[lbo-talk] The psychological underpinnings of the new cold war

[Carl Remick]

>From: Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>
>
>Written by an acquaintance of mine, BTW. I think he's
>a little premature in his diagnosis as I don't think
>there is a new cold war on the horizon, but his
>general outline of US elite psychology I think is
>quite good.
>
>September 10, 2006
>The psychological underpinnings of the new cold war
>
>By Vlad Sobell
>
>... However, the experience of Russia (and, perhaps even
>more important, China) shows that such an outcome is
>possible. ...Today, a
>generation later, their progress towards democracy and
>fully functioning market economy is well advanced and
>irreversible. ...

What is a "fully functioning market economy"?  I didn't know there was such 
a thing.

Carl