,483 billions Michael Perelman wrote: Are there enough Euros outstanding to allow for a massive shift? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu -- I was

Re: [PEN-L] the $ and CBs

Are there enough Euros outstanding to allow for a massive shift? If not, we can always print more, love, Europe.

Re: [PEN-L] realized capital gains

In the end, the only real thing is the fiction (sorry Michael, but I couldn't help it...) In all these civilised countries, where the price system has gone into effect men count their wealth in money-values. So much so that by settled habit, induced by long and close application to the pursuit of

Re: [PEN-L] realized capital gains

michael perelman wrote: Can anyone point me to a good source for realized capital gains? Congressional Budget Office. if it's not on the web site, you can get it from the staff. Doug

Re: [PEN-L] realized capital gains

Do I detect that Veblen is finally being re-recognized for his insight in the use of market power to expropriate surplus value? Paul Phillips Jonathan Nitzan wrote: In the end, the only real thing is the fiction (sorry Michael, but I couldn't help it...) In all these civilised countries, where

[PEN-L] Auschwitz and the Logic of Destruction

This is the subtitle of Architects of Annihilation by Goetz Aly and Susanne Heim. p 294 Our study has shown that the modern praxis-oriented social sciences and the reception of their findings in the seats of political power played a significant part in the decisions that led to systematic mass