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36001 Minsky in the markets -- rank: 1000

[The hyperbears at <http://www.lemetropolecafe.com>, mostly rightwing goldbugs, published this Minskyan analysis of the current financial scene. Bearishness makes strange bedfellows, I guess. I interviewed Minsky in the early 90s - I thought it was a perfect time for him to talk about the practical implications of his model, with the 80s leveraging mania having given way to the Bush-era torpor. He refused any comment. So were he alive today, god knows what he'd say.] February 11, 2000 The ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 12 10:07:20 PST 2000

36002 Fwd: err, another error -- rank: 1000

X-From_: 6ko at qlink.queensu.ca Fri Feb 11 21:31:22 2000 X-Sender: 6ko at qlink.queensu.ca Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:33:42 -0500 To: dhenwood at panix.com From: "Kevin O'Brien" <6ko at qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: err, another error Mime-Version: 1.0 There ought to be a correction in my (attempted) post to the LBO-talk list. The keyword search term is 'roger martin' and the article is entitled "Taxation: The New Wave" Thanks. Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 12 09:45:54 PST 2000

36003 lifetime taxation -- rank: 1000

[bounced bec of address uncertainties] Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:33:22 -0500 To: lbo-talk at panix.com From: "Kevin O'Brien" <6ko at qlink.queensu.ca Subject: Taxing income over a lifetime Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Yesterday's Globe & Mail contained an article by the Dean of Management at the U of T wherein he proposes, among many other things, that income be taxed over the lifetime of an individual, rather than on a ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 12 09:45:07 PST 2000

36004 Fwd: TAKE ACTION: Participate in the March 14th Day of Action! -- rank: 1000

[I'm guessing James Heartfield won't be taking part!] X-From_: swong at irn.org Fri Feb 11 20:43:25 2000 X-Sender: swong at pop3.netvista.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:08:54 +1000 To: swong at irn.org From: swong at irn.org (Susanne Wong) Subject: TAKE ACTION: Participate in the March 14th Day of Action! CALL TO ACTION - MARCH 14, 2000 - Speak Out Against Dams and For Rivers!! "We are strong, diverse, and united and our cause is just. To symbolize our growing unity, we de ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 12 09:40:06 PST 2000

36005 Fwd: Re: big labor endorsement -- rank: 1000

[excellent union support for the PNN freelancers strike - Dean & Co. are doing imaginative work organizing Silicon Valley workers] February 11, 2000 Dr. Mary Frances Berry Chair of Pacifica Board c/o U.S. Civil Rights Commission 624 9th St NW Ste 700 Washington, DC 20001-5303 Dear Pacifica Chair Mary Frances Berry: We write to voice our support for the striking freelance journalists and contributors of Pacifica Network News. We understand these reporters are fighting a wave of censorship at ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 17:16:38 PST 2000

36006 Fwd: Fortunte Son on 60 Minutes/Bush Tactics Fail to intimidate McCain or Soft Skull Press -- rank: 1000

[He really shouldn't have misspelled Joe Conason's name if he's trying to build credibility.] From: Sander Hicks <sander at softskull.com> Sender: softskull at softskull.com for immediate release 2.11.00 Bush Tactics Fail to intimidate McCain or Soft Skull Press: Soft Skull presents five point plan highlighting new relevance of Fortunate Son. MEDIA UPDATE: Soft Skull Spokesman Sander Hicks and Author J.H. Hatfield to appear on 60 Minutes 2.13.00 and Fox News' The Edge 2.14.00. Bush lost by ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 11 17:14:48 PST 2000

36007 Zizek = the Third Way (was Re: Zizek on Haider) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >This is why the rise of Haider (or Le Pen or Buchanan) justifiably scares >people. Is Haider really worse than lots of U.S. governors, state legislators, or Congresspeople? I'm asking that seriously. Pete Wilson drew the approval of the Rockford/Chronicles crowd a few years ago for suggesting that the U.S. redefine citizenship by blood rather than geography (i.e., being born here wouldn't be enough). That's pretty ugly. But it's also German citizenship law, isn't it? ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 17:01:23 PST 2000

36008 Fwd: Pacifica radio Feb. board mtg. in D.C. -- rank: 1000

>Subject: Pacifica radio Feb. board mtg. in D.C. >Date: Fri, 11 Feb 00 14:10:34 -0800 >x-sender: ma at pop.igc.org >From: Andrea Buffa <ma at igc.org> >To: <ma at igc.org> > >We can't afford to lose the only progressive radio network in the U.S.! > >February 3, 2000 > >Dear friend, > >I am writing about the upcoming Pacifica Foundation board of directors >meeting that will be held in Washington, DC the last weekend of February >2000. Media ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 16:53:11 PST 2000

36009 progress? -- rank: 1000

>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 18:28:00 -0500 >From: Enrique Diaz-Alvarez <enrique at anise.ee.cornell.edu> >Organization: Cornell University >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; HP-UX B.10.20 9000/735) >X-Accept-Language: en >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com >Subject: Re: The Price of Globalization >References: <20000211204019.3760.qmail at hotmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >C ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 16:57:03 PST 2000

36010 dangerous barbarity -- rank: 1000

[more mungefailure - my answer would be that we don't have a counterfactual really, a true worker-controlled workplace not subject to fierce market competition] Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 18:32:52 -0500 From: Enrique Diaz-Alvarez <enrique at anise.ee.cornell.edu> Organization: Cornell University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; HP-UX B.10.20 9000/735) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Subject: Re: The Price of Globalization References: <2000021120585 ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 16:56:26 PST 2000

36011 Zizek = the Third Way (was Re: Zizek on Haider) -- rank: 1000

kelley wrote: >Here's the thing, if the logic of enjoyment is such that Haider gets fans >with all the publicity surrounding his denouncement, then tell me, why >doesn't it work the other way? Why don't feminists accrue more to their >ranks when Rush calls them feminazis? Why isn't the queer community seeing >rising numbers of supporters/identifiers as Dr. Laura denounces them >repeteadly? I'm not sure you're right on the counts. Queers are certainly more visible (who knows a ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 13:59:57 PST 2000

36012 The Price of Globalization -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Doug, checking the hotlink above, I noticed that the '92-'98 figures >are qualified with this footnote: "Data exclude fatal work-related >injuries and illnesses." What do the trend lines look like with >those fatalities included? And how much of that *is* homicide >(which I thought was mainly a postal problem)? Don't have historical figures at hand, but 6,026 deaths in 1998, 709 of them homicides, don't have much statistical effect on a workforce o ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 13:08:40 PST 2000

36013 Wojtek denies scariness -- rank: 1000

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 11:54:51 -0500 From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> Subject: RE: Remembering the Scottsboro Case (was Re: Breaking Butterflies& Poisoning Wells) In-reply-to: <200002102129.VAA09795 at services.infothecary.com> X-Sender: sokol at jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Message-id: <3.0.6.32.20000211115451.00e99430 at jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Content-type: text/plai ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 12:55:42 PST 2000

36014 Zizek = the Third Way (was Re: Zizek on Haider) -- rank: 1000

JKSCHW at aol.com wrote: >Real liberals should be deeply insulted by the idea that Blair or >Clinton might claim the mantle of liberalism, which, actually, they >don't. They flee from it. They call themselves "moderates" ot >"centrists" or something like that, while upholding policies to the >right of those promoted by the conservatives of a generation ago. They're Manchester liberals. In the U.S., that's taken over from the old New Deal kind. >Now, I don't ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 12:51:13 PST 2000

36015 Al sez... -- rank: 1000

[another address bounce] Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:55:42 -0500 From: Enrique Diaz-Alvarez <enrique at ee.cornell.edu> Reply-To: enrique at ee.cornell.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "lbo-talk at lists.panix.com" <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Subject: Thus spake the Bubblemeister Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Al "Bubbles" Greenspan goes and sez: "Rapid changes i ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 11 12:51:29 PST 2000