On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Jim Devine wrote: > It's no surprise that Angus > Maddison dubs the U.S. in the early 20th century a "heavy protectionist" > country. This strategy of import-substitution was of course successful in > insulating US business from British competition, allowing them to overtake > and exceed Britain (partly for reasons beyond the scope of this note). Jim, if you've written anything on this, I'd love to read it. Michael __________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York [EMAIL PROTECTED]