At 12:18 AM 6/24/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>> At 08:21 AM 6/22/01 +1200 K.Feete wrote:
>> >>The Economist just so happened to publish a table last week, listing many
>> >>countries' exports of physical goods. Here are the 10:
>> >
>> >Eh, I asked (or at least meant to ask, before I get quoted) about net
>> >exports.
>>
>> Well, I'm pretty sure that you asked for the former.
>>
>
>No, she asked about net exports: "Are we a net *exporter* of *anything*? Does
>anybody know?"
Well, as long as we are going to play "Gotcha!", she actually asked about
both. Note the first sentence in the quote here:
Kat wrote:
> P.S. Just out of curiousity, does anyone know of anything America
> actually produces? I thought we produced stuff, but then I came here and
> started taking classes and learned that America is actually a net
> importer of most things- even things we export (like food). Are we a net
> *exporter* of *anything*? Does anybody know?
JDG - Who still doesn't know why it matters.
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