[PEN-L] Fwd: [csgboston] U.S. economist on Marx in Chinese newspaper

Young social democrats show up to acquire some familiarity with the Old Mole. Later on, they preach reform of markets, showing they are better defenders of markets than the Establishment itself. --Charles Andrews Original Message Subject:[csgboston] U.S. economiist on M

[PEN-L] China passes US in despotism of intellectual property

... by arresting (!) a programmer charged with helping users block ads from a commercial IM service. Debate Over IM Add-Ons in China Market Leader Says Software Developer Infringed Copyright By Juliet Ye Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2007 Page B2 Hong Kong -- A computer-science instructor'

Re: [PEN-L] Galbraith's new paper

In the late 1970s, Paul Volcker "carried in his pocket a little card on which he kept track of the latest wage settlements by major labor unions. ... Volcker wanted wages to fall, the faster the better." --William Greider, Secrets of the Temple, 1987, p. 429 as quoted in Charles Andrews, From Capi

[PEN-L] Peter Barnes, a "modern" defender of inequality

Spinning off the discussion of Capitalism 3.0 by Peter Barnes from another thread: Barnes' basic device is to increase rents (in the technical economic sense) and spread them around. He makes the rents attractive by putting prices on aspects of nature, as he says, and even on advertising clutter.

[PEN-L] Lawrence E Mitchell says cure casino capitalism, revive industrial capitalism

The Tyranny Of The Market By Lawrence E. Mitchell Business Week, July 30, 2007 Fueled by headlines about top managers such as Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli, who received stratospheric pay even as his company's stock price stalled, shareholder activists this year took aim at executive compensati

[PEN-L] Business Week cover story candid about China's economy

Excerpts from Business Week cover story on China, July 23, 2007 issue: ... The roots of China's ersatz capitalism go back to devil's bargains made in the 1980s and '90s to accelerate China's takeoff. Late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping declared it was O.K. to "get rich," a green light for legions

[PEN-L] Labor Secretary Chao Disses U.S. Workers

Intelligence Report By Lyric Wallwork Winik Parade magazine, July 1, 2007 How Safe Is Your Job? You could lose your job to a foreign worker -- not because he's cheaper but because he has better workplace skills and discipline. That's the message Labor Secretary Elaine Chao hears from U.S. execu

[PEN-L] Immigration = fetishism of labor + globalization

Business must be able to move around labor just like machines, raw materials, and finished products, per Business Week economist Michael Mandel: Commentary: Globalization vs. Immigration Reform By Michael Mandel Business Week, June 4, 2007 ... Immigration reform, in any flavor, has to contend w

[PEN-L] Redefinition of "on principle"

From the politics blog of the Oakland [California] Tribune: The Iraq Emergency Supplemental bill brokered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco — which predicates nearly $100 billion in money for the war on a timetable for a 2008 pullout — was passed by the House today on a 218-212-1 vot

[PEN-L] WSJ on automation of lettuce harvesting

Just sent this email to the reporter. Ms. Kronholz: Do WSJ reporters suggest headlines or leave that to the editors? Your piece, "Immigrant Labor or Machines? Why Automation Remains A Poor Replacement For Low-Skill Workers," is highly informative yet headlined exactly wrong. You did a great job

Re: [PEN-L] Right Wing Attack on Labor (RN safe staffing laws)

> What is the evidence that nurses are in short supply? That more nurses are needed after the nurses passed legislation requiring the employment of more nurses? Another government created shortage. What a joke. < RNs did not pass the law by themselves like business lobbyists, working in the dark