[lbo-talk] SK vs. NK

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Sun Jan 9 09:01:41 PST 2005


----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>


> Luke Weiger wrote:
>
> >Would it have been impossible for SK to deal with their trade deficit in
the
> >absence of US aid?
>
> Yes.
>
> Doug

Citation?

Any reason to believe that an extra 1.6 billion in 1960s dollars would've helped NK get anywhere near where SK went? (Of course, 1.6 billion would be too much, since the Soviets and Chinese did give NK _some_ foreign aid.)

-- Luke



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