Yes, by all means.  Indeed, several moths ago, 
my dear friend (Michael Perelman) urged me to do so.  I have been extremely 
busy during the last two years, the extent of which has not subsided 
yet!  My work includes The Economics of the Oil Crisis (St. Martin's, 
1985), in which I have originally developed Marxian Theories of Oil Rents, Oil 
Crisis, and Globalization of the Oil Industry.  I also extended those 
theories to US foreign policy elsewhere.  I have written extensively about 
the 'Pax Americana' and its demise due to the forces of globalization, and 
decline of US hegemony (ala Gramsci).  Since  
mid-1980s, I have been working on the notions of 'globalization,' 
'technological change,' and 'skill formation' in capitalism.  And labor 
co-editor, Beyond Survival: Wage Labor in the Late Twentieth Century, M.E. 
Sharpe, 1996).  Finally, I am also specialized on Political Islam and Iran 
(co-editor, Modern Capitalism and Islamic Ideology in Iran, Macmillan, 
1992).  
 
Best,
 
Cyrus
 
Cyrus Bina, Ph.D.
Economics and Management
Division of Social Sciences
University of Minnesota
Morris, MN 56267
 
 
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  Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:19 
  AM
  Subject: OPE-L
  
Dear Cyrus:
You have been recommended by several 
  listmembers for 
membership in the OPE-L  (Outline on Political 
  Economy) 
Internet mailing list.  We are a small, closed group of 
  
Marxists who, as a collaborative group, have been 
  discussing
controversial issues in political economy, including 
  themes
related to "extending Marx", since September, 1995.
I will 
  send you separately a listing of all current and former
subscribers.  
  If you haven't seen it already, please take a
trip to our archives and you 
  will discover a wealth of 
information on Marxian economics (and please 
  read our
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http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive
Would 
  you like to join?  If so, please respond to this
message and include 
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(e.g. writings, where you work, research 
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that you would be willing to share with the list in 
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welcoming post to OPE-L that I will send (a list
tradition).
I 
  look forward to hearing from you.
In solidarity, Jerry 
  Levy
Coordinator, OPE-L