The Whitlam Papers The Whitlam Papers, just released, are important not so much because they demonstrate a certain degree of incompetence on the part of the...
. Dear James: I take it Australia has the same system as the UK - some kind of 30 year rule after which all but the most secret Government Papers are openly...
FYI. (By Thomas I. Palley of the Open Society Institute: www.osi-dc.org - http://www.soros.org/initiatives/washington ) - and I wish you all a pleasant NEW...
The United States: A Failed Superpower? We have become so used to thinking of the United States as all-powerful - politically, strategically, socially and...
FYI. 62 billions euros over 3 years. This is not much per capita but it certainly helps and the reasoning behind it is dead right: Use this as a a locomotive...
Arno, I don't know the details of this investment and no doubt some of the spending will fall short of what some of us might like. However, in a world that...
Chris, Yes, you put some good points, but were they not taken account of with the Universal Business Rate which is not set locally? That brings other...
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Jan 9, 2004 4:22 pm
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If you like some math with your economics, and terms like "Walrasian competitive equilibrium" and "Hicksian demand" and "Pareto-efficient" attract your...
It may come as a surprise, but the methods of _Three Steps to Economic Freedom_ would significantly improve the disparities of wealth distribution. It does...
. Geoffrey: Yes you're right. I had always assumed local income tax rates would be set by the individual local authority, which would be disastrous. But if...
James, as I may have written before: I am very much impressed by the reasoning of the Commission and the Italian government who initiated this. They are indeed...
The US Dollar, Inflation and the Outlook for 2004 The substantial decline of the US dollar raises the question of how much further and how much faster the...
Sam, Your article entitled - O'Neill's Free Dinner; America's Current Account Deficit -provides a splendid coverage of the issues. My analysis differs from...
Sam, Your responses are always acute and refreshing. (I like them too because you so often agree with me - and indulge my egocentricity!!) However, just a...
Re. the following: The other qualification concerns your suggestion that my analysis of the cause of the inflation after 1969 is "the classic explanation for...
Samuelson has 20/20 retrospective vision! Foresight is another matter - here is his Reagan-Bush Jr. fiscal policy prescription. First, Samuelson cited "the...
Dear Sam and Gunnar, This is great to see a sharp debate between two masters. I loved this bit - ... Even at that date - 1976 - I had been "on track" to gather...
Dear gangsters, My friend Kristen Nordhaug (phd on industrialisation of Taiwan) has a few questions that might trigger your imaginations? Arno ... From:...
Concerning Kristen's questions (reproduced at the bottom): 1. At least there is far less inflow of capital which has the same effect as outflow, although not...
Arno: Re. the following: In the old days, central bankers were always mindful of the necessary balance between available domestic savings and credit expansion....
"Stagflation" was a term that was coined to describe the situation that emerged in the early 1970s. It combined the words "stagnation" and "inflation" to...
... the ... the ... fewer ... Three brief points. First. Any alternative to "mainstream" economics must be analytically coherent - or else it reduces to mere...
I'm sorry that my books are not as available as I and others might like. In a quick search, I've found that they are available in a few places, as shown below....
Dear all, please allow me to utter my opinions on the matter, as this has been perhaps my core interest for a decade: Yes James, the situation now in many ways...
. Hi Gang: Last Friday I went to have a natter in Oxford with my old economics tutor, Walter Eltis. In his 70s now, and an Emeritus Fellow of Exeter College,...
Dear all, please allow me to utter my opinions on the matter, as this has been perhaps my core interest for a decade: Yes James, the situation now in many ways...
Dear Paul, etc. I can well understand your opposition to letting the neoclassicals take over the economics department. I found out already at the New School...
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Jan 22, 2004 9:04 pm
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Michael and Stephen, FYI. As you know from our talks on the phone, my transport project is moving onwards, slowly bu steadily. www.innotrans.net US labour is...
Extract from The Multiple Abyss, written about 1997: Supporting evidence for the increasing tension affecting an unusually large number of individuals seems to...
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