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
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: ope-l administrator
To: binac@mrs.umn.edu
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:19 AM
Subject: OPE-L

Dear Cyrus:

You have been recommended by several listmembers for
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In solidarity, Jerry Levy
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