Why isn't Australia more like Argentina (or vice versa)?

Daniel Davies d_squared_2002 at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Aug 6 00:23:52 PDT 2001


--- Brad DeLong <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: > >One minor point: Australia is a major shopping destination for rich
> >Asians, since it is closer than London or Paris or New York.
>
> Not that much closer. Tokyo-Sydney is 4900 miles. Tokyo-London is 5940 miles.

Tokyo has better shopping than either London or Sydney, so my advice would be not to bother with the journey.

dd

===== ... in countries which do not enjoy Mediterranean sunshine idleness is more difficult, and a great public propaganda will be required to inaugurate it. -- Bertrand Russell

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