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Re: question for the list



I would assume the redistribution of state property to private ownership that occurred in Russia in the 90s exceeded the US experience. Moscow now has more billionaires than New York. It used to have zero.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 21:20:16 -0700
Subject: [PEN-L] question for the list

>
> Writing about the transfer of wealth to the rich in the US, would it be fair to say,
> "United States has witnessed in recent decades what is probably largest transfer of
> wealth and income in the history of the world -- larger than what occurred during the
> Russian or Chinese revolutions."
>



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