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Re: Economic development = progress?
- To: PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: Economic development = progress?
- From: Rich Wagner <rwagner6@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:47:14 -0700
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I am looking for what pen-l thinks these two words mean and if they are connected. I am under the impression that technology and ideology have a supportive ( dialectically) role but am looking for more thoughts
On 6/21/07, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
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- The Record of the Newspaper of Record (The NY Times),
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Louis Proyect Thu 21 Jun 2007, 18:35 GMT
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