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Old 12-13-2007, 03:44 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DRS112 View Post
yeah, he delivers it pretty well..

But yeah, it was health and economics really....the countries that "liberalized" their trade policies are the ones that grew the fastest as well.
But what hampers a third world's economy is holding debt over their heads like an axe. One of the best arguments for debt forgiveness is that how can a poor country pay debt when that very debt prevents them from earning enough. So if they stay in poverty due to debt then it never gets paid and forgiving the debt costs nothing when all things are considered.
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