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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (14583)12/9/2004 9:37:01 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (2) of 20773
 
<The USSR went bankrupt. That was brought it down. >

Don't think it is nonsense. Why do bankruptcies occur? Because of the inability to have revenue cover the bills. Under the collective farm system it is thought that up to 10% of the wheat grown blew off the back of the trucks and ended up along the road. It is well known that other collectives frequently ballooned reports of their productivity (because the abysmal controls they had on inventory and inability to produce effectively). All of these are elements of efficient utilization of resources. They kept up with us militarily at 5.6% of GDP as opposed to 3% - yikes! That's like a company producing widgets at almost twice the cost of their main competitor.

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Country ME1989* ME1999* ME/GNP% ME/AF**
US 382000 281,000 3 189000
China 54400 88900 2.3 37000
Japan 36200 43200 1 180000
France 43500 38900 2.7 92400
UK 48300 36500 2.5 167000
Russia/USSR 381000 35000 5.6 38900
Germany 42900 32600 1.6 98500
Italy 23200 23700 2 60600
Saudi 18400 21200 14.9 112000
Taiwan 7520 15200 5.2 41000
S Korea 9220 11600 2.9 17400
India 7720 11300 2.5 8670
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