Re: Software manpower exports and the power of governments

[snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>]

On Sun, 18 Aug 1996, Arun Mehta wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, James A. Donald wrote:
> > At 13:23 16/08/96 -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
> > At 06:17 PM 8/17/96 +0600, Arun Mehta wrote:
> > > Look, governments in the 3rd world are often stupid and corrupt
> > > -- no doubt that contributes to poverty, but that isn't the only
> > > reason. I'm sure one of the reasons is cultural: 
> > Was the culture of the refugees who fled to Hong Kong any different
> > from those who failed to escape from Communist China?
> The individual can change far faster than the community, which is why
> immigrants to the US, for instance, do so much better than back home. It

     Of course the individual immigrant doing better in America _could_ have
something to do with the high degree of "class mobility" (note quotes).

> has, in the case of economic matters, to do with attitudes of government,
> the chambers of commerce and all the institutions that influence economic
> policy -- which can take long to change.

     Which falls back on the community "culture" in America. 

Petro, Christopher C.
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