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24961 [lbo-talk] Superprofits -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >Wouldn't the US capitalist class do >much better, collectively, if China were rich and >buying boatloads of goods made by US companies? Japan has been selling lots of capital equipment to China. Little appreciated fact: China is running a large trade surplus only with the U.S. Except for the U.S., Chinese trade is roughly in balance. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 14:52:56 PST 2003

24962 [lbo-talk] US public sharply divided -- rank: 1000

[full report at <http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=196>] Evenly Divided and Increasingly Polarized 2004 Political Landscape One year ahead of the presidential election, the American electorate is as politically polarized as it was in 1994, when a wave of partisan anger propelled Republicans into control of Congress for the first time in four decades. The difference is that now, unlike then, Republicans and Democrats have become more intense in their political beliefs. T ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 14:47:00 PST 2003

24963 [lbo-talk] New Hampshire Still Least-Generous State -- rank: 1000

Generosity Index 2003: <http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/cfp/db/generosity.php?year=2003> New Hampshire Still Least-Generous State Tue Nov 4, 8:51 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By STEPHEN FROTHINGHAM, Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire is holding tightly to its distinction as the stingiest state, according to an annual index of charitable giving. For the last three of five years, New Hampshire has been at the bottom of the "Generosity Index," ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 14:27:14 PST 2003

24964 [lbo-talk] Zizek on the parody -- rank: 1000

I forwarded the Slavoj Zizek parody, posted here earlier, to the Sage of Ljubjana himself, who responds: >thanks for the parody! I think I could write a much >better parody of myself!!!

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 12:30:23 PST 2003

24965 [lbo-talk] Fwd: [ufpj-disc] Words and Messages (Empire, Imperialism, PNAC) -- rank: 1000

Opposition to empire-building has a long history in American politics, going back at least to George Washington. The argument was that building an empire abroad would be the death of democracy at home. What's wrong with reviving that old line? Elites have long been frustrated by the masses' reluctance to get involved abroad. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 09:48:57 PST 2003

24966 [lbo-talk] Democrats '04 Strategy Fails Its First Tests -- rank: 1000

Both Kentucky and Mississippi are states of the old Confederacy that Bush carried in 2000. The Reps pretty much have a lock on the region now.

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 09:41:47 PST 2003

24967 [lbo-talk] What should prospective Canadian Managers know about the USA? -- rank: 1000

Will Thurber wrote: >I want to touch upon the legal and social environments mostly, but >am willing to discuss anything that is important. In the past I >have discussed the politics behind the US love-hate relationship >with free trade, but never have I discussed what it is like to be >"AN AMERICAN". It always surprises me what a barrier the border is >to my students. Many students never venture across just to explore >during their 4 year stay here. Concepts li ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 09:24:56 PST 2003

24968 [lbo-talk] RE: San Jose cop... -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >I am totally with you on that. This is a violent and armed society - >and this makes police work extremely difficult. When I was at SJSU one >of my classmates was a Black cop - a middle age liberal guy taking >sociology classes to improve his chances for a promotion - hardly a >scumbag that the macho wannabe gangstas on this list love to describe. >We had a few lively discussion of police brutality as the interest in >the subject was fed by a doc ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 09:06:21 PST 2003

24969 [lbo-talk] Superprofits: An Attempt To List Basic Principles And Questions -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: > >* Western wealth was built upon the exploitation of >colonial territories and slave labor during the period >begun in the 15th century. In an offlist communication, Robert Brenner tells me this is not uncontroversial. Perhaps he'll expand on this onlist. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 06:42:18 PST 2003

24970 [lbo-talk] Superprofits -- rank: 1000

uvj at vsnl.com wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: > >> China's path over the last 20 years has been mostly capitalist, and >> it has generated one of the most stunning growth performances in >> history. Violent, unequal, and ecologically destructive, but quite a >> success on its own terms. China has been able to do this in part >> because it's a very big country in a very strong bargaining position >> to set its own economic policy. > >Are you sur ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 06:40:43 PST 2003

24971 [lbo-talk] literacy -- rank: 1000

Alexander Nekvasil wrote: >Capitalism is not healthy in our day. It runs on >simulated growth So the U.S. doesn't really have a GDP of $11 trillion? It's all a simulacrum? Baudrillard would be impressed. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 06:37:32 PST 2003

24972 [lbo-talk] Superprofits -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >"Our" wealth comes from the normal operation >of the world economy, which is now mature, leaving very little or no room >for new Japans. Uh, China? Before that, on a smaller scale, South Korea?

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Date:	Tue Nov 4 14:48:58 PST 2003

24973 [lbo-talk] Superprofits -- rank: 1000

Like I've said before, the past contribution of imperialism seems completely uncontroversial to me. What I'd like to know is how imperialism contributes to Northern prosperity today, and this quote doesn't really answer that. And Indian growth rates have recently been pretty strong. Also, a lot of American IT workers might argue that FDI is contributing to Indian growth at the expense of U.S. growth. China's path over the last 20 years has been mostly capitalist, and it has generated one of the ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 4 14:47:45 PST 2003

24974 [lbo-talk] new Slavoj -- rank: 1000

Slavoj Zizek for lacan.com: The Iraqi MacGuffin <http://www.lacan.com/iraq1.htm>

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Date:	Tue Nov 4 14:15:43 PST 2003

24975 [lbo-talk] white collar outsourcing -- rank: 1000

Haven't read this yet, but Rakesh recommends: >by a friend of mine >http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/news/Research_Report_Fall_2003.pdf > >please forward >Rakesh

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Date:	Tue Nov 4 14:13:16 PST 2003