Re: [PEN-L] Marx voted greatest philosopher

From The Economist Dec 19 2002: http://www.phoenix.liu.edu/~uroy/eco54/histlist/marx/marx-TE121902.html In 1999 the BBC conducted a series of polls, asking people to name the greatest men and women of the millennium. In October of that year, within a few weeks of the tenth anniversary of the d

[PEN-L] Palast on Rove

Mr. Rove And The Access Of Evil  Tells Us Your "Source" Judy  Not published in The New York Times By Greg Palast  07/13/05 "ICH" - - The only thing more evil, small-minded and treasonous than the Bush Administration's jailing Judith Miller for a crime the Bush Administration committed, is Ju

[PEN-L] good jobs!

Would one of our resident job experts, Doug/Max, comment on this? KRIS MAHER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL July 12, 2005 In a sign of an improving U.S. job market, the growth of higher-paying hourly jobs is outpacing that of lower-paying jobs for the first time in nearly four years,

[PEN-L] South African Tradgedy

When the NBER sees the problem it must be serious. "Incomes in South Africa Since the Fall of Apartheid" BY: MURRAY LEIBBRANDT University of Cape Town Faculty of Commerce JAMES A. LEVINSOHN University of Michigan National Bureau

Re: [PEN-L] Colin Powell turns VC

Is that why he was on the Time Warner board? On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 06:19:05PM +, Carl Remick wrote: > [Article below asks, what can Powell offer a venture capital firm? That's > easy. He's an expert on disclosure.] > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chi

[PEN-L] Marx voted greatest philosopher

In a poll of eliciting 34,000 votes to a UK radio programme for the greatest philopher, Marx came far ahead of rivals with 28% of the vote. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/greatest_philosopher_vote_result.shtml Double that of the next rival David Hume at 13% The interesting thing

[PEN-L] in the news

From the WaPo's SLATE's on-line news summary, by Eric Umansky: >The NY [TIMES] [reports] the death of 10 Sunnis—suspected insurgents—who suffocated after being locked inside a sweltering van by Iraqi commandos. Doctors said the men, who had been taken from a hospital, also showed signs of torture.

Re: [PEN-L] PBS series on "Guns, Germs and Steel", part one

Louis: > > > The other thing that has some appeal for radicals is Diamond's seeming > > > affinity for historical materialism. ... me: > > this affinity seems to break down at about the time that capitalism arises. On 7/13/05, Carrol Cox wrote: > And that is a perfect illustration of a 'slogan'

Re: [PEN-L] PBS series on "Guns, Germs and Steel", part one

Jim Devine wrote: > > > > The other thing that has some appeal for radicals is Diamond's seeming > > affinity for historical materialism. ... > > this affinity seems to break down at about the time that capitalism arises. And that is a perfect illustration of a 'slogan' implicit in most capitalist

[PEN-L] Colin Powell turns VC

[Article below asks, what can Powell offer a venture capital firm? That's easy. He's an expert on disclosure.] Colin Powell Joins Venture Capital Firm By GARY RIVLIN SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 - Most everyone you meet in Silicon Valley, or so it sometimes seems, dreams of joining a top venture ca

Re: [PEN-L] PBS series on "Guns, Germs and Steel", part one

[I've read the book, but I haven't seen the TV show.] On 7/13/05, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Despite having dozed off for ten minutes toward the end of the first > installment of the PBS series based on Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and > Steel," I feel that I have a pretty good han

[PEN-L] PBS series on "Guns, Germs and Steel", part one

Despite having dozed off for ten minutes toward the end of the first installment of the PBS series based on Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel," I feel that I have a pretty good handle on what it was trying to establish--namely, the idea that the development of agriculture is a sine qua non fo