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Subject: Re: <nettime> Blaming Soros, the Burmese currency crisis
From: t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>
Date: 29 Jul 1997 07:02:53 +0200


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declan@pathfinder.com (Tue 07/29/97 at 12:47 AM -0400):

> It's precisely because of the repressive military rule that
> the country is one of the 10 poorest in the world, even though
> it enjoys rich natural resources.

No it's not. It's because they haven't adopted the metric system yet.

Ted
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