Comments on: How rich countries got rich, and why poor countries stay poor

By: Arindam

Arindam — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:07:11 +0000

Bad Samaritans can be downloaded (as a rar archive, which contains a pdf file) at:

http://depositfiles.com/en/files/v3e9i9epg

also:

http://rapidshare.com/files/205120526/1596913991_-_Bad_Samaritans__28Chang_29.rar

(Other links available at:

http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks/Politics_Sociology/Bad_Samaritans_The_Myth_of_Free_Trade_and_the_Secret_History_of_Capitalism.html )

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I couldn’t find Erik Reinert’s book online except in a format for the disabled:

http://www.archive.org/details/howrichcountries00rein

However, the article of his which preceded the book, (which answers the first question – how the rich countries got rich ) can be downloaded at:

http://www.sum.uio.no/pdf/publications/working-and-occasional-papers/wp-2004-reinert.pdf

Hope that helps.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 25 May 2011 09:01:52 +0000

I’m afraid not, both on the shelf in clunky hardback.

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 25 May 2011 05:20:36 +0000

Arindam, thanks.

Wonder if you have this book .. “How rich countries got rich, and why poor countries stay poor” and another one: “Bad Samaritans : The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity” in pdf or whatever formats?

Thanks
andrew

By: id iot

id iot — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:27:20 +0000

it is a combination of the climate of a given region locally and the human population individually and globally.
ultimately or perhaps basically all a country needs for sucess is to be able to feed the people within its borders from within its borders.
this very rarely suffices however and indeed many countries with such innate ability fail to acheive it and many without such capability acheive sucess beyond their means.
this is down to us:
funny how it is easier to build cars in coventry than tripoli yet libya has all the oil
funny how i’d rather live in a tent and drink tea than slave 12 hours building cars each day
no surprise who ends up better off though
love thy neighbour – not

By: Arindam

Arindam — Sat, 08 May 2010 08:31:51 +0000

Yes, greater public familiarity with anarchism would be valuable in dealing with many contemporary problems. Two good sites for anarchist texts are:

Anarchy Archives.
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/

They Lie We Die.
http://www.theyliewedie.org/ (En Français)
http://www.theyliewedie.org/ressources/biblio/index-en.php (In English)

(Personally, I’d recommend the writings of Peter Kropotkin).

Veblen’s works are not the easiest to find. If you’re interested in his books, just send me an e-mail and I’ll happily provide some of them in pdf format.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:53:09 +0000

Yes, and there’s actually some pretty significant differences between each of those sub-schools. Thanks for pointing that out.
The anarchist branch of socialism is something that is ready to be rediscovered I reckon, in the context of re-localization perhaps. And with something of a re-brand. Both anarchism and socialism have lost their meanings along the way.

By: Arindam

Arindam — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:48:33 +0000

Quote: “There are two main schools of economic thought, capitalism and marxism”

Actually, it might be more accurate to say that the two main schools of economic thought are capitalism and socialism, and that each has two branches. On the capitalist side there is international free-trade capitalism (neoliberalism) and national, protectionist capitalism (economic nationalism). On the socialist side there is ‘scientific socialism’ (Marxism) and ‘utopian’ socialism (Anarchism).

Each branch has its key theorist: Adam Smith in the case of neoliberalism, Friedrich List for economic nationalism, Karl Marx for ‘scientific’ socialism, and Thorstein Veblen for utopian socialism.

Of the four, I believe Veblen is most relevant.

By: kezia o maken

kezia o maken — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:26:09 +0000

im a student of economics and i knw that africa is the future food supply for the world so guys out the are planning big jeremy wha you say is current bt future tends to be unpredictable

By: Yves Ekoué Amaïzo

Yves Ekoué Amaïzo — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:18:45 +0000

Hi Jeremy, Africa has now established a Coalition for Dialogue on Development (March 2009). Firt conference 28 Nov 2009 on financial crisis… I am one of the consultant and will contribute to influence th forthcoming “africa’s own model”… But any support is welcome. Yves. YEA

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:49:59 +0000

Thank you Yves, I think you’re right, and I look forward to seeing Africa develop its own model over the coming years.