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[Louis VI the Fat]

The bit of Malawi where i lived was specifically designed to replicate a 1920's public school, which was more than a little odd to the hippy generation of teachers that worked there in the 80's. However, it was far from being a piece of little-england-in-spain expat mentality, rather it was a place of intense learning that turned kids who'd never seen a toilet into the future generation of of educated and professional administrators. When we arrived the school was taught by a faculty that 95% white english, today it is 95% black Malawian. That is REAL development success created by my father of which he is rightly proud. A bit OT i know, but since you brought it up my african past i thought i should enlighten you.

The British presence in Africa has had many benefits. A blessing as often as a curse.


Here's hoping the British Conservatives will be as succesful in educating and civilizing the Polish and Latvian natives! (And please not the other way round...)

[gaelic cowboy]

The British presence in Africa has had many benefits. A blessing as often as a curse.


Here's hoping the British Conservatives will be as succesful in educating and civilizing the Polish and Latvian natives! (And please not the other way round...)

I am so glad you came here to civilise me NOT

Hm.. this is hard to reply, because it is a vast majority of things, yet, there is basically nothing good with a service economy, thus is it easier to ask "What is right with a service economy".

Whats wrong with a service economy absolutely nothing my boy whats wrong with a manufacturing economy same answer this theory that certain economies are somehow better or holier or differant is silly.

Far as I can tell goods or time are sold and someone else pays to avail of it its not a service economy its just the economy.

Your statement the their is nothing good with a service economy smacks of the fad in thinking that has sprung up now when Britain and the US is down the ladder a bit.

You cant export you way to wealth you can try but all that happens is your economy becomes dependant on someone else's economy you effectively become a parasite.

Parasite's cannot live without a host for long if you wish to grow your economy then you must spend money on goods and services which are 7 times out of ten going to be goods in your own economy.

While export economis like Germany are well able to contine good growth they do not try to really grow because no one spends and no one can easily set up a small business. This situation is perfectly fine if your people are fine with a certain standard of living but the excess money goes somewhere it doesnt stay in the bundesbank thats the nature of the system.

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