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24211 [lbo-talk] Implications of Cancun (from ZNet) -- rank: 1000

marc wrote: >Sender's Comments: speaking of which, Doug, you gave a really >interesting analysis of Cancun and the WTo I think on last week's >radio show... do you ahve this in print, or has it been posted >already somewhere? thanks. I'm doing something for The Nation's website, which should be done pretty soon. I'll announce its emergence here. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 24 15:56:58 PDT 2003

24212 [lbo-talk] vote on econ nobelist -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >If Krugman gets it, the right wing media is going to >spontaneously combust. He'll never get it. He's not an economist anymore - he's a newspaper columnist. Doug

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24213 [lbo-talk] vote on econ nobelist -- rank: 1000

The World Bank is running an online poll - name the winner of this year's Economics Nobel: <http://rru.worldbank.org/nobel2003.asp>. Their leading candidates: William Baumol Jagdish Bhagwati Arnold Harberger Oliver Hart Albert Hirschman Michael Jensen Janos Kornai Anne Krueger Paul Krugman Richard Posner Thomas Shelling Richard Thaler Oliver Williamson Other

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Date:	Wed Sep 24 10:58:31 PDT 2003

24214 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Justin and Dennis -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >I've reread my posts from yesterday, and other than a few knocks at Justin >(after his hysterical attacks on me), I don't see where I'm "baiting." >per·sev·er·a·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-sv-rshn) >n. > >1. Psychology. >a. Uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a >word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a >stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder. >b. The ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 24 10:17:37 PDT 2003

24215 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Joe Stiglitz, Doug Henwood, Matt Miller Roaring '90's, Mon Nov 3, 6-8 PM -- rank: 1000

SAVE the DATE for Joe Stiglitz, Doug Henwood & Matt Miller! On Monday November 3, 6 to 8 PM, at St Peter's Church at 53rd & Lexington, NYC Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Prof Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University will discuss his new book, The Roaring '90's. "How one of the greatest economic expansions in history sowed the seeds of its own collapse." Joining him will be: Editor and publisher of Left Business Observer, Doug Henwood speaking on his new book: After the New Econo ...

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24216 [lbo-talk] Jeffrey Sachs: "Bush's Billions Will Only Prolong Iraq's Suffering" -- rank: 1000

Devine, James wrote: >It must be early-onset Alzheimer's but I sometimes confuse Sachs >with Lawrence Summers. They do not like each other at all, and never have. Sachs got famous first, making Summers jealous; then Summers got even more famous than Sachs, making Sachs jealous. They both have egos the size of Jupiter. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 24 10:01:55 PDT 2003

24217 [lbo-talk] Jeffrey Sachs: "Bush's Billions Will Only Prolong Iraq's Suffering" -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >Sachs has *always* seen himself as a man of the left--it's an >important part of his identity. But he's also seen himself as a man >of the egg-breaking omelette-making realistic world-changing left, >not a pie-in-the-sky-by-and-by dreamer or a mere interpreter of the >world... And 100 million Russians hate him for it. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 24 09:59:12 PDT 2003

24218 [lbo-talk] Re: redbaiting -- rank: 1000

Seems to me that both the phrase and practice of redbaiting are the enemies of serious thought. The phrase is often deployed to deflect justified criticism; ANSWER and WWP do it all the time. But on the other hand there's also a reflexive and mindless impulse behind the practice too - ANSWER = Ba'ath = Kim Jong Il. It's a lot like Bush's axis of evil logic. It's a lot better to talk substance than trade in guilt or innocence by association. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 24 09:43:06 PDT 2003

24219 [lbo-talk] Sam the sad janitor -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - September 24, 2003 DAY IN THE LIFE OF INMATE SAM SAM Waksal is working out, making friends and working as a janitor at the Schuylkill federal prison in Minersville, Pa. - and he's completely miserable, according to a fellow inmate. "All in all, his days here are very long and sad. The general consensus seems to be that he won't last long here," Robert C. Lawrence, 39, wrote to PAGE SIX last week, the day before he was released. "There seems to be a deal ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 24 09:34:49 PDT 2003

24220 [lbo-talk] Open Investment Policy Looks Like 'World Occupation' to Iraq Merchants -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >Open Investment Policy Looks Like 'World Occupation' >to Iraq Merchants > >By Mark Fineman, Times Staff Writer Who dropped dead of a sudden heart attack yesterday, age 51. I hate reading things like that... Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 24 09:17:56 PDT 2003

24221 [lbo-talk] What Salam Palax thinks of the war/occupation -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Armed attacks on US and other troops, the UN compound, etc. are >surely organized political actions, and as such we should take them >into account. Sure, but we have no idea who exactly is doing them or how many there are or how other Iraqis feel about them. > Also, we should take into account other organized political >actions, such as marches, rallies, petitions, and so on. How much of that is going on? How much does the U.S. allow? Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 23 17:59:37 PDT 2003

24222 [lbo-talk] ADL Courts More Far-Rightists -- rank: 1000

Chip Berlet wrote: >Hey Brad: > >This type of juvenile personal attack says far more about you than >it says about me. > >-Chip > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Mayer [mailto:bradley.mayer at sun.com] > Sent: Tue 9/23/2003 7:15 PM > To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org > Cc: > Subject: [lbo-talk] ADL Courts More Far-Rightists > > > > Well like I said: Buffalo Chip's ADL buddies I missed that the first time. Can't you make a point without chea ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 23 17:55:59 PDT 2003

24223 [lbo-talk] What Salam Palax thinks of the war/occupation -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Why not focus on Iraqi actions -- especially organized actions -- >rather than opinion polls? Do you mean bombings and such? Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 23 17:11:05 PDT 2003

24224 [lbo-talk] What Salam Palax thinks of the war/occupation -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Or put it another way. "What we've got" simply doesn't include _any_ >information about Iraqi opinion, so working with what we got means not >thinking at all about Iraqi opinion. So in the absence of knowing, you decide what Iraqi opinion should be, right? Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 23 16:43:09 PDT 2003

24225 [lbo-talk] SZ in NYC -- rank: 1000

Speaking of the Sage of Ljubljana... >Slavoj Zizek lecture: >On Politics, Philosophy and Religion >Thursday, 9/25/03, 8 pm >Altschul Auditorium, 417 International Affairs Building >420 W 118th St. between Amsterdam and Morningside Dr., NYC

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