From: Paul Cockshott (wpc@DCS.GLA.AC.UK)
Date: Fri Oct 17 2003 - 05:42:27 EDT
Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > > Preobrazhensky discovered what Keynesians would later refer to as the > 'foreign trade multiplier,' or the notion that a small increase in > exports might generate > a multiple expansion of domestic sales or forestall a multiple contraction." > > Rakesh He may have done so, but it is far from clear that he fully understood it from that statement. Nature this week reports that Hutton had formulated natural selection before Darwin, but Huttons formulation lacked the generality and centrality of Darwins. This earlier suggestions of discoveries are interesting, but dont undermine the importance of those who devote the attention to clearly and explicitly bringing the idea to the light of day. -- Paul Cockshott Dept Computing Science University of Glasgow 0141 330 3125
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