Yeah. Seeing as how the export of raw materials, basic commodities is sort of a wash, in terms of income accounting w/'natural capital,' that would seem to imply that neo-liberal success should be gauged by, *among other things*, the extent to which it exports manufactured goods, agricultural produce, and services. Everybody can't be a net exporter, but everybody can have a net trade balance of zero. So for an open economy, we should be worried if imports of finished products are offset by exports of stuff in more-or-less finite supply; this connotes unsustainability. If this makes any sense, how do neo-liberal success stories (sic) stack up, once we go beyond the highest aggregate of GDP? It's nice for India to export computer code, but how does the growth of these and similar sectors stack up to the future needs of the economy as a whole?
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