> >I agree with Louis about the relative meaninglessness of comparing GDPs in >the Third world. > >Jim Blaut Do you mean that you don't believe that material standards of living are higher and childhood mortality rates lower today in India, Botswana, and Egypt than they were in 1975? Or do you mean that you don't care? That real GDP per capita estimates and childhood mortality are not related to anything called "development"? That even though material standards of living are higher and childhood death rates lower, it is still the case that the "great mass of people in the poorer regions of the world are not enjoying any development"? Brad DeLong
