Of course I know that Canada is a rich country, not a Third World one. Do
I have to state the obvious before drawing the parallels between Canada
and the Third World, though? Maybe I'm too fond of economy in expression,
but it didn't really seem necessary.
Doug
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On Tue, 15 Feb 1994, Anthony D'Costa wrote:
> You are correct as far as the so-called Third World features go. But the
> main difference between Canada and the Third World at large is that
> Canada is white settler colony, having eliminated indigenous population.
> Therefore, new institutions geared toward capital accumulation could be
> easily created. The Third World on the hand is not white-settled because
> of old established, sophisticated, and settled non-capitalist
> civilizations. Therefore, in the Third World old and new institutions
> co-exist, not to mention, hybrid ones. In fact this is perhaps the
> greatest structural problem for the Third World. Thus while Canada
> is wealthy by any standard, the Third World is not.
>
> Anthony D'Costa
> U of Washington, Tacoma
>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 1994, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > It seems to me that Canada shares some of the problems of a Third World
> > country - dependence on foreign investment, resulting in export of profits
> > and a lessening of the internal surplus available for re-investment;
> > dependence on foreign technology and R&D; high reliance on primary
> > commodities; internal ethnic divisions; an elite that feels more
> > allegiance to the US than to Canadian; etc.
> >
> > Or do I misread Canada?
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > Doug Henwood [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Left Business Observer
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> >
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Feb 1994, bob ages wrote:
> >
> > > I am writing a short piece on Canada's present foreign debt, particularly its c
> > > auses, comparing these with the sources of third world, in particular Mexico's
> > > foreign debt crisis. The issue is whether Canada, as a developed if somewhat di
> > > storted economy, did not face the same unavoidable problems that led to third w
> > > orld debt, ie. our problem is essentially self-inflicted. I would appreciate an
> > > y comments, observations, or suggested sources.
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
