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| Autor: | pat |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 13/JUN/2003 9:44 AM |
| Assunto: | Re: Why we love English |
| Mensagem: | Yes, it seems you are right. The stats are interesting; Japan has about half the US population and half the production - hence about the same per capita production and incidentally the same per capita consumption. That means they have joined us in our very low per capita savings rate. However, Japan has 1/25 the US landmass, a huge disparity. Our two economies are similar right now: high tech value-added goods from imported materials, but of course Japan must import nearly everything, whereas the US can produce nearly all it's raw material if domestic labor cost drops and imports become expensive. In other words, the Japanese economy is highly fragile and totally dependant on current cirumstances (easy access to fossil fuel), and the US economy base is much more stable and could survive massive changes - IMO. |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Why we love English – André Costa 
11/JUN/2003, 7:48 AM Re: Why we love English – Marina 11/JUN/2003, 9:39 AM Re: Why we love English – mrobertson 11/JUN/2003, 8:36 PM Re: Why we love English – Miguel Vieira 12/JUN/2003, 2:44 PM Re: Why we love English – José Roberto 12/JUN/2003, 3:31 PM Re: Why we love English – pat 12/JUN/2003, 3:50 PM Re: Why we love English – Miguel Vieira 12/JUN/2003, 4:34 PM 
Re: Why we love English – pat 13/JUN/2003, 9:44 AM Re: Why we love English – Giovana 16/JUN/2003, 10:26 PM Re: Why we love English – Miguel Vieira 11/JUN/2003, 10:23 AM Re: Why we love English – Marina 11/JUN/2003, 3:41 PM Re: Why we love English – José Roberto 11/JUN/2003, 9:38 PM Re: Why we love English – Marina 15/JUN/2003, 10:45 AM