[lbo-talk] Re: Alterglobalization (was Beyond Globophobia)

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Tue Nov 18 21:19:40 PST 2003


On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:58:21 -0500, Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote:


>
> * "In the case of Peru, it has been calculated that, in general terms,
> the equivalent of 38 percent of gross domestic product and 60 percent of
> man-hours worked take place in the informal sector (De Soto et al. 1986:
> 13)" (at <http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj17n1-8.html>)

Your college bookstore doesn't have his newest yet? The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando De Soto.

Volume inspired by him, co-written by a Son , "Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot by Llosa Mendoza, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Alvaro Vargas Llosa, , Mario Vargas Llosa, Michaela Ames (Translator) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1568331347/002-5654863- 3592041?v=glance

Montaner is a Cuban exile w/ many sharp critiques of Cuban Communism.

-- Michael Pugliese

There were basically three forms of totalitarianism.... One was the various kinds of Fascism, the other was Bolshevism, and a third was corporate capitalism. Two are gone." -- Noam Chomsky



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