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Paul C
wrote:
> There might be problems with this as not all the activities
> listed in gdp would be productive labour that would > continue under socialism. > On the other hand, the labour could in principle be
> transfered to other activities without changing the > magnitude of GDP greatly, so you would not be > far out. Right, that was what I was
thinking as well.
(btw, how would 'productive
labor' be defined under socialism?)
Anyway, here are a couple of
estimates:
An estimate of world GDP per
capita for 2001
was US
$7200 (http://www.worldfactsandfigures.com/gdp_country_asc.php
)
An estimate of world income
per capita for 1995
(in 1987 US$) was
$3,535 (http://www.geocities.com/combusem/WORLDGDP.HTM
Not a heck of a lot of
income/capita when looked at on a
global basis.
Seems quite a long way from 'abundance'.
In any event, what would be
mechanisms in which global
inequality could be purposely
reduced among socialist
nations? Would 'unequal
exchange' be required?
In solidarity,
Jerry
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