Carrol Cox wrote:
>I don't see what points (yours or anyone else's) are or are not being
>"proved."
It's widely believed that foreign investment is largely about chasing
low wages. But most FDI is targeted at high-income countries. It's
also widely believed that imperial investment is the sour
Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Not to mention that picking two countries out of a hundred or so says
> absolutely nothing about the data or any analytical technique
> associated with it.
>
> Though the fact that U.S. assets in Norway are 130 times those in
> Nicaragua, and there are 23 times as many
Not to mention that picking two countries out of a hundred or so says
absolutely nothing about the data or any analytical technique
associated with it.
Though the fact that U.S. assets in Norway are 130 times those in
Nicaragua, and there are 23 times as many MNC affiliates there, comes
close
I am curious about the stats you chose. I guessed that you were trying to
show something like the rate of exploitation (ie. that wages were a lower
fraction of assets than income). But there is no clear reason why income
should be a higher fraction of assets than any given expense (like wages)
mea
Lou wrote
>I take the question of development and statistics quite seriously. If Henwood wanted
>to respond to what I wrote, he could have explained why the statistics instead
>revealed some deeper truths about Nicaragua and Norway.
I am curious about the stats you chose. I guessed that you
Lou, I don't think Jim was singling you out. I agree that Doug tweaked
the first with the Lenin barb. Ordinarily, it would've passed without
notice, except that you two have a history. Like I mentioned a minute
ago, nothing outrageous has occurred. Like Jim, I noticed the temperature
rising.
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:33:53 -0700, Devine, James wrote:
>
>getting away from sparring such as the above, it
>seems to me that if one wants to understand the
>concrete condions, it really helps to have
>statistics. Both kinds of analysis seem
>relevant, and can be complementary.
>JD
Let me take t
Why not cool the sparring, to use Jim D.'s expression. Nobody has done
anything terribly provocative so far, but let us keep it that way.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 05:18:55PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote:
> >In other words, if the contemporary statistics
> >don't say what you want them to, turn to
Louis Proyect wrote:>>You'll notice that (D) & (E) are practically the same
for each country. So can you draw any meaningful inferences about whether
the same level of exploitation exists for both countries? Obviously not.
Bottom line, we have to avoid the temptation to do economic analysis based
>In other words, if the contemporary statistics
>don't say what you want them to, turn to Lenin
>instead.
>
>Doug
Better than Lacan.
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[13938] Varga, Eugene And L. Mendelsohn. New Data for Lenin's "Imperialism".
NY: International, 1940. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 322 pgs., very
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to corners, dj lightly rubbed at edges with a few very small te
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