Re: Re: Michael Mann

[Jim Devine]

At 01:44 PM 5/17/01 -0300, you wrote:

> > I don't get this. You seemed to conclude something about the relative
> > efficiency of agricultural production in China vs. agriculture in
> > Europe. Are you now saying that it can't be done?
>
>Is this your either-or question?

yes: either one can compare efficiency between countries producing 
dissimilar goods (as when Fogel compares the efficiency of wheat production 
to that of cotton production) or you can't.

Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine