> Brad DeLong wrote:
>
> >Well, don't you think it is? Wouldn't you be very happy if African
> >air had more sulphur dioxide in it, and Africa were a richer place?
> >The question is: "how much of one, and how much of the other?"
>
> Yeah, but that's not exactly what he said:
<this was written by Summers:>
> >_Nuggets_
> >
> >3. _"Dirty" industries_ Just between you and me, shouldn't the
> >World Bank be encouraging more migration of the dirty industries to
> >the LDCs? I can think of three reasons:
> >
> >1) The measurement of the costs of health impairing pollution
> >depends on the foregone earnings from increased morbidity and
> >mortality. From this point of view a given amount of health
> >Impairing pollution should be done in the country with the lowest
> >cost, which will be the country with the lowest wages. I think the
> >economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest
> >wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that.
As I see it, this argument could be easily used in support of 'harvesting' organs from poor people for transplantation in rich people.
Barry