05-04-2020, 10:43 PM
Global Economics in Two Lessons
It was said that if
each Chinaman appended
six inches to his shirt, the mills
of Manchester would run
indefinitely. Now we know
when each Mancastrian desires
a shiny phone assembled in
Shanghai the mills of China
run intermittently at best.
As to world-shaking, as
Napoleon predicted, China has
awakened but must learn
to take in each others' washing
instead of taking in
the washing of the world–
to stop its rumblings.
It was said that if
each Chinaman appended
six inches to his shirt, the mills
of Manchester would run
indefinitely. Now we know
when each Mancastrian desires
a shiny phone assembled in
Shanghai the mills of China
run intermittently at best.
As to world-shaking, as
Napoleon predicted, China has
awakened but must learn
to take in each others' washing
instead of taking in
the washing of the world–
to stop its rumblings.
rapidly in just two months.
Non-practicing atheist