First world prosperity

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Aug 26 13:17:27 PDT 1998



>
>Yes. Why does no one consider the theft of North America from we of the
>First Nations "imperialism" (whatever Canada and the United States are
>doing to indigenous peoples elsewhere)?
>

Perhaps because access to European-derived technology makes it more-or-less a fair trade?

You may not care that your wife doesn't spend her life painfully processing acorns to make acorn mush, but I'm glad mine doesn't have to...

Brad "cranky today" DeLong



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