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To: TobagoJack who wrote (2854)	12/26/2005 6:01:57 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217669

Memory of a past economic situation makes countries worse off. This is important! Americans lived long time witht he memory of recession. Germans lived decades with the hiper-inflation. Europeans, in general, lived long enough with the memory of famine and dependence on outsiders for food an raw materials. In Brazil, during the WWII, couldn't get the industrialized imports and suffered and decided to industrialize by any means. Those memories of past economic situations keep hamopering economies. Before that Brazil lived only from the land. hides, sugar, coffee, gold diamonds and natural rubber. All had been a cycle of great wealth. a whole bunch of economists theorize about terms of trade and developing countries decided to force-feed industrailization. Today we still have all the possibilitis of living off the land bu efficient agricultural and mining. We are now retiring to it. Agribusiness and mining -with the service sector on top of it- are again being the engine of the economy. We should leave industry for the ones who can do it more efficient than us and concentrate on what we are better. Produce food, raw materials and bio energy. Let the Chinese transform stuff. When they need raw materials they have to come to us. When they need to spend their money on food, we can supply them. They can't produce food as efficient and with the same level of quality that we do. So they should not waste their time trying like OECD countries do using subsidies.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (2854)	12/28/2005 8:33:57 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217669

TJ, I know of two companies, one of which moved production from Australia and New Zealand to Idaho and another which is moving [or maybe has moved] production from China to Japan. As currencies grind and grate against each other and demands and costs shift and political effects rotate there will be a continuing move in this and that direction, each looking to raise their level as opportunities present themselves and exigencies force moves. < have been working on a big deal where the end result is that complete r&d, total engineering, and yet more manufacturing of client will be shut down elsewhere and established in brian's ancestral homeland, because the center of gravity of the entire industry has shifted and will continue to shift. > All moves are not to China, surprise surprise. Meanwhile, did you see that China continues to suppress a 74 year old man who says sars was covered up and that the Tienanmen dramas need to reviewed and openly discussed. Meanwhile, umpty million peasants and others wanting opportunity to join the rising tide to get their level up to the level of others are to be denied. Where is Chairman Mao when you need him? Such a high voltage and gap is likely to lead to a spark. Lightning strikes are not good for peace, light, harmony, happiness, health, ...etc . Being an international expert on geopolitical electrical engineering and financial relativity theory, I can say that China is not in the slightest positioned to take over leadership of much of anything yet, though the trends are reasonable enough and far better than the Maoistic maelstrom of bygone egalitarianism [giggle - not for the leaders of course]. Mqurice