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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (6398)10/10/2001 10:25:03 AM
From: goldsnow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 23908
 
Russia too used to boast "the biggest economy in the socialist world" >>>

That was Soviet Union....in addition to the collapse of Soviet Empire , GDR (German Democratic Republic) "merged" with FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)...You are not stipulating that Syria, Jordan, Egypt are merging again?



To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (6398)10/10/2001 12:51:22 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 23908
 
Any economy that takes in $6+ billion in annual foreign aid (5% of GDP!!!) must be doing something wrong. Or should I say doing something right? -g-

Tom