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38131 Dems -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >Brad De Long wrote: > >> >> Now do we understand why the McGovernites failed so convincingly? If there >> was ever a time to build a truly social democratic party in the U.S., it >> was during and in the immediate aftermath of Nixon... > >I don't feel that I fully understand it. I consider your question to be an >important one. What's the question? Why did McGovern fail electorally, or why did the leadership of the Democrats try (s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 4 06:54:12 PDT 1999

38132 NYU grad students unionize -- rank: 1000

[from the Marxist Literary Group list] After only seven months of campaigning, the overwhelming majority of graduate student employees at NYU have joined the union, GSOC, an affiliate of the the UAW. On April 23rd, in the presence of city and federal politicians, they asked NYU administrators to recognize the union and their right to bargain with the university. Over 100 full-time faculty in 28 different departments signed a petition asking NYU to recognize GSOC. In NYU's response, received y ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 4 06:52:43 PDT 1999

38133 gummo again -- rank: 1000

rc-am wrote: >and Doug, what's the deal with breasts? Oh heavens, Kelley won't leave me alone on this one! I could swear I remember reading once that het male taste for breast size is inversely proportional to socioeconomic status - i.e., lower-order men like big ones, and higher-order ones prefer smaller ones. But unfortunately I lack a cite.... Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 4 06:51:51 PDT 1999

38134 guns prevent violence! -- rank: 1000

A choice bit from this paper is footnote 10: "While the recent rash of public school shootings during the 1997-98 school [sic] took place after the period of our study, these incidents raise questions about the unintentional consequences of laws. The five public school shootings took place after a 1995 federal law banned guns (including permitted concealed handguns) within a thousand feet of a school. The possibility exists that attempts to outlaw guns from schools, no matter how well meani ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 4 06:40:55 PDT 1999

38135 Krugman sad -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - May 4, 1999 DEPRESSED ABOUT JAPAN Paul Krugman Influential Japanese now understand the nature of the problems afflicting their economy. But they lack the intellectual courage to push through solutions Call it the Japan effect. I've seen it many times in the past five years: a western analyst goes to Japan with an optimistic outlook, expecting to see light at the end of the tunnel for the world's second- largest economy - but he returns more despondent than ever. Now it has happ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 4 06:10:40 PDT 1999

38136 Asia/West Split at WTO - 62 to 59 -- rank: 1000

Chris Burford wrote: >Until proved otherwise, I suggest that narrow lead in votes for the west, >was almost certainly bought, and is unrepresentative of the interests of >the great majority of people of the world. Does this surprise you? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 15:14:30 PDT 1999

38137 Dems -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Bernie Sanders gets his assignments and offices based on relationships with >the House Dem leadership. Which might have something to do with why he voted for the war. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 14:01:42 PDT 1999

38138 Poland -- rank: 1000

J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. wrote: >Curiously, Poland, which you pose as a highly reformed >economy (and it is) has been much slower to privatize. Poland also got a 50% debt cancellation, no? How important was that? Speaking of Poland, Wojtek, I'd like to hear your opinion of the early 1980s Solidarnosc. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 10:47:16 PDT 1999

38139 A.N. Wilson on war -- rank: 1000

rc-am wrote: >and, hey, every time NATO murders those it claims to be saving, the brits and >others in Europe can begin implicitly claiming that this is a result of crap >US military leadership. And, returning the favor, the U.S. is letting NATO do most of the talking, specifically in the person of the British flack Jamie Shea. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 10:39:50 PDT 1999

38140 Sad question about the nature of the Democratic party -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >Since people have asked about the Democrats, let me raise question of my own: >why so many good people lost their principles soon as they rise within the >Democratic party? Is there a black hole of principles at the center of the >party? I suspect the process runs something like this. You enter the party with a principled desire to change from within. You're soon faced with some choice - sell out a constituency or betray a principle in order to cut a deal or ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 10:19:42 PDT 1999

38141 global capital? -- rank: 1000

rc-am wrote: >does anyone have any references, or better, figures which show clearly the >globalisation of capital (and trade) that is often talked about? or is this >far from a clear trend? or? There are plenty of numbers that show this. For almost the entire post-WW II period, global trade has outgrown global product, meaning that the trade share of GDP has increased in almost every country on earth. Also, cross-border capital flows - both portfolio (financial) and direct (real - th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 10:06:53 PDT 1999

38142 HK issues hedge-fund warning -- rank: 1000

[Henry Liu has rejoined the list; he asked me to post this for him.] Monday May 3 1999 HK issues US with hedge-fund warning BARRY PORTER in Manila Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Joseph Yam Chi-kwong has told the United States not to put the interests of American hedge funds and other highly leveraged institutions ahead of small open markets such as Hong Kong. He warned the US and other economic powerhouses against stalling proposed reforms to the world's financial architecture in ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 09:11:23 PDT 1999

38143 Dems -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: >Well, the actually existing Democratic Party is the only thing that *might* >inch America slightly toward social democracy over the next generation. And >as America goes, so goes the world... > >You find this scary? I find this somewhat scary too... Well, since I think the Democratic Party is essentially an institutional obstacle to human progress, I think we have a serious difference of opinion. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 09:09:43 PDT 1999

38144 What counts as bank capital? -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >That is to say, when the Basle Accord requires that banks should have >capital equal to 8% of their risk assets, what counts as a non-risk asset? Government bonds, basically. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 08:59:52 PDT 1999

38145 more presidential sites -- rank: 1000

>Lest we forget... > > Bill Bradley: www.billbradley.com > Elizabeth Dole: www.dolein2000.org

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 3 08:59:28 PDT 1999