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Re: Economic development = progress?
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- Subject: Re: Economic development = progress?
- From: Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:35:51 -0700
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On 6/21/07, Rich Wagner <rwagner6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is economic development progress? Is it a function of technology or
ideological institutions (or both)? Any thoughts?
how do you define "economic development"? and "progress"? there's no
way to answer this kind of question without answering these questions.
back when I did economic development econ, people tended to mutter "it
may be growth, but it's not development." yeah, but...
--
Jim Devine / "The price one pays for pursuing any profession or
calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin
- Thread context:
- Re: Human Relations, Homeland Security, and Walmart, (continued)
- Benchmarks,
Michael Perelman Fri 22 Jun 2007, 01:35 GMT
- Economic development = progress?,
Rich Wagner Thu 21 Jun 2007, 22:15 GMT
- Michael J. Smith reports on debate about supporting Democrats (very witty),
Louis Proyect Thu 21 Jun 2007, 22:04 GMT
- The Record of the Newspaper of Record (The NY Times),
Leigh Meyers Thu 21 Jun 2007, 19:30 GMT
- British farming and market imperatives,
Louis Proyect Thu 21 Jun 2007, 18:35 GMT
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