... First of all, the question is what do consumers want and what are they willing to pay for? How much would a car built to last "decades" cost? The second...
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John Henry
jimmy3jay
Sep 1, 2002 7:50 am
... Kieth suggested that you try a Google search on "John Henry". Actually, "John R. Henry" would probably be a more productive term. Not sure why he suggests...
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Reg Jongleur
reg_jongleur
Sep 1, 2002 10:30 am
Michael A. Lewis: Seriously, how will me knowing the names of five birds improve other peoples' lives? __________________________________________________ Do...
16235
earthmonkey99
Sep 1, 2002 10:46 am
Seems The European Capitalists have got The WTO to kick US capitalism's butt. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2225972.stm Just goes to show that the...
16236
nick tapping
nick@...
Sep 1, 2002 1:06 pm
... From: <matt.culbert@...> To: <WSM_Forum@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [WSM_Forum] Re: The future ain't...
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John Henry
jimmy3jay
Sep 1, 2002 2:57 pm
... Seems to me that the Europeans have managed to kick their own butts as well. It just goes to emphasize my long standing contention that the WTO is about ...
16241
Michael Lewis
abbeyista
Sep 1, 2002 4:08 pm
... This is not a one-size fits all "scheme." It is an approach to life, an approach that worked for thousands of years before the gradual encroachment of the...
16242
Citizens of the World
iwi@...
Sep 1, 2002 4:27 pm
Bonjour John F. You Said: "Do you think that centralized states were created by whim? They were created as a higher-order desire of the population for self...
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Citizens of the World
iwi@...
Sep 1, 2002 4:43 pm
[An excerpt from their statement describing some green-washing of local capitalist monstrosities and it contains a slogan for those who support capitalism:...
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Citizens of the World
iwi@...
Sep 1, 2002 5:25 pm
Mr. Michael A. Lewis, esq. You asked us in a personal note what is 'Socialist environemntalism'? Incidentally, to do unto others as they have done to others,...
16245
Michael Lewis
abbeyista
Sep 1, 2002 5:34 pm
... I asked a simple question of you personally for a simple bit of information. I did not ask it in the context of WSM, so you had no right to broadcast it to...
16246
earthmonkey99
Sep 1, 2002 6:39 pm
It could be likely that national ruling classes try and hide behind supposed 'National Interest' of each nation's working class as the world economic slowdown...
16247
nick tapping
nick@...
Sep 1, 2002 7:02 pm
Might not seem direct , but will improve our relationship with our immediate enviroment , help us to reckonize and empathize with other living beings . love...
16248
Citizens of the World
iwi@...
Sep 1, 2002 9:12 pm
Mr. Michael A. Lewis, No, Mr. Lewis. You have misunderstood. The only relationship we have had is through the WSM Forum. What makes you think that we would...
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Michael Lewis
abbeyista
Sep 1, 2002 9:33 pm
... So, you have nothing to say about socialist environmentalism? Michael...
16250
Michael Lewis
abbeyista
Sep 1, 2002 10:19 pm
A critique of "The Ecological Perspective " http://www.worldsocialism.org/ This essay that appears on the WSM website consistently confuses ecology with...
16251
Citizens of the World
iwi@...
Sep 1, 2002 11:07 pm
Michael: So, you have nothing to say about socialist environmentalism? Answer: Yes, it is in "Tears Are Not Enough". I believe that is what you are referring...
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cxiii@...
will1348067
Sep 2, 2002 1:46 am
I once heard some of you say that its bad that automation is making headway in industries and that its bad. I think that its good because people will no...
16253
arminiush
Sep 2, 2002 8:12 am
Dear Comrades, I can see no contradiction in our taking some satisfaction from aconflict between different national bourgeousies inas much as their division...
16254
John Henry
jimmy3jay
Sep 2, 2002 8:12 am
... Reservoirdawg, One quick followup. I looked in the Statistical Abstract of the US regarding car registrations and find that: Year Average age...
16255
Robert Malone
r.malone@...
Sep 2, 2002 9:45 am
Hi William, although this is a WSM sponsored forum, the contributors to this forum are not always socialists. Even some of the people who claim to be socialist...
16256
RRobincox@...
Sep 2, 2002 10:56 am
ROBIN The law of the minimum works on the principle that for every combination of factors one of these will be the limiting factor . It is this limiting factor...
16257
RRobincox@...
Sep 2, 2002 11:21 am
ROBIN ..costs .. are as I said agent-relative and inherently unquantifiable. BFJ : They are not. If the cost of producing one hamburger is producing one hot...
16258
RRobincox@...
Sep 2, 2002 11:44 am
MICHAEL: Again, ecosystems do not evolve. Species evolve. This is a general misunderstanding that stands in the way of much analysis of ecosystem dynamics....
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John Henry
jimmy3jay
Sep 2, 2002 3:21 pm
... You are reading an awful lot into my note. Reservoirdawg said that the lifespan of cars and lightbulbs was decreasing and I simply showed him that he was...
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John Henry
jimmy3jay
Sep 2, 2002 3:21 pm
James Lileks is a fine writer and has written a wonderful "Screed" about left and right. Who's more miserable - the far right or the far left? The former is...
16264
bddanel@...
bddanel
Sep 2, 2002 3:42 pm
In a message dated 9/1/02 2:33:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mlewis@... writes: << So, you have nothing to say about socialist environmentalism? >> The...
16265
bddanel@...
bddanel
Sep 2, 2002 4:01 pm
In a message dated 9/1/02 6:47:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cxiii@... writes: << I once heard some of you say that its bad that automation is making...
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Michael Lewis
abbeyista
Sep 2, 2002 5:49 pm
Slower than the speed of light ... This is a limited view of solar energy technology. Production of solar electric cells requires the mining of rare earth...
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Michael Lewis
abbeyista
Sep 2, 2002 6:01 pm
... Please do not redefine words for your own purposes. Evolution is a biological process that occurs only at the species level. Individuals do not evolve and...
