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Originally Posted by RanaldoNecro

You make some good points.

Here is somthing I have been thinking about. North Korea has been 'shut-off' from the world for a long time. But really, if you look at economic progress in a strait line, they are just at a certain point. So once they 'open up' it is going to take mass human efforts to get hydro, appliances, and infrastructure in place. Which facilitates economic growth as you mentioned.

north korea still suffers famines. check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_famine

"eat two meals a day campaign"-- i'd laugh if it wasn't so horrible.