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8491 [lbo-talk] Brad DeLong's dubious view of layoff restrictions -- rank: 190

On 4/3/06, Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote: > > To my mind, the only "social" standard would ...

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Author:	Jerry Monaco
Date:	Mon Apr 3 09:53:10 PDT 2006

8492 [lbo-talk] newspapers in 1776 [was: happiness pays?] -- rank: 190

>>> jdevine03 at gmail.com 04/02/06 5:07 PM >>> me: >>I heard ...

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Author:	Michael Hoover
Date:	Mon Apr 3 09:48:12 PDT 2006

8493 [lbo-talk] destabilization a war-crime -- rank: 190

... army reserve). On 4/3/06, Jerry Monaco <monacojerry at gmail.com> wrote: > If Hugo Chavez is "destabilizing" Latin America then ...

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Author:	Jim Devine
Date:	Mon Apr 3 09:32:10 PDT 2006

8494 [lbo-talk] Brad DeLong's dubious view of layoff restrictions -- rank: 190

I can't speak for BDL (or for OBL or anyone else...) but the basic idea of "efficiency" in economics typically looks at everything from the individual point of view. A market is efficient if the price correctly reflects the costs (and benefits) to the individuals involved. Even though officially markets ...

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Author:	Jim Devine
Date:	Mon Apr 3 09:25:15 PDT 2006

8495 [lbo-talk] Israel, Ireland, and South Africa -- rank: 190

Patrick Bond wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:monacojerry at gmail.com>Jerry Monaco >For instance intra-Third-World economic connections ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 3 08:29:40 PDT 2006

8496 [lbo-talk] Brad DeLong's dubious view of layoff restrictions -- rank: 190

... almost immediately. Joanna Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >--- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>>the big change in the labor force participation ...

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Author:	joanna
Date:	Sun Apr 2 17:25:54 PDT 2006

8497 [lbo-talk] Brad DeLong's dubious view of layoff restrictions -- rank: 190

--- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote: >> the big change in the labor force participation ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Sun Apr 2 16:48:08 PDT 2006

8498 [lbo-talk] Brad DeLong's dubious view of layoff restrictions -- rank: 190

... to retire? Joanna Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >--- Jerry Monaco <monacojerry at gmail.com> wrote: > > >>Isn't unemployment simply counted better in places ...

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Author:	joanna
Date:	Sun Apr 2 15:29:42 PDT 2006

8499 [lbo-talk] Brad DeLong's dubious view of layoff restrictions -- rank: 190

--- Jerry Monaco <monacojerry at gmail.com> wrote: > Isn't unemployment simply counted better in places ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Sun Apr 2 13:53:02 PDT 2006

8500 [lbo-talk] Belarus elections -- rank: 190

... transiting through Ukraine in the 1990s. --- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/1/06, Josh Narins <josh at ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Sun Apr 2 13:49:14 PDT 2006

8501 [lbo-talk] Belarus elections -- rank: 190

Devine:> this proves my point, I guess: first, it depends on the specifics. And Devine:> Timoshenko represents a third alternative. Where "alternative" equals local, corrupt, mega-capital? I was under the impression Timoshenko, quaint as she might appear, is linked to large, domestic and shady industry. Doss:> Actually the Doss:> more ...

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Author:	Josh Narins
Date:	Sat Apr 1 16:26:53 PST 2006

8502 [lbo-talk] Belarus elections -- rank: 190

... it corresponds with reality or no. --- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote: > this proves my point, I guess: first, it ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Sat Apr 1 14:04:17 PST 2006

8503 [lbo-talk] Belarus elections -- rank: 190

... 5% at the same time, BTW.) > > --- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote: > \ > > > > doesn't it depend on the specifics of ...

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Author:	Jim Devine
Date:	Sat Apr 1 13:35:24 PST 2006

8504 [lbo-talk] Chomsky: Israel Lobby ? -- rank: 190

I think it was part of the Bolshevik understanding of nationality, which was a typically naive 19th century one -- one people, one place, one language, one culture. Borobidjan is not in a fantastic location, but remember that making a "Jewish state" in the USSR in a populous area would have required ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Sat Apr 1 11:50:48 PST 2006

8505 [lbo-talk] Belarus elections -- rank: 190

... 5% at the same time, BTW.) --- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote: \ > > doesn't it depend on the specifics of ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Sat Apr 1 11:22:13 PST 2006