economic situation in yugoslavia

J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. rosserjb at jmu.edu
Thu Apr 22 10:25:56 PDT 1999


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Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Jean Christophe Helary <helary at eskimo.com> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 9:18 PM Subject: economic situation in yugoslavia


>Hello,
>
>I would appreciate to be given some references about the economic situation
>in Yugoslavia from the early seventies.
>
>I read some french newspapers/magazines yesterday (namely le monde weekly
>and l'express) and was schoked at their vision of the situation in the
>balkans.
>
>For them it seems that there is one evil : Milosevic, and everything
centers
>on him and a certain idea of Serbia (that was an ally of France,
blablabla),
>everything is so simplified and personalized that I find no wonder when I
>hear about the massive support to the strikes.
>
>But what surprises me the most is to see talented editorialists (or
>intelectuals) like Jean-Marie Colombanie or Andre Glucksmann taking the
side
>of Nato (or France in that matter) without any nuance.
>
>I cannot accept that there is only this explanation to serbian nationalism.
>I read in old articles from Le Monde Diplomatique (not related to Le Monde)
>that in the early 80' the IMF set up economic policies in the area that
>resulted in more unemployement where the Tito policies had only weakened
the
>economic potential.
>
>Any suggestion ?
>
>Sincerly yours,
>
>Jean Christophe Helary
>



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