From: "Rosser Jr, John Barkley" <rosserjb-AT-jmu.edu> Subject: M-I: Albania Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:24 -0500 () Petterson and Lindgren have given us an interesting account of what is going on in Albania. I have some questions. What are their sources? How do they know what is going on on the ground? Are they there? If everything is so hunky dory, why are there hundreds of people per day, most of them anti-Berisha, trying to flee to Italy? What did these articles say that the IMF supposedly forced Berisha to rescind? When did the IMF do this? (I find it very hard to believe that the IMF would oppose government guarantees of bank deposits; the US has them). I must note that the hunger for the pyramids of the Albanians did appear extreme compared to anything we have seen anywhere. Two obvious explanations are the extreme poverty in Albania relative to its neighbors and the naivete of the population regarding markets. Readers of this list can figure out for themselves where this was coming from, and it is not something inherent in the Albanians themselves as a people, but more likely the history of their country over the last several decades. Barkley Rosser -- Rosser Jr, John Barkley rosserjb-AT-jmu.edu --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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