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Re: The Limits To Growth



Yuri Kuchinsky <bg364@torfree.net> wrote:
> 
> : The point is that their tremendous productivity is due
> : to their economic freedom, and not a statist system,
> 
> Mike, it may take you a few more years to understand that the two: i.e. 
> the statism and the economic freedom on some level, are not incompatible.


> Get on with your education.

Do you find such remarks advance your ego, Yuri?  Typically, a more
convincing argument is the use of factual data or logical analysis.   In
any case, statism and economic freedom are not incompatible only in the
sense that up and down aren't, or white or black.  The terms are antipodal.

> 
> : as you implied.  You
> : also failed to respond to the North/South Korea case, which is an even
> : better example.
> 
> And what is the point you're trying to make with this? Both systems are 
> statist. 

South Korea is far less so, and, as a result, far more productive.  The two
countries perhaps the best economic "case study" we could hope for, as the
variable of government is nearly the only difference; population, culture,
resources, location, climate, and other factors are nearly identical.

--
Mike Asher
masher@tusc.net


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