Yoshie, you are not the only one that has been pestering Paul. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
-----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yoshie Furuhashi Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 7:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] HDI, GNP and the PPP factor >Indeed, it has been a little noticed trend that today most of the >World Bank's 'public relations' type documents, most human >development related documents, and most documents arguing for the >success of the neo-liberal project use PPP *and only* PPP. Even >where there findings would be utterly reversed by the once standard >method. Even the introductory chapter to the World Bank's flagship >statistical publication (cited above) uses ONLY the more favorable >(and yet artificially constructed) version. Even the Human >Development Index we have been discussing presents ONLY one version >- and this radically changes many stated conclusions. It is not, as >if the "actual" National Income Accounts are not used in other >environments where that method would be more favorable to the Bank >or the IMF's policy objectives. Indeed in some cases - such as >those involving debt negotiations, foreign investment, or sectoral >policies promoting the private sector, it appears (by purely casual >observation) that *only* the non-PPP version appears. > >Paul Paul, why don't you put together your notes on the PPP factor that you've posted here and publish it as an article for the general audience? -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/> * Calendars of Events in Columbus: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html>, <http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/> * Student International Forum: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/> * Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio> * Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/>
