------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Robert Naiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PEN-L and Mozambique cashew nut case Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 13:16:32 -0400 Patrick: I'm only half-on PEN-L at the moment, but I see there's been some discussion on the cashew nut case. I think it's important for people to know that Krugman didn't bother to read the details of the case; we have him on the economics. No reference to capitalism necessary, Krugman is just wrong. As I said in my letter to the NYT -- they refused to run this part -- Krugman's sloppiness shows why it's a bad idea to let foreign economists dictate economic policy to developing countries. Could you post something on the list -- like the link to the article by Joe Hanlon that set Krugman off -- the article clearly shows why the World Bank -- and Krguman in defending it -- were wrong on the economics. http://www.a16.org/resources/cashew.txt And here is FAIR's page on the dispute. http://www.fair.org/articles/naiman-krugman.html -bob
