Skipping over Louis P.'s self-involved psychological outburst, we read
his assertion:
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For "peripheral" countries, there are often irreconcilable
contradictions that no amount of Marxist theory can overcome. Naturally,
this is a function of the problematic of "building socialism" within the
borders of any country except for some industrial powerhouse like
Germany or the USA.
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Here is one list of Greek trade items (percents are of imports and
exports, not GDP):
Top 5 Products imported by Greece: Crude Petroleum (24%), Refined
Petroleum (6.9%), Packaged Medicaments (5.1%), Passenger and Cargo Ships
(4.0%), and Petroleum Gas (3.1%)
Top 5 Products exported by Greece: Refined Petroleum (35%),
Packaged Medicaments (3.1%), Aluminium Plating (1.9%), Non-fillet Fresh
Fish (1.7%), and Raw Cotton (1.7%)
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/profile/country/grc/
Lists of exports and imports by commodity vary a lot. Here is another
list of principal items:
Exports: food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum
products, chemicals, textiles
Imports $50.58 billion (2013 est.): machinery, transport
equipment, fuels, chemicals
http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
Compare the Greek GDP of 182,000 million Euros.
This looks like a country that could feed and clothe itself better by
socialist independence than by Louis' "pragmatic" capitulation to the
notion that "the (international) market determines its success or failure."
Michael Roberts write that "a domestic plan for investment and growth
based on the public ownership of big capital and integration of the
banking sector and the major industries of shipping, pharma, agriculture
etc could utilise these wasted resources of skilled labour and finance."
http://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/greece-keynes-or-marx/
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