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2010-07-13 Economy

Immigration down by 6% during the crisis

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Wouldn't it be easier to increase the standard of living in third-world toilets?

I'd like to think the standard of living has gone up in Iraq in the last 6-7 years.

Posted by Bobby 2010-07-13 13:10|| 2010-07-13 13:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Wouldn't it be easier to increase the standard of living in third-world toilets?

Yes, yes it would. However, it would likely involve some long very messy programs of offing all the kleptocrats and Kimmies and the cronies they put between themselves and us that operate their own game preserves, usually referred to as sovereign countries. That requires 'will', not the absorption of self doubt.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-07-13 15:29|| 2010-07-13 15:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Most universities in 3rd world countries generate lawyers and bureaucrats, not entrepreneurs. This is partly because one can make money in getting into a gov't position. where one can force people to pay "sma' sma' dash" to get anything accomplished. It is also because most of these universities don't have a lot of resources to produce real scholarship. One African university that a member of our family visited had a library the size of my kitchen. Middle Daughter helped the tech maven from another African university scrounge foreign language educational software for free, because the school had zero budget for it.

Also see this:
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

and look up Hernando de Soto Polar on Wikipedia

Posted by mom 2010-07-13 16:35|| 2010-07-13 16:35|| Front Page Top

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