Richardson_D wrote: > For the economists among us: how much does industrial production have to > fall before the US is ineligible to be called an industrialized country? :-) >
Boswell, James. 1934-64. Life of Johnson, 6 vols. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). ii, p. 464: "Very little business appeared to be going forward in Lichfield. I found however two strange manufactures for so inland a place, sail-cloth and streamers for ships: and I observed them making some saddle-cloths, and dressing sheep skins: but upon the whole, the busy hand of industry seemed to be quite slackened. "Surely, Sir, (said I,) you are an idle set of people." "Sir (said Johnson) "We are a City of Philosophers: we work with our Heads, and make the Boobies of Birmingham work for us with their hands." -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
