Re: charlatanism

2002-08-18 Thread Alypius Skinner
- Original Message - From: fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Example from my professional life: As is probably obvious, I'm not an economist - I'm a sociologist who takes economics very seriously and I sometimes use economic tools in my research. So I'm always in a position of

Re: Nations as Corporations

2002-08-18 Thread Alypius Skinner
- Original Message - From: Wei Dai [EMAIL PROTECTED] One factor that keeps large corporations honest is the threats of hostile takeovers and bankruptcy. Unfortunately neither of these seem likely to apply to a large nation-as-corporation. Imagine creditors trying to force everyone

China Will Soon Be Second Only To The US

2002-08-18 Thread Alypius Skinner
Title: China Will Soon Be Second Only To The US http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/08/02/200208020048.asp China Will Soon Be Second Only To The USThe Korea Herald8-4-2 Over the coming decades, China will

Re: Nations as Corporations

2002-08-18 Thread john hull
--- Alypius Skinner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'John Hull wrote: 1. The program will prevent poor from coming to the States. I think that's wrong' So you think its wrong to demand that poor people respect private property rights That's a bit of a non sequitur. :) Nope. All I was saying