[PEN-L] Talk on immigrant communities

The New SPACE (The New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education) presents: “The Wholesale Criminalization of Immigrant Communities: Mass Detentions, Torture and Exile” A talk by Jeannette Gabriel Thursday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. Immigrant rights movements are marching through the streets

[PEN-L] Freedom Dies Quietly...John Pilger

Freedom dies quietly The bill marks the end of true parliamentary democracy; it is as significant as Congress abandoning the Bill of Rights By John Pilger 04/13/06 ICH -- -- People ask: can this be happening in Britain? Surely not. A centuries-old democratic constitution cannot be swept away.

[PEN-L] interesting quote

Jim Devine __ I don't think that it. The Phillips Curve is about _money_ wages (W) going up when unemployment is down. (Money wages are what's printed on your paycheck.) This is not quite the workers' dream, since when money wages go up, the capitalists usually raise prices (P). High demand

[PEN-L] Looming adjustable rate mortgage payment hikes

NY Times, April 14, 2006 Treasury Rate Signals Burdens for Borrowers By VIKAS BAJAJ The era of cheap money may finally be nearing its end. Investors pushed up the yield on the government's benchmark note to over 5 percent on Thursday, its highest point in nearly four years and a signal that

Re: [PEN-L] Tiebout

I have found it on the web attributed to Groucho, but I still think it was originally Twain. Can't prove it. Max, I think we've reached a point of FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT. You're paraphrasing Groucho Marx, not Twain. -- Jim Devine / There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of

[PEN-L] Pakistan gets satellite data equipment from China

The Hindu http://www.hinduonnet.com/ Thursday, Mar 30, 2006 International Pakistan gets satellite data equipment http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/30/stories/2006033006251600.htm B. Muralidhar Reddy ISLAMABAD: China has provided meteorological satellite data reception equipment to Pakistan to help

Re: [PEN-L] effects of human population, part n+1

On 4/13/06, bitchlab [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like it best presented in fuller quote. But, I have a question, What does Marx mean by demonstrates ad hominem? quote: ...The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism by weapons, material force must be overthrown by material

Re: [PEN-L] Tiebout

It was indeed Groucho. Twain, however is notable for having not said more things that he is thought to have said than anyone else. Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. He didn't say it.It ain't what you don't know that'll hurt you, but what you think you know that

[PEN-L] RAF doctor who refused Iraq service is jailed

Te Independent, 10:10 a.m. 14/04/2006 Prisoner of conscience: RAF doctor who refused Iraq service is jailed Doctor. RAF officer. And now war criminal. Flt Lt Malcolm Kendall-Smith was yesterday jailed for refusing to serve in Iraq By Kim Sengupta Published: 14 April 2006 An RAF doctor who

Re: [PEN-L] effects of human population, part n+1

Michael Lebowitz wrote: Nah, it's got to mean more than that: here's another use from a letter to S. Meyers, 30 April 1867: [clip] Ad = to or towards, homin = human being, em = Latin declination for the accusative case. It has a bad connotation in modern English, but in this context, ad

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

Guardian Unlimited Development in defiance of the Washington consensus China has carried off the world's largest reduction in poverty by grasping that market economies cannot be left on autopilot Joseph Stiglitz Thursday April 13, 2006 The Guardian China is about to adopt its 11th five-year

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

Louis Proyect wrote: If any confirmation of the correctness of Marty Hart-Landsberg and Paul Burkett's China and Socialism (a book-length article in the July-August 2004 Monthly Review) was needed, you can look at the heartrending Aug. 1, 2004 NY Times article on the suicide of Zheng Qingming.

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

Louis Proyect re-posted his old piece: If any confirmation of the correctness of Marty Hart-Landsberg and Paul Burkett's China and Socialism (a book-length article in the July-August 2004 Monthly Review) was needed, you can look at the heartrending Aug. 1, 2004 NY Times article on the suicide

Re: [PEN-L] effects of human population, part n+1

On 4/13/06, bitchlab wrote: I like it best presented in fuller quote. But, I have a question, What does Marx mean by demonstrates ad hominem? I wrote: I'm not a Marx scholar, but in this context, but I think that ad hominem means to people. So it's theory is capable of gripping the

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

Do any of the fans of the New China credit the socialist infrastructure with making the explosion of newfound wealth possible? Do any of them recall how Sen used to compare outcomes in India and China? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel.

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

Yes, I do. To put it mildly, need to still focus on old economy issues. anthony xxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Professor Comparative International Development University of Washington 1900 Commerce Street Tacoma, WA 98402,

[PEN-L] AOL censoring e-mail

AOL Censors Email Tax Opponents Blocked Delivery Emails Mentioning www.DearAOL.com San Francisco - This week, AOL blocked delivery to AOL customers of all emails that include a link to www.DearAOL.com. Over 100 people who signed a petition to AOL tried sending messages to their AOL-using

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

Louis Proyect wrote: Capitalism breeds war. In WWI, all the prosperous nations of Europe slaughtered millions of workers to defend their own investments. I don't remember the exact words, but Mao said something like, If China ever changes color [ceases to be red] it will be a serious danger

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

If you read Paul and Marty's rejoinder to their critics in Critical Asian Studies, they make an important point about the unit of analysis. It should not be the nation-state but the world economy. Under capitalism, there are winners and losers. China's gains have come at other nation's

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

I would put it in slightly different terms: China's growth is the result of a process of global restructuring driven by transnational capital. Workers and capitalists not part of the new productive structure are suffering in most countries. Thus, workers in the US are being hurt by the process

[PEN-L] India Car sales grow 7.5% in 2005-6; bikes by 17.1%

HindustanTimes.com http://www.hindustantimes.com/ Thursday, April 13, 2006 » Business » Auto News » Car sales grow 7.5% in 2005-6; bikes by 17.1% http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1673961,00020010.htm Press Trust of India New Delhi, April 13, 2006 Blistering car sales in India cooled

[PEN-L] an ad hominem response

At 16:19 14/04/2006, Jim D wrote: On 4/14/06, michael a. lebowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nah, it's got to mean more than that: here's another use from a letter to S. Meyers, 30 April 1867: Volume I comprises the 'Process of Production of Capital'. As well as setting out the general theory,

Re: [PEN-L] India Car sales grow 7.5% in 2005-6; bikes by 17.1%

Out of respect to Michael Perelman, I am only going to make this comment once but I still think that it has to be made. This sort of thing that Ulhas constantly crossposts to the list has zero value. It is little better than spam. PEN-L is devoted to serious discussion of economics and society.

Re: [PEN-L] Nationalism,Growth And Debt

Your name should be Apoplectic not the other silly one.. Also , what it is "adolescent" is not too offer evidence for stupid claims like yours, Your comments are typical of the members of this claustrophobic, hermetic ,unbearably clubbish list.You can have it all to yourself. Cristobal

Re: [PEN-L] effects of human population, part n+1

Who was Meyer? I ask because Marx's description of his book sounds like it could be nothing more than a well researchered magazine article. Did he not respect Meyer or did he not have the time/energy for a deeper explanation? On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 02:35:04PM -0400, michael a. lebowitz

Re: [PEN-L] Capricious growth in Peru

The problem with your analysis and which makes it very weak, is that it ignores the actions from the North, actually a Tsunami in reverse, in the form: 1-imperial imposition of "reform" in the SA economies via the UST dept and the IMF. 2-The utilization of Wall St Investment Banks of the

Re: [PEN-L] effects of human population, part n+1

Yes, I read the letter. It was polite, but did not seem to be an intellectual engagement, like so many of his letters. On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:54:49PM -0400, michael a. lebowitz wrote: At 19:30 14/04/2006, michael p. wrote: Who was Meyer? I ask because Marx's description of his book

Re: [PEN-L] an ad hominem response

Thanks. Read Feuerbach but not Terence. If I recall the former correctly (my copy and notes are in Vancouver), he said something like 'the motto of the new philosophy is' m At 20:07 14/04/2006, you wrote: Actually the phrase goes back to the Roman author Terence which explains why it

Re: [PEN-L] an ad hominem response

At 08:23 PM 4/14/2006, michael a. lebowitz wrote: Thanks. Read Feuerbach but not Terence. If I recall the former correctly (my copy and notes are in Vancouver), he said something like 'the motto of the new philosophy is' m Thanks very much Chairman Mike! Bitch | Lab

[PEN-L] quotation du jour

from Google's home page: The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. - Patrick Young can we say the same about economic forecasting? -- Jim Devine / There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of

Re: [PEN-L] Stiglitz on China

On Friday, April 14, 2006 at 15:40:50 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: ... I had Elizabeth Economy, a China expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, on my radio show yesterday - I'll be posting the audio later today. It was surprising to hear this bourgeois scholar express alarm about massive

Re: [PEN-L] quotation du jour

Jim Devine wrote: from Google's home page: The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. - Patrick Young can we say the same about economic forecasting? -- Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh

[PEN-L] Wag the camel... Quotable

Maureen Dowd: Mr. Hersh quotes a source close to the Pentagon saying that Mr. Bush believes “that saving Iran is going to be his legacy.” Which makes sense, in a wag-the-camel way, since saving Iraq is not going to be his legacy.

Re: [PEN-L] Tiebout

I always thought the latter was Will Rogers. It was indeed Groucho. Twain, however is notable for having not said more things that he is thought to have said than anyone else. Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. He didn't say it.It ain't what you don't know

[PEN-L] (Fwd) Stopping the drain of Africa's wealth

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