[PEN-L] Capacity Utilization - a new article

Recently Pen-l had a number of people who seemed interested in long run capacity utilization rates and how to measure them. The discussion also touched upon one reason the issue is important: those who are lean against large and long run amounts of excess capacity tend towards a 'conventional'

Re: [PEN-L] Russian population agrees with Melvin! :)

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My bet is that Stalin's popularity as a historical figure is going to slowly increase and probably stay at between 50% and 65% of the former Soviet Union and Russia forever. This is probably true. His retroactive public-approval ratings are far, far higher than

Re: [PEN-L] 52 Funniest Things About the Upcoming Death of the Pope

Taibbi never had these problems when he was writing in Russia, with its supposedly unfree press environment. Ha ha. He can always move back and do the same thing. Nu, zayats, pogodi! __ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the

[PEN-L] Greenspan shocker

GREENSPAN TO HEAD UP U2 Becomes Lead Singer as Bono Leaves for World Bank [by Andy Borowitz] Longtime Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan stunned the worlds of finance and pop music today by announcing that he would leave his post effective immediately to become lead singer of the Irish

Re: [PEN-L] Greenspan shocker

May it be so-- and soon. grin adrienne GREENSPAN TO HEAD UP U2 Becomes Lead Singer as Bono Leaves for World Bank [by Andy Borowitz] Longtime Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan stunned the worlds of finance and pop music today by announcing that he would leave his post effective immediately

[PEN-L] pop go the real-estate weasels?

Contrarian Chronicles [MSN?] Housing mania will end in tears advertisement Today's tales of rampant real-estate speculation sound just like what we heard at the peak of the tech bubble. And we all know what happened when that bubble burst. By Bill Fleckenstein -clip- However, as is the case

Re: [PEN-L] pop go the real-estate weasels?

Anybody read the Hit Man book (by John Perkins)? Is it any good, or bs? max

Re: [PEN-L] pop go the real-estate weasels?

I was skeptical about the book upon hearing his interviews, but the book is very interesting. His use of economic forcasting is very interesting as well. On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:05:11AM -0500, Max B. Sawicky wrote: Anybody read the Hit Man book (by John Perkins)? Is it any good, or bs?

Re: [PEN-L] Greenspan shocker

I'd also like Jagger to run the Fed. Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of adrienne lauby Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:00 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: [PEN-L] Greenspan shocker

He actually began as a musician. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] Greenspan shocker

Just as Jagger started as an economist. Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:41 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject:

[PEN-L] debt peonage redux (in the US)

March 8, 2005/New York TIMES OP-ED COLUMNIST The Debt-Peonage Society By PAUL KRUGMAN Today the Senate is expected to vote to limit debate on a bill that toughens the existing bankruptcy law, probably ensuring the bill's passage. A solid bloc of Republican senators, assisted by some Democrats,

[PEN-L] Giuliana Sgrena's Truth: the War That Kills Communication

http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/03/giuliana-sgrenas-truth.html -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Greens for Nader: http://greensfornader.net/ * Bring Them Home Now! http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/ * OSU-GESO: http://www.osu-geso.org/ * Calendars of Events in

Re: [PEN-L] The Dollar and the American Language

Yoshie, As the dollar goes south, however, will fewer people in the world be studying American English, and will Americans be finally compelled to learn a foreign language or two?) Doyle, What this brings up is not so much how many people speak English, but translation from one language to

[PEN-L] faith-based justice

Justice Unit Puts Its Focus on Faith A little-known civil rights office has been busily defending religious groups. By Richard B. Schmitt L.A. Times Staff Writer March 7, 2005 WASHINGTON - One of the main jobs at the Justice Department is enforcing the nation's civil rights laws. So when a

[PEN-L] proof positive that the US economy is about to go into recession.

March 8, 2005/New York TIMES As Businesses Step Up Spending, Some See a Just-Right Economy By EDMUND L. ANDREWS and EDUARDO PORTER WASHINGTON, March 7 - Nearly five years after the last economic boom sputtered out, executives and investors are again talking about a rebirth of the Goldilocks

[PEN-L] in which the professoriate is linked to a slime mold

from the academic blog Left2Right, posted by David Velleman (permalink: http://left2right.typepad.com/main/2005/03/in_which_the_pr.html) *** March 07, 2005 in which the professoriate is likened to a slime mold Posted by David V. on March 7, 2005 How is the modern professoriate like a slime

Re: [PEN-L] in which the professoriate is linked to a slime mold

Shouldn't socialism be organized somewhat like a slime mold? Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Hoover from the academic blog Left2Right, posted by David

Re: [PEN-L] in which the professoriate is linked to a slime mold

The analogy might work if all signals were judged equally. Corporate-friendly signals are amplificed; others are snuffed. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] in which the professoriate is linked to a slime mold

James Devine writes: Shouldn't socialism be organized somewhat like a slime mold? Impossible. No central authority? Looks like the invisible hand in action and socialists know that could never work. David Shemano

Re: [PEN-L] in which the professoriate is linked to a slime mold

On Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 15:06:42 (-0800) David B. Shemano writes: James Devine writes: Shouldn't socialism be organized somewhat like a slime mold? Impossible. No central authority? Looks like the invisible hand in action and socialists know that could never work. Yes, and as we all

[PEN-L] Black Army Recruits Down 41% since 2000

Black Army Recruits Down 41% since 2000 (Here is an extremely important fact: Black volunteers for the Army have fallen 41 percent [The Daily Press, March 6, 2005]. To be more precise, [f]rom 22.7 percent at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the share [of Blacks among recruits]