non-satiation is one of the von Neumann/ Morgenstern axioms. You
need it in order to derive most of the fixed-point theorems that underpin
utility theory, which matters more to people who think (unlike me but like a lot
of college professors) that utility theory is really important to neocla
--- Gassler Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I believe Anthony Giddins has something to say about
> natural uncertainty vs the uncertainty created by
> society: unemployment, for example.
>
Thanks for this, I'll try to find this material.
__
Do
--- Autoplectic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Non-omniscience and an inability to experience 'the'
> future are
> irreducible features of human existence; they are
> not simply
> historical-sociological curiosities.
I didn't mean to imply otherwise.
> Socialism
> cannot bring
> omniscience it c
Daniel Davies:
this is a hell of a problem and it is agonisingly slow work, but the
apocalyptic crises predictions are off base; LTCM actually taught us that
in
a genuine crisis, people act like grownups and respect the basic principle
of the "banker's right of netting" even when the actual lega
On 2/17/06, Michael Nuwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Autoplectic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > Non-omniscience and an inability to experience 'the'
> > future are
> > irreducible features of human existence; they are
> > not simply
> > historical-sociological curiosities.
>
> I didn't me
Autoplectic:
although methinks
the finitists are winning.
^^
CB: As that capitalist playing at philosophy said, things have a beginning ,
middle and END.
Without the
> qualification, it's a dingbat perpetual motion machine.
--
Oh it's a dingbat
On 2/17/06, Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Autoplectic:
> although methinks
> the finitists are winning.
>
> ^^
> CB: As that capitalist playing at philosophy said, things have a beginning ,
> middle and END.
---
What's the last number of pi?
FWIW, oil prices tumbled circa 1986. The MF might also be somewhat
right in real terms. But he's never studied the issue, so it's hard to
imagine that he'd be very right.
On 2/16/06, Sandwichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "…in order to keep prices up the Arabs would have to curtail their output
On 2/17/06, Daniel Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> non-satiation is one of the von Neumann/ Morgenstern axioms. You need it in
> order to derive most of the fixed-point theorems that underpin utility
> theory, which matters more to people who think (unlike me but like a lot of
> college profes
it's the same as the first number of pi - pi is only one number :-)
---
What's the last number of pi?
:-)
Apocalyptic predictions are for the religious, including those of left-wing
faith, but you're not suggesting the opposite - that uncontrollable
financial crises are no longer possible - are you?
---
Crises are possible, but not this specific
Daniel Davies wrote:
non-satiation is one of the von Neumann/ Morgenstern axioms. You
need it in
order to derive most of the fixed-point theorems that underpin utility
theory, which matters more to people who think (unlike me but like
a lot of
college professors) that utility theory is really i
Cliopatria is a multi-author history blog tilted to the center-right.
Yesterday, in response to the latest complaint by Robert KC Johnson, a
Brooklyn College professor who posts frequently about the lack of rightwing
representation in the academy, I posted a link to the Columbia Spectator
article
"... the National Security Agency has no political opinions, remains
invisible, and only does what the president tells it to do. No, that's
the Democrats."
"We are a nation of exhibitionists from me to shining me..."
-- Bill Maher, LA TIMES op-ed, 2/17/06
--
Jim Devine / Bust Big Brother Bush!
"
On 2/17/06, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now, obviously this is bullshit but I wonder when neoclassicism became so
> entrenched.<
after WWII, the 1950s, with the extent of entrenchment increasing over time.
> Was this the way that economics was taught in the 1930s and
40s? <
no.
The best teacher I ever had was Michael G. Hadjimichalakis at the
otherwise right-wing doctoral program at the University of Washington.
Very neoclassical, taught general equilibrium analysis. The best
critiques of neoclassical theory I ever heard were the caveats and
limitations he described in
At around 17/2/06 9:47 am, Daniel Davies wrote:
> it's the same as the first number of pi - pi is only one number :-)
>
> ---
>
> What's the last number of pi?
>
Depends on whether you believe in irrational numbers (especially the
transcendental ones), I guess, given the retro-
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New Townhouse Standard: $20M
Whats the Matter, Buddy?
Dont You Have the Scratch?
By Michael Calderone
Even in the Upper East Side real-estate market, where already-astronomical
prices continue to climb each y
dd wrote:
> non-satiation is one of the von Neumann/ Morgenstern axioms.
> You need it in order to derive most of the fixed-point theorems
> that underpin utility theory, which matters more to people who
> think (unlike me but like a lot of college professors) that
> utility theory is really impor
--- Sandwichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In correspondence with a right-wing libertarian, he
> mentioned that he would defend 'til the cows come
> home the proposition that "human wants and desires
> are unlimited."
>
> I corrected him, pointing out that wants and
> desires could only be
Two kinds of uncertainty in respect to any human act:
1. Will the agent be able to complete the act successfully? E.g., will
the fruit farmer in southwestern michigan in 1939 be able to achieve a
large strawberry crop? Will the climber reach the top of the mountain?
2. Will successful completion
On 2/17/06, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder when neoclassicism became so entrenched. Was this
> the way that economics was taught in the 1930s and 40s?
> Were Marxists fired in the 1950s.
Harry Magdoff discussed what he felt the situation at Harvard was like
after World War II
On 2/17/06, ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What's the last [digit] of pi?
> >
> Depends on whether you believe in irrational numbers (especially the
> transcendental ones), <
since economists believe in the rationality of consumers, maybe we
should reject irrational numbers, too.
--
Jim De
On 2/17/06, Robert Scott Gassler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The best teacher I ever had was Michael G. Hadjimichalakis ... Very
> neoclassical, taught general equilibrium analysis. The best critiques of
> neoclassical theory I ever heard were the caveats and limitations he
> described in cla
At 14:51 14/02/2006, Michael Nuwer had some nice things to say about a
comment I made about uncertainty in an atomistic world vs a world in
which social institutions are being created to facilitate the exchange of
information. There's been quite a bit of discussion since (which I've
avoided while
Carrol Cox wrote:
Two kinds of uncertainty in respect to any human act:
"By 'uncertain' knowledge, let me explain, I do not mean merely to
distinguish what is known for certain from what is only probable. The
game of roulette is not subject, in this sense, to uncertainty; nor
is the prospect o
Political scientists, I am told, often deplore the fact that in the
US, the job of being head of government is unified with that of head
of state, unlike in (say) England, where the prime minister's job is
quite different from that of the Queen, or France and many other
countries where the premier
--- Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> at UC-Berkeley, several were, because they refused
> to sign the loyalty
> oath (some of these ended up at the U of Utah). I
> don't know much
> about other places.
Doug Dowd was one of those Berkeley grad students, he
went to Cornell. Another was Mar
On Friday, February 17, 2006 at 08:48:56 (-0800) Jim Devine writes:
>Political scientists, I am told, often deplore the fact that in the
>US, the job of being head of government is unified with that of head
>of state, unlike in (say) England, where the prime minister's job is
>quite different from
On 2/17/06, Michael Nuwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > at UC-Berkeley, several were, because they refused
> > to sign the loyalty
> > oath (some of these ended up at the U of Utah). I
> > don't know much
> > about other places.
being a big fan of
On 2/17/06, Bill Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The HOG wasn't so clear in the Reagan era, but Reagan functioned essentially
> as the Queen.<
I knew he was an actor, but a cross-dresser?
--
Jim Devine / Bust Big Brother Bush!
"There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is tryin
--- Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/17/06, Michael Nuwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > at UC-Berkeley, several were, because they
> refused
> > > to sign the loyalty
> > > oath (some of these ended up at the U of Utah).
> I
>
February 17, 2006/New York TIMES
Amazon Will Take On iPod With Its Own Music Player
By SAUL HANSELL
Amazon.com is preparing to take on Apple Computer in digital music by
introducing its own portable music player that would be linked to an
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Michael Nuwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am surprised that a libertarian takes this viewMaybe I should have said _self-styled_ libertarian. I think I now have the answer to my original question. But that leads me to a second question (below).First, I'll just add something I came across
At around 17/2/06 12:49 pm, Jim Devine wrote:
>
> ---
> what a raw deal! it's like subscribing to a magazine, where if you
> stop subscribing, they come to your house and take the old copies
> away.
>
That sounds like a good deal, actually! I have at least a 1000 rotting
magazines in the basement.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/17/06 11:48 AM >>>
Political scientists, I am told, often deplore the fact that in the
US, the job of being head of government is unified with that of head
of state, unlike in (say) England, where the prime minister's job is
quite different from that of the Queen, or France
I really dont understand alll that is going on in this discussion since I am not an economist. But here are a couple of points: 1) Even if the assumption is true that there are unlimited human wants it does not seem to follow that one would have the slighest interest in satisfying the most tha
That prompted a rightwinger to state that there is anunderrepresentation of Marxists in the economics departments because it isa discredited dogma.But surely neo-classical economics is also widely discredited and dogmatic yet it is dominant in economics departments. You should have explained why th
Daily Times
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp
Thursday, February 16, 2006
VIEW:Balochistan: learning from 1971 -Dr Ayesha Siddiqa
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\02\16\story_16-2-2006_pg3_2
The army's calculation, perhaps, is that the resistance will die its own
death.
I have been largely off-line preparing for a trip out of the country. I
am a lousy traveller & have never gone so far before. Anyway, I could
not resist this material. Again, I would love to see the China team
jump in again.
Bradsher, Keith. 2006. "China Seeking Auto Industry, Piece by Pie
I am not part of the China team, wish I were! This dismantling of plants is specialized by both India and China because of the need to purchase cheap, sometimes obsolete technology, and labor is cheap. NYT does not ask the question (I presume) why BMW wants to sell the Brazilian plant. Is BMW no
This from a practioner of human rights in the middle east: "every time new pictures of americans torturing Arabs come out, people go out into the streets brandishing the holy book (Koran) and any achievments we had made in human rights are set back for years."
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