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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 04:03:36 -0400

At 9:34 PM -0700 on 9/20/02, Mr. FoRK wrote:


> "Free trade and free markets have proven their ability to lift whole
> societies out of poverty"
> I'm not a socio-political/history buff - does anybody have some clear
> examples?

You're probably living in one, or you wouldn't be able to post here.

;-).

Cheers,
RAH

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