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[Brad DeLong]

>  > From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>>  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

I should introduce you to some libertarians I know. (It's my kidney! 
I should be able to sell it if I want to!)

Brad DeLong

P.S.: Of course, none have actually gone to China and sold their 
kidneys to high party officials... maybe they were afraid of having 
their corneas harvested while they were under...