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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (42856)	3/1/2001 10:48:06 AM
From: Ian@SI	Respond to of 70976

Ot to Katherine, Perhaps it's your cultural bias that is showing. 1. My comments weren't specific to the US, or its specific tradeoffs between economic growth and a social contract. 2. My comments, observations and beliefs are that all members of society benefit most in those countries with the strongest economies. The corollary is that the poorest people in those countries with the weakest economies suffer the most. Specifically, they have least access to education, shelter, food, healthcare or most things that a typical North American, West European, Australian, etc. takes for granted. 3. It seems to me that those countries with developed economies that seem to emphasize the social contract the most, actually deliver the least. 4. Those countries with the least developed economies are even worse off. If attempting to judge an economic model based upon access to food, shelter, education and healthcare makes me culturally biased, so be it. regards, Ian.