Sowing Dragons (2)

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Mon Apr 10 12:34:24 PDT 2000


At 09:21 AM 4/10/00 -0700, Brad DeLong wrote:
>And what makes a state able to give orders? And what makes a state
>*wish* to give orders that accelerate the pace of economic
>development--rather than simply to transfer all property to the
>state's functionaries and their relatives?

A point of correction - "all properties" were NOT the property of state functionaries under the Soviet regime - they become their property only after central planning had been repleced with market reforms cheerleeded by Chicago boys.

wojtek



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