-----Mensagem original----- De: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]Em nome de kjkhoo at softhome.net Enviada em: sexta-feira, 23 de janeiro de 2004 04:02 Para: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Assunto: Re: RES: [lbo-talk] Does Imperialism Block Independent Development?
At 12:52 AM -0200 23/1/04, Alexandre Fenelon wrote:
>-You´re right. Small nations have very small maneuvering margins in the
>global economy.
I think that should be small nations that have been colonised and continue to have to live with the consequences of that as well as under an imperialist dispensation.
Can't help thinking of places such as the Scandinavian countries which would be "large" only in comparison with the micro-nations. Or New Zealand which is large in terms of geographical spread, but hardly in population.
kj khoo
-Even small developed nations must play according the game rules. In this list, yesterday, it was posted an interesting link about the fall of Swedish model. The extensive integration of Sweden in the global market (exports are 40% of Swedish GDP) probably have a lot to do with this.
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