and as far as I know both the French and Russian revolutions occurred during what might be called "upticks" in the economy.
GN: One might debate the French. But it would be hard to characterize the conditions of Russia's collapse as an "uptick." Any nominal "keynesian" effects were submerged in the general chaos and disintegration of production at all levels. -gn
-- Gregory P. Nowell Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Milne 100 State University of New York 135 Western Ave. Albany, New York 12222
Fax 518-442-5298