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From: jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman)
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Subject: Re: Re: Better DEAD than RED
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 13:29:27 EDT
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> >  ... The type of economy we are talking
> >  about *requires* constant expansion and *external* markets.  Originally
> >  external may have meant the next village/town however eventually a
> >  country's economy reached it's limits ...
> 
> If the internal economies of the Western nations have limits, there is
> no evidence for them in any major economic indicator.  Disregarding
> short-term fluctuations and compensating for inflation, the *internal*
> trade and commerce of the Western nations is monotonic-increasing even
> today, and has been for a number of centuries.  Remember, this is not a
> zero-sum game we are talking about.
> -- 
> 				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
>
 Yes but increasing how fast?  Would we today (without external trade)
 be at a level that we were at 200-300 years ago (with external trade).
 Look at what happens to our economy when for example the US puts a
 tariff on our lumber or hogs or ore.