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30736 pre-Keynesian -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Christian Gregory wrote: > >> "This week, Japan announced that unemployment hit 5 percent, crossing >> an important psychological threshold and a high not seen here in over >> half a century. >> >> "Real unemployment is believed to be around 8.5 percent, as government >> statisticians do not count people who give up looking for work or part >> time workers, like homemakers, who lose their j ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 1 17:46:38 PDT 2001

30737 Money -- rank: 1000

James Baird wrote: >At the risk being labeled a crank (and I figure what >the hell, anyone who posts on this list is probably >considered a crank by the larger world...) I would >like to attempt once again to point out how crucial >this "reverse flow" is to understanding governemt >finance. Money is created when the gov spends it; it >is destroyed when it is returned in taxes or in bond >sales. Why does this matter? It matters because bond >sales are done ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 1 13:40:59 PDT 2001

30738 warmth & the economy -- rank: 1000

"The Income-Temperature Relationship in a Cross-Section of Countries and its Implications for Global Warming" BY: JOHN K. HOROWITZ University of Maryland Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=260990 Paper ID: U of Maryland Working Paper No. 01-02 Date: February 14, 2001 Contact: JOHN K. HOROWITZ Email: Mailto:horowitz at arec.umd.edu Postal: University of Maryland Department of Agricultural and Resource Econom ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 1 10:27:08 PDT 2001

30739 Australian economic performance -- rank: 1000

[any comments, Australians or antiglobalizers?] "Australia in the International Economy" BY: KYM ANDERSON University of Adelaide CIES, Centre for International Economic Studies Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=253710 Paper ID: CIES Discussion Paper No. 0049 Date: December 2000 Contact: KYM ANDERSON Email: Mailto:kym.anderson at adelaide.edu.au Postal: University of Adelaide CIES, Centre for International ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 1 10:25:07 PDT 2001

30740 an economist's view of marriage -- rank: 1000

[it's so hard to tell if these are intended as parodies...] "Marriage and Consumption Insurance: What's Love Got to Do With It?" BY: GREGORY D. HESS Oberlin College CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=277284 Other Electronic Document Delivery: http://www.CESifo.de SSRN only offers technical support for papers downloaded from the SSRN Ele ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 1 09:58:56 PDT 2001

30741 USA workaholics -- rank: 1000

Lawrence wrote: >I remember an issue of the LBO from the mid-90s in which Doug pointed out >how much Germany and France had closed the productivity gap with America. >Germany, in particular, was within the margin of error of the statistics and >therefore the difference in their numbers and America's was statistically >insignificant. Does this new report suggest that the long relative decline >of America's productivity is over, or that the boom has temporarily masked >the sti ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 1 09:37:44 PDT 2001

30742 [Fwd: [BRC-NEWS] U.S. Bears Sole Blame for Sept. 11] -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >This argument would probably not serve today to rally opposition to the >u.s. aggression against Afghanistan. But as Chuck Grimes's prediction >slowly fulfills itself, and if the war continues, this _is_ the position >the opposition will be taking in 12 to 18 months. The U.S. is _not_ us. If any of this nuclear weapons business proves to be true, you can forget about that development. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 31 15:01:41 PST 2001

30743 Fwd: This is Not Just Another E-mail -- rank: 1000

X-From_: bounce-peoplepower-116468 at ls.aflcio.org Wed Oct 31 17:35:39 2001 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:48:38 -0500 Subject: This is Not Just Another E-mail To: dhenwood at panix.com From: Working Families e-Activist Network <peoplepower at aflcio.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:leave-peoplepower-116468X at ls.aflcio.org> Reply-To: "e-Activist Administrator" <response at aflcio.org> This is not just another e-mail because what we are writing about today is not just ano ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 31 14:41:27 PST 2001

30744 Hiawatha Bray on Bombing (response to Howard) -- rank: 1000

Who the hell is Hiawatha Bray? - Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 31 12:59:07 PST 2001

30745 Fwd: WTO freaked out by costume -- rank: 1000

X-From_: rtmark at w00f.com Wed Oct 31 15:03:34 2001 Date: 31 Oct 2001 19:46:50 -0000 Cc: recipient list not shown: ; From: Yes Yes Yes <yes at theyesmen.org> Subject: WTO freaked out by costume Sender: yes at theyesmen.org Hi there! We run http://www.gatt.org/. Here's what the WTO--that's the World Trade Organization, of course--has been saying about us on their front page at http://www.wto.org/: "Warning: Fake WTO website - http://www.gatt.org - deceitful and a nuisance to serious ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 31 12:11:45 PST 2001

30746 HRW: stop using cluster bombs -- rank: 1000

Afghanistan: U.S. Should Stop Using Cluster Bombs In-Depth Analysis Cites Hazard to Civilians (New York, October 31, 2001) -- The United States should immediately stop using cluster bombs in Afghanistan because they pose an unacceptable risk to civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a backgrounder released today. The backgrounder details U.S. use of cluster bombs in Afghanistan so far, as well as the history of the weapon's use in Kosovo and the Persian Gulf War. A copy of the backgrounder is ava ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 31 10:19:27 PST 2001

30747 A shaky bet now? -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Shouldn't left business observers be learning to _hedge_, rather >than bet on this or that? Hedging is for wimps. And, as any Post-Keynesian schoolchild knows, you can't hedge against radical uncertainy - only probabilistically quantifiable risk. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 31 06:49:34 PST 2001

30748 Antiwar movement procustean bed -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > Ohio vs. Washington, D.C.? >http://www.internationalanswer.org/news.html >Streaming Video: CSPAN - 'Rally Against War & Racism' (Sept. 29, 2001) >Listen to speeches from Freedom Plaza rally (RealPlayer required) >Streaming Video: CSPAN - 'Washington Journal' (Sept. 29, 2001 >Interview with Brian Becker of Interrnational A.N.S.W.E.R. (RealPlayer >required) Or maybe it's WWP/IAC/ANSWER vs. everyone else. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 30 14:26:00 PST 2001

30749 Change the thread title! -- rank: 1000

Chris Burford wrote: >But this seems to me eloquent of how the left has the greatest >difficulty in seeing itself as anything but oppositional, weak, and >hopeless. When in reality we're...? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 30 14:10:03 PST 2001

30750 even editorials could be criminalized -- rank: 1000

Editor & Publisher Online - Monday October 29 06:43 PM EST Terrorism Law Could Restrict Speech WASHINGTON -- The anti-terrorism bill that President Bush (news - web sites) signed Friday could restrict free speech, according to some First Amendment advocates. Both houses of Congress, in votes Wednesday and Thursday, gave overwhelming support to the measure aimed at investigating terrorists. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) promised to use the new powers vigorously. Paul ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 30 12:06:41 PST 2001