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[Peter K.]

>By the way, why is Australia still rich? Why didn't it follow a path
>more like Argentina? There's not much autonomous technological
>capacity, and the economy seems very resource based for a First World
>(or imperialist, if you want) country. Can someone explain Australia
>to me?
>
>Doug

I remember the U.S. government slapping tariffs on Australian sheep
not too long ago, not a trade war exactly, more like a scuffle.

By the way, you missed the Wall St. Journal's howler of an editorial
on the recent G8 meeting. They blamed the growing "anti-globalization"
movement on Bill Clinton, saying one of the worst things he's ever done
was to legitimatize the protesters at Seattle. Also, they called the leaders
of the most powerful nations chickenshit for retreating to a remote
mountain top location for the next summit.

Peter