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Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Friday, June 21, 2013

Quote from Activist Terry Evans in Irrawaddy on Burma's Sr Gen Than Shwe and his legacy

Quote from Activist Terry Evans - on Aung Zaw's 10th article on Sr Gen Than Shwe and his legacy - see Irrawaddy -

Terry Evans Friday, May 10, 2013 - 9:43 am

"Both history and economic theory prove conclusively that centrally-planned economies lower the standard of living for everyone except government elites. Historically, centralized economic planning goes hand in hand with hardship and bloodshed – Than Shwe’s legacy will be to see him and his family reviled."

Thanks, Terry, just what I said in my 1994 Ph.D. dissertation.

KMK

KyiMayKaung

Friday, June 21, 2013

Quote from Activist Terry Evans in Irrawaddy on Burma's Sr Gen Than Shwe and his legacy

Tale as old as time--Angela Landsbury--Lyrics by the great Tim Rice.

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