Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not

Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by marnett on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @01:29AM (#17965774)

American embargoes

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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by acchow on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:46AM (#17966321)

This ignores the Soviet Union and all of it's allies, which did trade amongst themselves but failed regardless.

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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by marnett on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:58AM (#17966372)

I had mostly cuba in mind with this comment

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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by ericd on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @04:52AM (#17966634)

From what I understand, life in the Soviet Union itself wasn't exactly luxurious, even if you weren't one of the unlucky people to be put in a Siberian labor camp.

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