Re: <nettime> Blaming Soros, the Burmese currency crisis

[t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>]

declan@pathfinder.com (Tue 07/29/97 at 12:47 AM -0400):

> It's precisely because of the repressive military rule that 
> the country is one of the 10 poorest in the world, even though 
> it enjoys rich natural resources.

No it's not. It's because they haven't adopted the metric system yet.

Ted
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