[MD] Neoconservatism

[Platt Holden]

Khaled:

> http://www.thenation.com/doc/20011231/greider

Thanks for the reference. I notice it's an article in a left-wing 
publication written 5 years ago when the author predicted that . . .

"The coming economic crunch will likely be horrendous for millions of 
Mexicans and ought to inspire a progressive mobilization in the United 
States."

Neither the "economic crunch" or the "progressive mobilization" has 
come to pass. From Wikipedia comes the latest economic news about 
Mexico:

"According to the World Bank, Mexico ranks 12th in the world in regard 
to GDP and has the fourth per capita income in Latin America; and it is 
firmly established as an upper middle-income country. Since the 
economic crisis of 1994–1995 the country has made an impressive 
economic recovery. According to the director for Colombia and Mexico of 
the World Bank, the population below the poverty level has decreased 
from 24.2% to 17.6% in the general population and from 42% to 27.9% in 
rural areas from 2000-2004."

Looks to me like the idea that work Mexicans used to do has moved to 
China is -- to put it kindly -- exaggerated. 

Platt