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30061 "post-leftism" -- rank: 1000

JCWisc at aol.com wrote: >OK, but if the population needs to be "dispersed" to get us all out of our >"unsustainable" cities, who's going to do the dispersing? People can be very shy about answering that question. You often hear "cities are unsustainable," and "there are too many people," without the speaker taking responsibility for the resettlement and the herd thinning. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 19 07:35:53 PDT 2002

30062 Domhoff on the Ruling Class -- rank: 1000

Carrol, thanks for sending that. It's hard to find anything in Domhoff's letter that I'd disagree with especially, though I'm disappointed he didn't question the taste of a r.c. that would have Edgar Bergen as one of its favored entertainers. Could you get Hacker's review? If you sub to the NYRB, you get the full archive for $20 extra, right? The points I was trying to make the other day, or should have if I didn't, is that Venn diagrams of the following groups would intersect, but wouldn't be i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Aug 18 18:52:12 PDT 2002

30063 Netherlands goes hostile to immigrants -- rank: 1000

["Pim Fortuyn wasn't a bad guy..." - Gore Vidal] Guardian (London) - August 17, 2002 Dutch minister unveils tough measures against illegal immigrants Andrew Osborn in Brussels Still riding the wave of anti-immigration sentiment espoused by the murdered populist politician Pim Fortuyn, the Netherlands announced new measures yesterday which will turn it into one of Europe's least welcoming places for those seeking sanctuary. In a television interview which has alarmed anti-racism groups, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Aug 18 08:54:13 PDT 2002

30064 queer for Jesus -- rank: 1000

Defending the rights of the unborn-again: <http://www.postfun.com/pfp/tracts/queer.html>.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Aug 18 07:32:28 PDT 2002

30065 Chuck D on Elvis -- rank: 1000

[from Debate] >* PE's Chuck D clarifies feelings on Presley >Aug. 13, 2002 > >NEW YORK -- Public Enemy frontman Chuck D derided Elvis Presley on the >group's 1989 anthem "Fight The Power," but it turns out his feelings for >Presley are a little more complicated than the song suggests. "As a >musicologist -- and I consider myself one -- there was always a great >deal of respect for Elvis, especially during his Sun sessions. As a >black people, we all knew ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 17 13:13:49 PDT 2002

30066 GS: the rentiers' recovery -- rank: 1000

[Well they don't use the phrase rentiers' recovery, but Goldman Sachs writes in its weekly economic commentary:] Labor data thus far in 2002 highlight the danger that a "corporate paradox of thrift" might unfold, which likely would create a need for prolonged highly stimulative policies and/or unusual public interventions to forestall severe economic difficulty. Pressure for corporate spending control remains intense, due to weak nominal GDP growth, thin profit margins, and increased c ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 17 13:07:26 PDT 2002

30067 Concord Coalition? -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >Doug once interviewed a woman who had a great spiel on this. She was >mainly concentrating on the downside of SS privatization for women, but >she addressed the disability insurance subject directly. Doug, can you >remember who I'm thinking of? Probably someone from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, but I don't remember who. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 17 12:58:03 PDT 2002

30068 Stan Hits Home Run -- rank: 1000

Dennis Robert Redmond wrote: >Sometimes I want to whack Stanley Fish with a breadstick, but his latest >column is a delight. After a gruesome list of all the ways that academics >demean, humiliate, and generally screw over fellow job applicants, Fish >writes: > >"The reason is simple but mysterious: Academics, most of whom can claim to >be human beings, do not typically display the behavior of human beings, >and seem especially incapable of recognizing job candidates ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 17 12:01:13 PDT 2002

30069 Christian panties -- rank: 1000

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Aug 17 10:19:03 PDT 2002

30070 Philly Fed's August Survey -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >I recall a recent study indicating that the ISM survey, though widely >reported, is worthless as a leading indicator. It's not read as a leading indicator so much as a quick snapshot of the present. For example, the ISM for August will be released on 9/3; August industrial production, 9/17. And the Philly Fed survey for August was released yesterday. But if you're trying to trade on a prediction of what the ISM will be, you've got the Philly Fed to go on, not to me ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 16 16:00:33 PDT 2002

30071 Stiglitz hits the wires -- rank: 1000

DJ Ex World Bank Chief Stiglitz Calls For Abolishment Of IMF Dow Jones News Service via Dow Jones WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The International Monetary Fund is beyond reform and should be abolished, vocal IMF critic and former World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz said in a radio interview. "The IMF has not earned the confidence of the markets; its bailouts have failed a large percentage of the time," Stiglitz said in an interview with Doug Henwood on his Left Business Observer weekl ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 16 14:33:09 PDT 2002

30072 "post-leftism" -- rank: 1000

JCWisc at aol.com wrote: >Does hierarchy rest simply and solely on coercion? Given the apparent human propensity - even longing - to submit to authority, I'd say not. Which takes me back to Judith Butler's argument in the Psychic Life of Power - that the human subject is formed in subjection (e.g. to adult power and the laws of language). Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 16 14:29:14 PDT 2002

30073 Chinese Walls -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >Joe Stiglitz and Doug talk in their intereview about how the financial >industry assured everyone that nothing bad would happen by overthrowing >Glass-Steagal because they would erect Chinese Walls. And of course both >noted that these walls turned out to be pretty damned porous. > >And it just suddenly struck me -- why would anyone think "Chinese Wall" >was a great name for an impermeable barrier? Most of the dynasties that >ruled China ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 16 14:26:50 PDT 2002

30074 Philly Fed report? -- rank: 1000

pms wrote: >Doug, fellow econsters, what did you think about the prices paid and price >of raw materials part of the report? Stagflation sign? Naturally I can't >find the file I saved but it looked pretty radical on the upside didn't it? Some of the price numbers have been surprisingly strong, though this is usually explained as a result of strong oil prices and the steel tariffs, which have driven up steel prices. Broader inflation numbers are suggesting the opposite of inflation - i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 16 14:25:27 PDT 2002

30075 Philly Fed's August Survey -- rank: 1000

John K. Taber wrote: >Can somebody tell me more about the significance if any of this >report, and why Norris seems to contradict the report summary's >mild tone? The Philly Fed survey is useful, but mainly as a (regional) glimpse of what's coming in the (national) Institute for Supply Management (ISM) survey of purchasing managers (formerly known as the National Association of Purchasing Management [NAPM] survey). And the ISM is mainly a glimpse of what's coming in the Fed's industrial ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Aug 16 14:24:07 PDT 2002