5th columnist

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Mar 29 14:26:40 PST 2000


Median standards of living in Indonesia did roughly quadruple under Suharto...


>Ah, so the devastation of the U.S. military is more severe that that
>of the IMF.
>
>Brad De Long wrote:
>
>>
>> Pay more attention when you read, please.
>>
>> I don't deny (though I wouldn't like to overstate) that U.S.
>> development aid policy has helped Indonesia's economy (though not its
>> polity) over the past two generations.
>>
>> And because it has helped, it *is* the case that Vietnam today--not
>> Indonesia--is Nike's dream production locations: extremely low wages,
>> productive employees, and vicious labor gang bosses...
>>
>> Brad DeLong
>
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>
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