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Re: The Limits To Growth



In article <56sp8f$5pc@news1.io.org>, yuku@io.org (Yuri 
Kuchinsky) wrote:
>Mike Asher (masher@tusc.net) wrote:
>: Yuri Kuchinsky <yuku@io.org> wrote:
>
>: > It is always amusing when Libertarians praise an 
extremely statist
>: > economic system such as the one in South Korea, or of 
the other "Tigers" 
>: > that are only recently becoming less statist. 
>: > 
>: > What is it, opportunism -- or plain ignorance?
>: > 
>
>: Two of those "tigers": Singapore and Hong Kong, are 
continually rated the
>: two most economically free countries in the world.  (The 
US ranks 3rd -
>: 6th, depending on the survey).  
>
>That's because they were ruled by the British, my friend, 
and are tiny
>trading and banking enclaves. Not typical of the "tigers".
>
>Yuri.

I didn't think I'd see Yuri supporting imperialism!  Good 
job.


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