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35071 Rent Contol: Open-and-Shut Case? -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: >>Seth Ackerman wrote: >> >>> You follow the urban scene, Doug. What do you think of rent control? >> >>Compared to what? Compared to expropriation of greedhead landlords >>and their public humiliation? Or to an unregulated market? >> >>Rent control does produce many strange phenomena. Near-identical >>apartments in my building in Manhattan can rent for $400 or $2400, >>depending on the vintage of the tenant. The ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 8 12:02:46 PDT 2000

35072 Rent Contol: Open-and-Shut Case? -- rank: 1000

Seth Ackerman wrote: > You follow the urban scene, Doug. What do you think of rent control? Compared to what? Compared to expropriation of greedhead landlords and their public humiliation? Or to an unregulated market? Rent control does produce many strange phenomena. Near-identical apartments in my building in Manhattan can rent for $400 or $2400, depending on the vintage of the tenant. The "market" rate for my $950 apartment would probably be over $2000. Needless to say, I'm fond o ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 8 11:11:32 PDT 2000

35073 Salon layoffs -- rank: 1000

[Gotta love the new technology - you can decide whom to lay off by counting page hits and ad revenues!] New York Times - June 8, 2000 Salon Dismisses 13 Workers in Effort to Fight Shortfall By FELICITY BARRINGER The carnage in the world of Web-based journalism continued yesterday as Salon.com, one of the highest-profile Web magazines, dismissed 13 employees in an effort to make up an expected $7 million shortfall in its $35 million budget. The magazine, which has gained attention with thoughtful ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 8 10:16:08 PDT 2000

35074 stox & spending -- rank: 1000

"Consumer Sentiment and the Stock Market" BY: MARIA WARD OTOO Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=205028 Other Electronic Document Delivery: http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/pubs/feds/ SSRN only offers technical support for papers downloaded from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection location. When URLs wrap, you must copy and paste them into your browser eliminating all s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 8 10:40:03 PDT 2000

35075 Rent Contol: Open-and-Shut Case? -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: >Powerful land use restrictions limiting higher density development? Won't work in Manhattan. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 8 10:31:08 PDT 2000

35076 Slashdot on Microsoft licensing -- rank: 1000

Peter van Heusden wrote: >P.S. unfortunately, not enough geeks know their Marx, else the recent >trend towards introspection (articles on ageism in the IT industry, the >increased reliance of geek lifestyle on temporary relations (short terms >contracts, rented accomodation, frequent relocation)) might have been a >bit more fruitful. Hmmm? Please expand on this.... Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 8 10:18:22 PDT 2000

35077 new Bush autobiography -- rank: 1000

X-From_: zexley at yahoo.com Thu Jun 8 08:30:06 2000 Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 05:30:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Zack Exley <zexley at yahoo.com> Subject: new Bush autobiography To: press at gwbush.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Starting today, gwbush.com is publishing a new supplement to Bush's autobiography, A Charge To Keep. A new episode from the book will be published on the Web site each day. The new autobiography titled, "Fear and Loathing in East Texas -- the lost years," covers the years ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 8 10:11:08 PDT 2000

35078 DotCom DeathWatch -- rank: 1000

[forwarded several times, so attribution gets messy] Even better: http://www.fuckedcompany.com/ Also: In latest dot-com cutback, Salon.com slashes budget and lays off 13 (2000-06-08 07:27:12) http://www.foxnews.com/national/0608/d_ap_0608_58.sml Net content companies announce layoffs, money shortages (2000-06-07 19:26:09) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2035978.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni Oxygen announces layoffs (2000-06-07 17:26:10) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2033779.html?tag=st. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 8 09:37:27 PDT 2000

35079 Russian Duma passes flat tax -- rank: 1000

[from Johnson's Russia List] STATE DUMA APPROVES FLAT INCOME TAX OF 13% MOSCOW. June 7 (Interfax) - The Russian State Duma has approved the flat 13% income tax rate proposed by the Cabinet. Lawmakers suggested different variants of the tax during the second reading of the income tax chapter of Part 2 of the Russian Tax Code. Duma Deputy Speaker Georgy Boos of the Fatherland-All Russia faction suggested a progressive-regressive scale with a 12% rate for yearly income less than 300,0 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 7 16:50:56 PDT 2000

35080 Hillary & Sam -- rank: 1000

Village Voice - May 24 - 30, 2000 WAL-MART'S FIRST LADY BY WARD HARKAVY Hillary's Past Belies Her Support of Labor wice in three days last week, Hillary Rodham Clinton basked in the adulation of cheering union members. Her record of supporting collective bargaining, however, is considerably worse than wobbly. Pity the thousands of unionists at last Tuesday's state Democratic convention who chanted her name, and the hundreds of retired Teamsters at Thursday's luncheon in midtown who had interrupt ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 7 16:17:15 PDT 2000

35081 judge orders breakup of MSFT -- rank: 1000

[Nathan, anyone, any idea how long the appeal could go on?] New York Times web update - June 7, 2000, 4:40 p.m Judge Orders Microsoft Split Into Two Companies By JOEL BRINKLEY WASHINGTON, June 7 -- A federal judge ordered the break up of the Microsoft Corporation today, saying the severe remedy was necessary because Microsoft "has proved untrustworthy in the past" and did not appear to be taking seriously his previous rulings against the company. "There is credible evidence in the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 7 15:32:49 PDT 2000

35082 Go blue line, go! -- rank: 1000

Pacitti, Aaron (CAP, PTL wrote: >Being new and all, I'm not sure how many people are familiar with the >satirical weekly THE ONION, but I thought I'd post it anyway. > >http://www.theonion.com/onion3621/blue_line_jumps.html > >Doug, why was this topic not covered in WALL STREET? A serious shortcoming that will no doubt be addressed in the second edition, due sometime around 2007. Doug

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Date:	Wed Jun 7 15:23:31 PDT 2000

35083 New Economy = New Math -- rank: 1000

From today's TheStandard.com bulletin: >BACKLASH? WHAT BACKLASH? In three years, online consumer spending >will top 1.6 trillion dollars, up 478 percent over the year-end 1999 >figure of $33.5 billion, according to the latest numbers from IDC. >By 2003, the group projects, 38 percent of surfers will buy online, >also up from the 29 percent from projections for December 2000. And >as international e-commerce takes off, the share of U.S.-based >e-commerce will fall to 48 perce ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 7 14:42:11 PDT 2000

35084 WB: gender discrim bad for growth -- rank: 1000

[from the Worod Bank's clipping service] GENDER DISCRIMINATION AN ENEMY OF GROWTH: WORLD BANK. The improvement of the lot of women is not only an ethical imperative but also a requirement of economic development, Le Monde (France, p.2) reports the World Bank concludes in a released this week at the UN's General Assembly on Gender Equality. While it has long been known that less sexism in a society allows for better nutrition and health, what economists are beginning to understand better, says ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 7 14:35:58 PDT 2000

35085 future of scholarly pub'g -- rank: 1000

Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - June 7, 2000 Academics and Industry Issue Pact to Guide the Evolution of Scholarly Publishing By DENISE K. MAGNER The world of scholarly publishing -- shaken by sharp increases in both the cost and the sheer volume of academic journals -- cannot be sustained, according to an agreement released today by a group of campus administrators, publishers, librarians, and association leaders. Joining forces, they have crafted a set of nine principles to "g ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 7 14:29:47 PDT 2000