Am I from the third world?

[Dace]

>. . . By the way, opposition to the WTO can certainly be motivated by
>opposition to capitalism.  But that doesn't mean the only alternative to
the
>WTO is world socialism.  A development model that seeks to protect third
>world markets and cultivate third world capital would give poor countries
>control over their own development.  This would be a great improvement.  It
>would enable countries to choose their own fate, socialist or not.
>Ted
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>And what would that be, approximately?
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>mbs
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It would be similar to the postwar development model, the one that was
implemented by the original, Keynesian Bretton Woods regime, which was
replaced in 1971 by the Nixonian Dollar-Wall Street Regime.  (See Peter
Gowan, *The Global Gamble*.)  Up until the 70s we saw real development all
over the world and much interest in socialism.  While it may no longer be
feasible to restore the Keynesian, gold-standard model, there's no reason
why a 21st century version of genuine global development can't be
formulated.  What we need is two things-- hope and imagination.

Ted