If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by
accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in
neoliberalism led to greater equality within nations and among nations?
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 53
Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky wrote:
In fact, the current recipe that the IMF is talking about here is
that, since we have done everything the right way (that is, following
their instructions to the letter), and we are still stagnant if not
in backwards movement, then the problem lies in the psycho
>If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by
>accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in
>neoliberalism led to greater equality within nations and among nations?
>
>--
>Michael Perelman
>Economics Department
>California State University
>Chico, CA 95929
En relación a [PEN-L:2542] Sweatshop and Underpollution Questio,
el 30 Sep 00, a las 16:37, Michael Perelman dijo:
> If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by
> accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in
> neoliberalism led to greater equality withi
En relación a [PEN-L:2571] Sweatshop and Underpol,
el 2 Oct 00, a las 10:06, Keaney Michael dijo:
>
> Now we know the value of great seers such as Chun Doo-Hwan, Suharto,
> Pinochet, and, presumably, other authoritarian (as opposed to
> totalitarian = communist) rulers. Pity the poor Ghanaians
Yes, my voice recognition software is not feeling good today. I am typing
my response.
Brad De Long wrote:
> >If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by
> >accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in
> >neoliberalism led to greater equality within na
>Yes, my voice recognition software is not feeling good today. I am typing
>my response.
>
>Brad De Long wrote:
>
>> >If market forces are supposed to allow poor nations to develop by
>> >accepting sweatshops and pollution, why has the recent upsurge in
>> >neoliberalism led to greater equalit
Brad, this seems to contradict the conventional wisdom. Could you provide a
reference?
Peter
Brad De Long wrote:
> The 1990s *are* the first decade since the start of the industrial
> revolution when world inequality dropped...
>
> Brad DeLong
I have not seen anything that refutes Pritchett, Lant. 1997. "Divergence, Big
Time." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11: 3 (Summer): pp. 3-17.
Also, I don't know if we should cheer if China and India "catch up" if the
bottom 2 quintiles get left behind. I am at fault for mentioning inequality
Brad De Long wrote:
>The 1990s *are* the first decade since the start of the industrial
>revolution when world inequality dropped: the 50% jump in output per
>capita in India and the doubling of output per capita in China in
>the past decade are extremely nice to see...
Milanovic found an inc
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