The threads concerning capitalist development originated in the question of whether post-colonial countries such as India (and post- socialist countries such as China and Russia) can grow to equal the West in per capita income, social indicators, and other relevant measures "within the structures and strategic possibilities that are integral to the prevailing system of capitalist accumulation" (to cite Kenneth Surin's summary of one of the tenets of dependency theory -- cf. <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of- Mon-20050808/017174.html>). India and Russia being better off than China and Saudi Arabia is no refutation of dependency theory's claim on that question. If that's the extent of India's and Russia's capitalist development, that's nothing to write home about either.
Yoshie Furuhashi <http://montages.blogspot.com> <http://monthlyreview.org> <http://mrzine.org> * Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: <http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/07/mahmoud- ahmadinejads-face.html>; <http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/07/chvez- congratulates-ahmadinejad.html>; <http://montages.blogspot.com/ 2005/06/iranian-working-class-rejects.html>