From: "Rosser Jr, John Barkley" <rosserjb-AT-jmu.edu>
Subject: M-I: socialist countries
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 18:11:30 -0500 ()



     Upon thinking the matter over, I realize that on the 
ownership criterion, there are probably some more socialist 
countries out there besides the ones I already listed, some 
of which consciously identify themselves as such.  Two 
obvious additions are Syria and Iraq.  There are also some 
in Africa.
     With regard to Louis Proyect's denial of the role of 
the ending of Soviet aid in the early 90s collapse of the 
Cuban macroeconomy, I would simply note that there was not 
much change in US embargo policy at that time, although 
there has since been a tightening with Helms-Burton.  What 
changed was the cutoff of Soviet aid.  It doesn't take a 
professor of economics to put two and two together and see 
that it was probably the Soviet aid cutoff that triggered 
the tanking.  This obviously has implications for how 
Soviet aid propped up the Cuban economy, despite all of 
Louis's fervent efforts in the Columbia Library seeking 
some numbers to support his story.
Barkley Rosser
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Rosser Jr, John Barkley
rosserjb-AT-jmu.edu




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