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Saturday MIRACLE

By Wendell W. Solomons

3,000 word alert of 28 July 1992 Moscow News and chief economist of the World Bank

These shared owned holding public assets, such as the lifetime savings of engineers, doctors, teachers, technicians and other workers. In the particular case of the sale these assets in private hands, careful calculation is like the loss of the savings of working men and women to minimize required. Causing group Insolvency and ethnic division is avoided.

Alienation of joint ownership of public assets to legal persons also requires the development of civil and corporate law, the development of courts and the training of lawyers included.

If a failed approach Hey Presto, someone else would have the old subsidize the incomes and pensions of more than 300 million people, young and, while courses in auditing, accounting and finance, Marketing, management, business administration, banking, insurance and commercial law are taught …

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This account begins in the vicinity of the Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker in Leo Tolstoy Street. Near him, in a parking lot, where Foreigners park their cars, were men who try to achieve their miracle.

Something rare for Moscow, had the night the temperature fell to 38 degrees below freezing. Dramatic, colorful American, British, French and German-owned Citroen, Ford, Peugeot, Volkswagen and Volvo refused to start. Winter had turned to foreign cars in discouraging heap of metal.

Few of the foreigners, who remarked on the first morning, a man at work. He had a tray down with glowing coals, a saving of a summer picnic under the motor of his maroon Volvo … He knew he could help to warm the engine oil light, the pistons slide in the cylinders. A Briton had the know-how for his wonderful work of the Service as a man in Norway.

Many people are looking for a miracle to avoid further congestion, the price rises and turmoil in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Reflecting on figures he had seen in July 1992, U.S. President George Bush expressed had it his way: "I do not know if it solve enough money in the world to Russia's economy."

Everyone has their miracle worker know-how. Matthew XV-14 Alerts

"If and when the blind lead the blind, both in the pit."

To be greater social miracle which could be used expertise? May we have a view of Asia? The spirituality of modern Europe emerged in Asia Nazareth …

STAR THE EAST

Asiaweek magazine's editors saw it and took our great socio-economic problem to 24 July 1992. They had an observation on existing expertise in the East make

"China's leaders know what can happen when the prices rise too fast. She wrote the book on creating zones of special economic zones as laboratories for market-based reforms that the country can be used for rest then. "

And in the east of China, Japan – to study its star experience and American companies. There was a century ago, Japan began the intensive search for know-how. In the inceptional promise Office in 1868, the Japanese rulers, the association began several Japanese sites explains –

"Knowledge is to be searched for in the world, so that the best interests of the Empire may be promoted. "

With a need to take several provinces Shoguns and unite Japan, led The 16-year-old Emperor Meiji to early investigation and emulation of the practices in Europe.

Between the ages of Pythagoras and Newton, although many people in the hinterland were blocked, Europe served as a testing ground for an Asian ethos. It was challenged to a detachment that was his and cosmopolitan. Because of this ethos established Western Europe did not see Saturn Thor's day and day of the week nor glorifies the wisdom of the Stoic hermit who is detached from the world. The elucidation of the solitary Hermit came from the "folly" predicted in the 1st I/17-29 Corinthians, for example, by a prayer exemplified replaced Our Father which contains neither lonely "I" or "Me".

In East Asia, Japan had emerged as the popular transition to the Age of Enlightenment. And in 1890, universal Primary education was adopted as Japan's goal. Thanks to the study of Europe's success in education, Japan had begun life in relation to the progress of community opinion centered and community involved in Europe. Remarkably, the emperor tried to Japanese aid for not only the extent of the storm and typhoon-stricken islands of volcanic origin To prepare, but the entire world as a treasure trove of cosmopolitan competence, from which the choice and better to strip national handicap.

What was the result this experiment?

How easy it is for us a century leap forward. . . We hear a report that Japan's trade surplus with the rest of the World increased by 50%, in the first six months of 1992 compared with the previous year. the United States – More than a third of the same trade surplus was at the expense of another country, which inherited the right won in the Age of Enlightenment.

But we know that the face of the Japanese archipelago of four main islands, hilly and several thousand others, added, few in the field of each U.S. state of California.

While the little David grew up, which made the larger nation?

STAR IN THE WEST

U.S. soldier-President Dwight D. Eisenhower knew ahead of the need. He had this to say: "Our real problem is not our strength today, it is rather the vital necessity of action today ensure our strength tomorrow. "

Earlier, as commander of Allied forces during the war, Eisenhower to President Franklin D. Roosevelt responded, knowing that the challenge of leadership in the broad range of national and international. He had said, defending "We, and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for the whole Mankind. "

It says more about his vision, if we learn that Roosevelt with the claim, so different from what was heard thought the mercantilist –

"The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We can now return the temples of the ancient truths."

And on the other side of the American political divide Roosevelt's Republican colleagues showed a relationship are on tour, when he was in Moscow during the war Emissary of the President agreed to visit. He, Wendell L. Willkie, a major advantage from the combination of power, the productivity in this paradoxical way

"It is weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong be. "

Although "money changers" and the "productive" in contrast for the generation of the two leaders were, different Events to follow. America – privileged child of the Age of Enlightenment – had become Japan's occupying forces had broken Japan's leading business interests. At the same time were the equivalent of U.S. businesses and rich.

What more than a chance to enjoy this happiness?

Influential American households had the kind of money that many would have envied fate of an old European principality inherited. The head of U.S. households have now in the applause of the Muses invest and ways to bypass and a new problem – the headaches of management.

One of the ways that it was exempt from that headache Milton Friedman. His monetarism, if we focus on a brief encyclopedia entry, promoting economic growth through the regulation of money supply in the economy. Innovation, Productivity and economic strength followed automatically – they were not to interfere with America's new leadership.

What was entered in official thinking a sense a throwback to the 17th and 18 Century mercantilist France and England. These writers support mercenary, merchant houses and colonial despot through economic growth alone look at the interface for the exchange of traders' goods, and particularly in the negotiations on the money of the day, gold coins and gold bullion. English playwright Thomas Dekker (1572-1632) had declared in exaggeration –

"A mask of gold hides all deformities."

Both mercantilist and monetarists gave comfort and reassurance to the pursuit of monetary wealth to say that they were used on the Internet, the basic levers of life. These Fetish was widely projected by TV at the present time, it took the United States with fever remarkably like that of King Midas, who coveted the Golden Touch, until he began to turn his food and his loved ones in cold gold.

Spellbound by the projection of the glitter as the beginning of monetarism, U.S. productivity drops after the war. The families that had developed in the U.S. heir in wealth circumstances in life when they achieved from America innovators themselves. to illustrate the gap between the planners of the U.S. business strategy and innovators, we take only one example.

Sony bought the rights to use the transistor from a U.S. company for $ 25,000. Innovation after innovation has been by the Japanese consumer electronics industry, which by the American companies have in the domestic market in America's radios, tape recorders, TV, high-quality used Stereo and Video.

In two rather famous article published in 1983 in the ATLANTIC REVIEW, said the Harvard University Robert B. Reich said the trend and

"More than 65 percent of all seats on the boards of Japanese industrial companies of people as engineers designed to be occupied, roughly the same percentage of seats on American boards are made by people trained in law, finance or accounting. Thus, in Japan, many Problems that arise in the economy, the problems of engineering or science often be found for the technical solutions … "

"Paper entrepreneuralism is both cause and consequence of the faltering economy in America. Paper profits are the only available to professional managers, the top of organizations for a Form of production that is no longer appropriate to sit America's place in the world economy developed in isolation … "

"Paper entrepreneuralism thus has a self-perpetuating quality that, if left unchecked, back to the nation will continue to drive. "

Just before the alarm sounded Robert Reich Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman had brought out a book, "In Search of Excellence," which focused on a better organization. Her book was common in the U.S. industry read and celebrated. Some companies went out to a more rational organization focus, Motorola and IBM as examples. Nevertheless, the general pattern remained unchanged. American wealth had fallen into a leadership position, but his lead was abdication.

Finally, due to the mercantilism of the everyday U.S. trade policy was to reduce friction to SONY, HONDA, SANYO, YKK and other Japanese companies began to reduce the transport of factories in the United States and became a U.S. workforce . Manage

1. Sun avoidance had begun again. Famous author HG Wells had once remarked: "Every time Europe looks across the to see the Atlantic to American Eagle, they noticed only the back end of an ostrich. "

EXPERTISE FOR MIRACLES

If we try to measure the gross national product (GNP) in current dollars, we see Japan's per capita GNP increased from about $ 50 for the year 1945 the number of $ 27,000 for the year 1992. Japan has overtaken the United States ($ 22,000), Canada ($ 21,000), Germany ($ 21,000), France ($ 21,000). If you try it work find that, on average Japan of its GNP in current prices rose during the last 47 years at 14.3% per year (this number as a constant attempt on your computer when you not have a computer handy). Who else has such a development know-how?

Philip Kotler, a prominent US-marketeer, provided a useful analysis. Not for it paper or peddler "capitalism. It analyzes marketing follow-oriented, modern industrial production. His own words next.

Target sectors

Japan's need to build the nation back to its balance of payments control, creating the exports and the economy to maintain healthy, led Japan to consider Selection of specific industries targeted for growth … The aim of the industry is simply an industry that Japan as a worthy, what support is considered necessary to there is a strong domestic industry and help it become and remain competitive identified in the international arena.

The propeller-like Japanese Government

During 1949-55, Japan, the institutional instruments together, they were catapulted into the economic cycle big league. Without question was the central Person in this institutional structure MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry), which was established in 1949. Even the title is significant. The inclusion of international Carry trade is an indication of Japanese intentions, agents against the exploitation of international markets.

MITI worked closely with many other public authorities notably the Treasury and the Japan Development Bank.

The focus of the MITI roles are separate though related elements

1. Setting objectives and priorities for the Japanese economy

2. The development of the economic (physical) and institutional (commercial) infrastructure

3. Select target industries

4. Funneling the capital necessary for target industries and specific companies

5. Nurses target industries to maturity

6. The development of remedies for all forms of competition within the Japanese economy regulate

7. Controlling the flow of foreign investment in Japan

8. Managing the institutional environment.

Mainly through the auspices of MITI, Japan has a number of industries, for the designated development and maintenance. These sectors were supported by financial, tax funded and Technology and were protected from foreign competition in the domestic market … (Philip Kotler's written with co-authors in full in the Executive's Digest World, September 1985.)

Marketing INDUSTRY AND foreign subsidies

As with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan as marketing-driven industry is developed, Eastern Europe and the Community certain advantages compared Independent States – and some disadvantages. Consider the benefits first –

(A) These countries already have a developed science-teaching More potential than what Japan did South Korea or Taiwan. Some states also have more scientists, engineers, technicians and skilled workers;

(B) Some states have much more foreign language specialists and country concerns as Japanese and other foreign trade began, most countries also share common geographic and cultural boundaries away with many others for fast, cross-border trade.

(C) most countries have more natural resources.

Last but hardly least –

(D) In many of these countries, Marx, with several generations of rabbis in his ancestry, contributed a strong community, "We." In the Modern Japan in the factory promoted a community spirit to fight the alienation that plagues American industrial sociology. So Japan could turn every day in the Factory in a teach-in to increase productivity and mutual success. People who play a major role happened in the development of Japanese participative management Kaoru Ishikawa, and include several activists who link together in the Tokyo-based Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers. They recognize the debts of the U.S. statistician W. Edwards Deming of New York University, who contributed in 1950 to Japan's participatory quality management system. In this context, and finally the work of many North Americans such as William Ouchi (UCLA) and Olga Crocker (Windsor), the Japanese have studied participatory management at a technical level in the current literature and would be valuable in selecting suitable expertise, the historic challenge.

The list of disadvantages of these peoples is long. In order not tired and she has the task, let's take a look to the solution of two terms in the agenda.

(1) These countries have to evolve to marketing. For many engineers workshop, this requires going back to the class-room. The existing system in which the engineers were working on the macro-control of production and distribution. Nevertheless, would far more than market for occupational training Personnel may be required. For example, wholesale business on a nationwide scale, the creation of companies, partnerships and sole proprietorships needed for merchandising, retail, storage, handling and trucking, both for home and export. Keep in mind that such transactions can not develop without the expensive injection of fixed and working capital occur after the development of the commercial banks due to lack of Venture Capital, also an operation with the World Bank.

(2) These countries that stand to private property. If a large amount of assets was stripped in another country with a market economy would be a prudent Timing of professional money managers are used to not press suddenly at market value.

Although the term state capitalism does not exist in academic Discussion, this power in these countries do not belong to a huge business tycoons. These common ownership of public assets, hold, for example, the Life savings of engineers, doctors, teachers, technicians and other workers. In the particular case of the sale of these assets in private hands, careful calculation is so the loss of the savings of working men and women to minimize required. Causing Bankruptcy and ethnic group distribution is avoided. Alienation the common ownership of public assets (obshestvennaya sobstvennost '), to legal persons also requires the development of civil and corporate law, the development of courts and the training of lawyers included. If a Hey-Presto approach failed, someone else would have to subsidize the income and pensions of more than 300 million people, young and old, men and women, while courses in auditing, accounting and finance, marketing, management, Business, banking, insurance and commercial law are taught, and while macro planned factories, farms, land, apartments, hospitals, universities and schools, which are assessed by auditors at market prices or by a process of redistribution of savings in these assets themselves, and sold the buyers.

Although activated resulting in significant foreign buyers of factories and establishments, national output would be at least at the present level Continue to leave others a bill for subsidies from the outside? There were suspicions about the size, the annual subsidy bill was and as we know, from July 1992 U.S. President George W. Bush put it this way: "I do not know if it solve enough money in the world to Russia's economy."

In the case where failure would be a Big-Bang-operation in continental Europe and Asia to overthrow a subsidy bill on cities such as Rome, Vienna, Bonn, Paris, London, Dublin, Glasgow, Madrid, Lisbon, Brussels, The Hague, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo. Now barely noticed, land barriers gradually faded. This has several these cities no more than a week, on the road from the church of St. Nicholas miracle worker, patron saint of Moscow. It is called Santa Claus Saint Nick in the west of children, through the chimney meets as many Christmas wish miraculously true. Well, if you are a mom or dad want to happen for a miracle in the vicinity of this church, should The star of the East or the Star of the West for your route?

History of the document

Published in Colombo by Rev.. Graeme WM Muckart the Church of Scotland in July 1992.

Text sent by Wendell W. Solomons to Lawrence Summers, chief economist of IBRD Colombo Metalix by private agency to Washington Post Fax 580 721 IBRD Fax 202-4776391 28th July 1992.

Telex on the first loop material begun, TW 886-2-7761549 and faxes of May.

Communications Solomons received from IBRD by Wendell W.

(A) courier package of documents, DHL, Truck Air Invoice No 756176536 744556072 PLC, 7th August 1992, the abbot sent by Etienne Pierart,: 824, Div: 11, Room: 0-4137, The World Bank.
(B) Letter of the same date under the signature of Etienne Pierart.
(C) letter of 30 November 1992 Reference Number: D28811 (3), 19/10/1992, by the World Bank under the signature Julita RS Main.

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