"Thanks for linking to that story, Eun-shil. I saw it - and several like it on other news sites - and had planned to post it here as well. You beat me to it!
Such estimates raise any number of questions, but I'll start with a few for those who…"
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Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion New Korea Economic Slice - Aaron McKenzie, "Nurturing SMEs & Fostering a Welfare State: How Much Can Korea Afford?”Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion New Korea Economic Slice - Aaron McKenzie, "Nurturing SMEs & Fostering a Welfare State: How Much Can Korea Afford?”"Stephane,
Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I somehow missed that link in your first post, but it seems we agree on the school lunch matter and perhaps on certain points of the social safety net issue more broadly.
As to SMEs, it's tough to argue…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion New Korea Economic Slice - Aaron McKenzie, "Nurturing SMEs & Fostering a Welfare State: How Much Can Korea Afford?”"Thanks for the link, Eun-shil!"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion New Korea Economic Slice - Aaron McKenzie, "Nurturing SMEs & Fostering a Welfare State: How Much Can Korea Afford?”"Stephane,Thanks for reading and for your comment. A couple questions for you:1) When you say the social safety net needs to be strengthened, do you support including middle and upper-class folks (as in the case of Seoul's lunch program)…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion New Korea Economic Slice - Aaron McKenzie, "Nurturing SMEs & Fostering a Welfare State: How Much Can Korea Afford?”"Ivan and Vince: I agree that China will be involved, for good or for ill, in the reunification of North Korea. And between you, me, and the fence post, I'd be content to let China have North Korea and to let them clean up the mess that will…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion Kim Jong-Il is Dead: What Do You Think? What's Next?"I'm not much of a pugilist, but I have no doubt that if you had put me in a boxing ring with Kim Jong-il, I could have KO'd the hateful old fellow in short order. Hell, just about any of us could have done so: for at least the past five…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion New Korea Economic Slice - Robert Eberenz, "Is Korea Really the Younger Smarter Brother of China?”"Thanks for your concise, thoughtful analysis, Robert. I enjoyed this latest piece. Just a couple quick questions for you:1) What impact do you see Korea's and China's looming population stagnations/declines having on the two countries in…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion Korea Business Central Exclusive Interview - Professor Ha-Joon Chang, "23 Things They Don't Tell You About (Korean) Capitalism""Chang's chapter on education is, to my mind, among his strongest. Mark Twain once famously said, "never let your schooling interfere with your education." The mistake among many people is to equate the latter with the former, and…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion Korea Business Central Exclusive Interview - Professor Ha-Joon Chang, "23 Things They Don't Tell You About (Korean) Capitalism""Steven,My apologies for the late response to your comment; I had my iron in too many fires, it seems, and I lost track of this one.When I started studying the history of Korea's economic rise, I took a view similar to yours - i.e. that an…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion Korea Business Central Exclusive Interview - Professor Ha-Joon Chang, "23 Things They Don't Tell You About (Korean) Capitalism""Reply to Steven's comment below, for which there appears to be no "reply" link:Heck, they can arrive by donkey or dune-buggy for all I care. I don't believe that such an open immigration policy is politically possible, mind you,…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion Korea Business Central Exclusive Interview - Professor Ha-Joon Chang, "23 Things They Don't Tell You About (Korean) Capitalism""It's been a pleasure chatting with you, Vince, but I suppose we should end this line of discussion if you're unwilling to engage even the historical research on the topic. I do wonder, however, why you would enter yourself into the fray of…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion Korea Business Central Exclusive Interview - Professor Ha-Joon Chang, "23 Things They Don't Tell You About (Korean) Capitalism""Actually, even the most anti-immigration of respectable researchers (such as George Borjas) find that immigration into America has reduced the wages of "native" high school dropouts (those most affected by low-skilled immigrants) by, at…"
Aaron McKenzie replied to Steven S. Bammel's discussion Korea Business Central Exclusive Interview - Professor Ha-Joon Chang, "23 Things They Don't Tell You About (Korean) Capitalism""Vince,I'm not sure you understood my argument. I am not denying the success of the countries you mentioned; I am merely identifying them as the outliers they are (and without further research into the matter, I must remain agnostic on whether…"
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CFR: U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula
Posted on June 18, 2010 at 8:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Council on Foreign Relations recently released its Independent Task Force report on U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula (pdf). Unfortunately, the report was completed before the Cheonan incident - not that North Korean belligerence is a new…
Skin in the Game: South Korea & the Cheonan Response
Posted on May 30, 2010 at 10:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making
decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who
pay no price for being wrong."
decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who
pay no price for being wrong."
- Thomas Sowell…
Continue Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 6:00pm on May 17, 2010,
Robert Eberenz said… - Hi Aaron, I like the Idiot's Collective. You've got a sharp wit on your writing style that I like. I'd be interested to learn what you're up to these days and how you got involved with economic development research with the Korea Development Institute...
- At 10:05pm on March 31, 2010,
Steven S. Bammel said… - Thanks. I like your updated profile photo more too. :-)
- At 8:26pm on March 31, 2010, Steven S. Bammel said…
- BTW, I just added your weblog feed to the site. You should see your posts showing up soon. Thanks for sharing that!
- At 8:18pm on March 31, 2010, Steven S. Bammel said…
- Thanks for joining. It's great to have you on the site. I'm looking forward to networking with you.
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