A long way to go still.......

Lawrence lawrence at krubner.com
Fri Aug 17 12:15:47 PDT 2001



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Anyone who says otherwise is a subversive or a fool. Free trade is an unalloyed blessing, for poor countries as well as rich. The multinational behemoths bring precious investment to developing nations. <<<

Doug, you once pointed out that, in America, the poor could not contribute much to national savings. They only control about 3% of the economy, you said, so even if they saved 20% of their income, which would be impossible anyway, it would only amount to maybe .6% of the national income. I'm wondering if what holds true here is true for entire nations that are poor. Do poor nations like Mali and Bangladesh need outside investment simply because they don't have enough income to invest in themselves? Or could they come up with the money to do internal investment if only there was the internal political will?



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