Good point. The USSR and the whole east bloc also had the power to "go green." But they continued with yesterday's approach and externalized costs. It was always a mystery to me why this was so.
Many years ago while travelling in the then east bloc (Prague) I was stunned by the amount of pollution. I had always associated pollution (and externalising costs) with greedy capitalists. Turns out that stupid socialists also externalized costs. Seems like China is going down the same road. Underscores the need for global environmental (and labour, etc.) standards. arthur -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2005 6:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] China productivity Lawry deBivort wrote: > I am struck in this article by how well the Chinese may be establishing > themselves in world commerce. It is not just a matter of cheap labor, > as we often assert, but of business and technological savvy. Well, if they have cheap labor as well as business and technological savvy, then WHY don't they internalize the external (enviro) costs ? The Chinese level of environmental recklessness exceeds that of Mexico city... If they go on like that, pollution will pre-empt their economic expansion. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
