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Article #1643Re: Our Anti-Merit System
From: Herman Rubin
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:07
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:07
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In article <8o5iluodvv3ehsndfp1vdk3dc7m45cbb89@4ax.com>, Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote: >"Mark Richards" <markrichards8@hotmail.com> wrote: ................. >But it takes time to build an educated populace and a modern economy >starting with few resources other than manpower. We have one notable exception. Japan, which removed the Shogun in 1868, and embarked on that program, and achieved the goal in about 20 years. Both Mainland China and Taiwan built an educated populace rather quickly, from a society with low literacy. China would have done it earlier, but the war with Japan slowed down the process. Many other countries increased their literacy rapidly, and also moved to a modern economy just by doing it themselves. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 hrubin@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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