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1111 S Africa: exchange controls/Tobin tax? -- rank: 1000

> SOUTHSCAN >A Bulletin of Southern African Affairs >___________________________________________ > PO Box 724 London N16 5RZ England. > Tel: +44 171 923 1467 > Fax: +44 171 923 2545 > e-mail: southscan at gn.apc.org >__________________________________________ > Copyright reserved in all countries > Quotation only with credit > > http://www.gn.apc.org/southscan > http://www.oneworld.org >=========================================== > Vol. 13/18 4 Sept 1 ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Sat Sep 5 04:13:47 PDT 1998

1112 The rules of the international economy -- rank: 1000

At 08:49 AM 9/2/98 -0700, Brad wrote: >>Clinton, amiably but firmly to his Russian hosts, yesterday - the big >>message - >> >> >> >>"There is no way out of playing the rules of the international economy if >>you want to be part of it." >> >> >> >>What are the rules of the international economy? > >(1) That if you want to benefit from and accelerate your industrialization >by borrowing on a large scale from the ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Fri Sep 4 15:44:18 PDT 1998

1113 And now for Gore? -- rank: 1000

>From this side of the Atlantic it looks as if the Democratic Party has just cracked. Clinton has had a very successful trip to Ireland but the statements by the four leading Democrats denouncing his conduct appear to be consistent with reports that the party is now deeply scared of the likely contents of the Starr report, and is preparing itself to confront Clinton to resign. I have been impressed but also a little surprised at the forebearance of US contributors to discuss Clinton. Why goss ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Fri Sep 4 14:03:28 PDT 1998

1114 A.G. -- rank: 1000

At 11:06 PM 9/3/98 -0500, you wrote: >>>I just learned that Alan Greenspan is speaking tomorrow in Berkeley here >>>at the business school, but I have to be in a meeting with the Botany >>>professor I work for at that time. Are you going, Brad DeLong? I wonder if >>>he would take questions. EvA lot of people are looking at hi, particularly >>>now. I wonder if a well phrased unusual question could elicit a response >>from him that would cause a s ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Thu Sep 3 23:01:32 PDT 1998

1115 Marx, Malthus, Brenner -- rank: 1000

At 03:52 PM 9/2/98 -0400, you wrote: >I'm going to have Brenner on my radio show tomorrow (WBAI, New York, 99.5 >FM, sometime between 5 & 6 PM). Anyone besides Rakesh who wants to suggests >questions/comments, I'm all ears. > >Doug If the savings ratio in the USA if virtually zero, at whose expense does US capital expect to accumulate?? Chris Burford

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Wed Sep 2 14:30:40 PDT 1998

1116 Currency Boards and Currency Restrictions -- rank: 1000

At 01:30 PM 9/1/98 -0400, Mike Cohen wrote: > What do you guys think of the idea of the Pacific rim imposing this. >It seems that the countries with the least economic liberalism i.e. >China >and Hong Kong with its currency board is doing about the best in this >crisis. It seems that with a hugh flight of foreign capital in the >region currency boards,... seem to be the best bet. As we watch this unfold, there are further signs of a move away from neo-liberal laissez faire. In ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Wed Sep 2 00:13:44 PDT 1998

1117 The rules of the international economy -- rank: 1000

Clinton, amiably but firmly to his Russian hosts, yesterday - the big message - "There is no way out of playing the rules of the international economy if you want to be part of it." What are the rules of the international economy? - and who is bending them? Chris Burford

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Wed Sep 2 00:09:46 PDT 1998

1118 World financial reforms -- rank: 1000

Comments anyone? Or (although discussion of reforms may be appropriate in all other spheres of political struggle) since this is a question of reform in the world financial system, does the very act of commenting inevitably mean the subscriber has reformist tendencies and believes we should tail behind the bourgeoisie? More technical question: does anyone know how to strip out line end markers easily when taking an article from a web site, so that it will wrap around on an e-mail list with softw ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Sat Oct 31 23:11:11 PST 1998

1119 Hang Seng thru 10,000 -- rank: 1000

This morning the Hang Seng, the Hong Kong stock exchange index, has just gone through 10,000. A while ago I posted when it had gone through 9,000 Although helped by the Greenspan US interest rate reduction, this is a remarkable performance which has contributed to the rapid collapse of neo-liberalism/free market fundamentalism as an ideology. Coming on the day that the G7 are to announce a restructuring plan for the global financial system, it emphasises the contribution Hong Kong has made to re ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Fri Oct 30 22:57:30 PST 1998

1120 Pinochet in mental hospital -- rank: 1000

Strangely, or not so strangely, Pinochet has now sought refuge in a psychiatric hospital, presumably the modern equivalent of seeking sanctuary at the mediaeval church gates. According to Sky News, it is Grovelands Priory in Southgate, North London, although the BBC just politely says he has gone to a private hospital. He seems to be a bit short of spin doctors. Chris Burford

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Fri Oct 30 15:01:40 PST 1998

1121 M-TH: Class and rise of Nazism -- rank: 1000

I posted this last month to marxism-thaxis and the empirical data apparently from detailed analysis of voting patterns, appears relevant to recent posts. Chris Burford >I don't know whether subscribers in England can easily browse the latest >October issue of History Today. This is a popular history journal that is >not academic but it is unlikely that it would publish anything that is >completely unserious in academic terms. > >This issue has an article "Who voted for Hit ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Fri Oct 30 00:06:53 PST 1998

1122 IMF cannot save South Africa -- rank: 1000

A bit of a potboiler article Paul Krugmam in the latest Fortune, notes the massive insufficiency of global funds to deal with size of the current financial threats to countries. "take the rumour that the G7 will create a large Latin American rescue fund; at the time of writing the gossip says either $30 or $40 billion for Brazil or $100 for all Latin America... "So what? At the beginning of the summer, Latin American nations had more than $150 billion in foreign exchange reserves; Braz ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Wed Oct 28 11:57:45 PST 1998

1123 Fortune on Taiwan -- rank: 1000

In the scramble to distance themselves from neo-liberal market fundamentalist orthodoxy, the October 26th issue of Fortune (biweekly of TimeInc) marks another step, a one page article by Jim Rohwer on "Taiwan's Secret Weapon". The most eloquent point is the graph. This turns the fall of the Taiwan stock exchange by 45% since July 1997 into a striking success story; because the graph sails markedly higher by a wide margin of about 25% above the graph for Asian markets including China In ...

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Tue Oct 27 16:01:57 PST 1998

1124 Tobin Tax: ul Haq -- rank: 1000

Does anyone know or can recommend "The Tobin Tax" by Mahbub ul Haq et al, Oxford, OUP 1996? Chris Burford

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Mon Oct 26 16:00:19 PST 1998

1125 Giddens: Third Way -- rank: 1000

Did anyone copy or write a review of this for any of the lists while I was away for three weeks. I would appreciate a copy. Anthony Giddens, "The Third Way: the Renewal of Social Democracy" Polity Press, Blackwell pb

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Author:	Chris Burford
Date:	Mon Oct 26 16:00:10 PST 1998