[lbo-talk] Alex Cockburn on India: wrong? (was, U.N. seeks aid...)

[KJ]

On 8/12/05, Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Why it is more difficult than it was for Europe and US? Are the developed countries the real barrier to growth in poor countries like China, India and Indonesia?
> >
> > Ulhas
> >
> 
> 2.  No colonies available for exploitation today.

To which might be added: the legacy of colonial rule itself; a point
which Ulhas seems to implicitly acknowledge by insisting that
comparison should date from independence, rejecting the Angus Maddison
series.

kj