Re: An oasis on the moon?

From: Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal_at_org.trash)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:30:10 GMT

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:21:01 +0100, in a place far, far away, "Ool"
<ulrich.schreglmann@t-online.de> made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

>"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> wrote in message news:423148e2.989476321@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...
>
>>>And since then, more than a few countries have acquired (sometimes by
>>>painful experience) some clues about how not to arrange their economies.
>
>> Yes, but unfortunately, not enough. Certainly the Norks, and Cuba,
>> are still clueless. As, in many ways, are the French and Germans,
>> though nowhere near as badly.
>
>
>Ah, "the American Way of Life shall bring salvation to the world,"
>shan't it?
>
>The only reason why this lack of a social infrastructure was working
>so far was because America was the land of opportunity. And it was
>that because it was mostly empty and pristine, with lots of resources
>as of yet untapped. People who felt trapped yet were resourceful
>could simply try their luck elsewhere.

Yes, I guess that would explain Hong Kong and Japan's success as well.

<rest of economic ignorance snipped>

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