Louis: > > From the viewpoint of US capital it makes no difference whether it is > >excluded from a capitalist protectionist state or a socialist one. > > Of course it does. A socialist state like Cuba is the threat of a positive > example. Malaysia is just a place that you can't make a fast buck.
Tell that to Intel, whose Malaysian plant made the chip I'm using to write this email http://www.intel.com/jobs/malaysia/sites/ In fact, Malaysian industrialisation has more to do with direct and indirect export subsidies paid to foreign and locally owned firms alike. Not a good example for your case. > You don't think there is much difference between capitalism and socialism? > I don't really know where to start, so I won't... State capitalism and state socialism, from the perspective of workers was what I was talking about. > I don't know about you mean by "free development". Since it's fundamental to Marx's idea of communist society, perhaps you should start thinking about it. >I am much less > ambitious > and would simply like to see the Filipinos that you mentioned avoid the > sort of fate depicted in the documentary God's Children. Who wouldn't? The question is: what is the best development/industrialisation strategy? Modern history is littered with failed examples of ISI, whereas many of the Phillipines' neighours offer examples of successful export-oriented public policies which have little or nothing to do with "protectionism". regards, Grant.
