Re: [PEN-L] Lump of labor fallacy

Eugene Coyle wrote: > What about the Pope? Is the Pope a neoclassical economist? If not, I'm afraid we'll have to repeal his infallibility status. Actually there is a simpler test of whether one has committed the lump-of-labor fallacy. Ask yourself if a given argument is consistent with the beli

[PEN-L] Buruma's morals and ours

Over the years Leon Botstein and his deep-pocketed patron George Soros have transformed my alma mater Bard College from what Walter Winchell once called "the little red whorehouse on the Hudson" into a kind of extension of the New York Review of Books. A number of the regular contributors to this

Re: [PEN-L] Will Stolen Iraq Oil Funds and Deals For Cronies Force Cheney Impeachment?

On Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:08 PM [PDT], tom walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > SOME of the info is factual (even intriguing) but it > is mixed in with sheer fantasy and unmitigated > innuendo. It would violate their code of ethics and > their secret handshake to report a story containing > on

[PEN-L] Lump of labor fallacy

Does the concept of socially necessary labor time avoid the lump of labor fallacy ?   Charles

[PEN-L] Light Brigade Charging Again

In this chaotic world, the only realistic option is to intervene Financial Times Published: July 15 2005 03:00 | Last updated: July 15 2005 03:00 It is all too much. Look around at the poverty, the tyrannies, the broken states, the ethnic conflicts, the global marketplace in weapons of mass des

[PEN-L] Speaking of imperialism and Iraq

Imperial Revolutions The Iraq War, the Reserve Army of the Unemployed, and its British Historical Parallel by Michael Brooks (Swans - July 18, 2005) The introduction in 1981 of Microsoft's first commercial operating system, MS-DOS®, is a convenient point in time with which to demark the curr

Re: [PEN-L] Lump of labor fallacy

Charles Brown wrote: > Does the concept of socially necessary labor time > avoid the lump of labor > fallacy ? No. Only NAIRU and Say's Law are infallible. The Sandwichman __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection

Re: [PEN-L] Lump of labor fallacy

What about the Pope? Gene Coyle tom walker wrote: Charles Brown wrote: Does the concept of socially necessary labor time avoid the lump of labor fallacy ? No. Only NAIRU and Say's Law are infallible. The Sandwichman __

[PEN-L] Workers protest in China

washingtonpost.com A Chinese Riot Rooted in Confusion Lacking a Channel for Grievances, Garment Workers Opt to Strike By Edward Cody Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, July 18, 2005; A01 XIZHOU, China -- A lean worker in a red T-shirt squatted beside the battered police motorcycle and, reac