Movie About Globalization

[Lawrence of Arabia]

the difference is still over 50%. getting rid of the permit raj increased average GDP growth by 50%. thats huge.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia

That's why most people outside of America oppose merchandisation of education and culture.

they pay lipservice to it, and then consume it like no other. just look at the french. always *****in "americans have no culture, mcdonalds is not culture, blah blah, jeans arnt culture" and yet you wear american jeans and eat at mcdonalds like no other.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_mcd_res_percap-food-mcdonalds-restaurants-per-capita

Number of McDonald's restaurants per capita:

1. America, 0.433 per 10,000
[…]
16. France, 0.141 per 10,000

Like 'no other', eh ?

BTW, how does buying a Big Mac when you go out of a night club entails being in favor of 'merchandisation' of culture (music, film, theater) ?

most people outside of america do not oppose the merchandisation of culture because they consume so much of it. if they opposed it, france wouldnt need to try to put tariffs on hollywood films, or creat their own google book project run by the state . . .

Who said that opposing merchandisation of culture equates not consuming any of it ?

Ask the peoples of the world — do you wish that American movies were the only ones on display ?

You'd get a resounding 'yes', wouldn't you ?

That's why we should beware of tyranny : the UNESCO convention on culture has been signed by a secret cabal of leaders that went against the wishes of their people.

Thank the US and Israel for showing the true way.

[Ecthy]

LoA: monocausal logic on the Indian economy? Last time I checked there were also geopolitical changes around 1990. Also, who's to say economic growth wasn't already on the upswing during the 80s? Those "statistics" you're citing are extremely sketchy

[Dinner]

Originally posted by LordShiva


I'm actually surprised the average growth rate before 1991 wasn't more like 3%.

And most recently, as the economy has been liberalised even more, growth has climbed well above 6.28%. It was 9.5% last year.

BBC is reporting that everyone expects India to average around 8% for the next decade due to increased liberalization of the economy. It seems reforms do indeed work if fully implemented and given a chance.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Thought wrong. I've always been a free marketeer though I do believe the government has an obligation to even out opportunities and improve the lives of its citizens with in reason. Thus I am a Democrat; a Clinton Democrat.

I meant with this post specifically.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Oerdin


BBC is reporting that everyone expects India to average around 8% for the next decade due to increased liberalization of the economy. It seems reforms do indeed work if fully implemented and given a chance.

True.

They haven't been fully implemented yet, though

[Drake Tungsten]

Why is Fake Boris trying to speak for France? He's not French; he's some inbred hick who can't even pronounce "quinze" correctly...

[Lawrence of Arabia]

LoA: monocausal logic on the Indian economy? Last time I checked there were also geopolitical changes around 1990. Also, who's to say economic growth wasn't already on the upswing during the 80s? Those "statistics" you're citing are extremely sketchy

which geopolitical changes?
the biggest change was the liberalization of the indian market. period. and GDP growth since 1990, when the liberalization started, is 50% higher than in the preceding 28 years. its pretty clear that when occured in 1990 has everything to do with the increase in GDP growth.