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Re:The Secret History of Kim Jung Il -- written by one of hi... by RyanMcGreal on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @07:18AM (#3373135)
Russian life expectancy plummeted in the decade after the fall of communism. Don't downplay the extreme difficulty of transitioning from a command economy to a functioning liberal market economy.
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Re:The Secret History of Kim Jung Il -- written by one of hi... by dinkumthinkum on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @12:16PM (#3374205)
Russia and North Korea are completely different. I don't think North Korean life expectancy has very far to plummet.
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Re:The Secret History of Kim Jung Il -- written by one of hi... by tikhonj on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @07:20PM (#3375819)
Thank you, that's exactly my point: since the government isn't doing much anyhow, going over to a different system is almost definitely going to be an improvement.
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