At 10:28 AM 9/14/99 -0700, Jim Devine wrote: >According to the US ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT, 1999, Table B-105, >total imports from non-Industrial countries in the first 3 quarters of 1998 >(at an annual rate) equaled 414.9 billion US$, which is more than 45 >percent of total US imports. Is that $415b the value of the imports at their wholesale or retail value? If the former, the thousand or so percent markup at retail will generate what, some $4,000 billion in profits for the capitalist class in the US, no? wojtek
