It's not a matter of resources...Japan has almost zero natural resources and they industrialized. North Korea has better natural resources than South Korea, (Iron ore, hydro power) and South Korea is rich and North Korea can't feed itself. China is just starting to industrialize, but Taiwan (with far far far less resources than China) and Hong Kong (with even less) have been first class industrial economies for almost half a centruy.
What it comes down to you can't grow an industrial economy without capitalisim. Mao tried to industrialize without capitalisim in "The Great Leap Forward" and it was a massive failure. http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/960314/china.shtml
Stalin tried to industrialize Russia...and he more or less did so...but his 5 year plans cost millions of lives and the slavery of millions of others. http://www.gendercide.org/case_stalin.html Even under Western Socialism the economy stumbles along, but eventually colapses and fails to grow...see the 1979 winter of discontent in England http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/b... or the Nixon/Ford/Carter administration's failure to stem inflation in the US.
So you can't grow an industrial economy without Capitalisim. That's the first reason...Capitalisim has been pretty unpopular in most of the world since WW2 ended. Instead the trend (at least till the 1980s) was for nationalization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalization
Nationalization...be it in the form of outright nationalization or just the need to pay massive bribes (or taxes, or regulations) to stay in business, or even just slimy trial lawers showing up to take away everything you built, is the enemy of industry. Nobody in their right mind is going to invest under circumstances where something like that can happen. Can you blame them? "Lets you and me go into buisness together, and if it all works out, I'll take everything for myself and kick you out of the country" isn't a winning proposition.
But that is how most of the world is run...even today.
Places with honest courts, rule of law, and freedom of contract are rare in human history. And without those you don't get capitalisim, and without capitalisim you don't get industry. That's your answer.
Bottom line...factories, mines, oil wells, these things don't just build themselves. Nobody is going to spend their life, or invest their life savings, in building a company, or a farm, or a trucking firm, if at the end of the day some thug with a gun and and brother-in-law who works for the government shows up and says "This is all mine now...get out." Same goes if the person showing up is a slimy trial lawer with a client who feels "entitled" to what you built, or a government bureaucrat demanding that you pay your "fair share"....be it in the form of taxes, or regulations, or (in most countries) an outright bribe.
However thats exactly what socialisim is, and that is how most of the world is run...so even if people do try to invest in those places, it all gets taken away, and the economy crashes.
Just look at Zimbabwe..when it was called Rhodesia it was the second richest country in Africa...now it can't feed itself. Look at the difference between North and South Korea, or East and West Germany, or Hong Kong and the Rest of China.
Because a lot of countries around the world don't have the infrastructure to do it. First off, there has to be stability. Second, they have to have resources. And third, they have to have education and skilled workers in order to do it. The reason why it doesn't happen in Africa is because there is no economic development in those countries. Furthermore, Africa is arguably the most politically unstable continent on earth. On the other hand, countries like China and India are actually taking desperate measures to leapfrog modern day technology the same way Japan did when they became a world superpower.
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Basically, not every country has the right materials to become an industrialized nation, Europe, the US and Canada, etc. did have the deposits of the right metals and other reasourses needed in major industry (iron, copper, and the like) that is not to say that unindustrialized nations are always gonna be third world, but it seems like alot are, the oil nations of the mid-east with the exception of Iran, have no NATURAL capability to industrialize, Iran is the only middle-eastern nation with the capability to industrialize completley, which is part of the reason the Bush admin. fears them so much.
Well. It's at least partly because certain already industrialized countries pressure non-industrialized countries (i.e., Africa, the Middle East with oil) to base their economies on exports for consumption by the wealthy countries.
No Americans or Europeans are investing in industry in underdeveloped countries (well, perhaps except China). They're investing in coffee and flower plantations.
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It's not a matter of resources...Japan has almost zero natural resources and they industrialized. North Korea has better natural resources than South Korea, (Iron ore, hydro power) and South Korea is rich and North Korea can't feed itself. China is just starting to industrialize, but Taiwan (with far far far less resources than China) and Hong Kong (with even less) have been first class industrial economies for almost half a centruy.
What it comes down to you can't grow an industrial economy without capitalisim. Mao tried to industrialize without capitalisim in "The Great Leap Forward" and it was a massive failure. http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/960314/china.shtml
Stalin tried to industrialize Russia...and he more or less did so...but his 5 year plans cost millions of lives and the slavery of millions of others. http://www.gendercide.org/case_stalin.html Even under Western Socialism the economy stumbles along, but eventually colapses and fails to grow...see the 1979 winter of discontent in England http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/b... or the Nixon/Ford/Carter administration's failure to stem inflation in the US.
So you can't grow an industrial economy without Capitalisim. That's the first reason...Capitalisim has been pretty unpopular in most of the world since WW2 ended. Instead the trend (at least till the 1980s) was for nationalization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalization
Look at what happened to the white farmers in Zimbabwe http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/bd93... or the Oil companies in Mexico http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expropiaci%C3%B3n_pet... Venezuela http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/2245 or Bolivia http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/arti... or Russia http://www.kommersant.com/p804680/
Nationalization...be it in the form of outright nationalization or just the need to pay massive bribes (or taxes, or regulations) to stay in business, or even just slimy trial lawers showing up to take away everything you built, is the enemy of industry. Nobody in their right mind is going to invest under circumstances where something like that can happen. Can you blame them? "Lets you and me go into buisness together, and if it all works out, I'll take everything for myself and kick you out of the country" isn't a winning proposition.
But that is how most of the world is run...even today.
Places with honest courts, rule of law, and freedom of contract are rare in human history. And without those you don't get capitalisim, and without capitalisim you don't get industry. That's your answer.
Bottom line...factories, mines, oil wells, these things don't just build themselves. Nobody is going to spend their life, or invest their life savings, in building a company, or a farm, or a trucking firm, if at the end of the day some thug with a gun and and brother-in-law who works for the government shows up and says "This is all mine now...get out." Same goes if the person showing up is a slimy trial lawer with a client who feels "entitled" to what you built, or a government bureaucrat demanding that you pay your "fair share"....be it in the form of taxes, or regulations, or (in most countries) an outright bribe.
However thats exactly what socialisim is, and that is how most of the world is run...so even if people do try to invest in those places, it all gets taken away, and the economy crashes.
Just look at Zimbabwe..when it was called Rhodesia it was the second richest country in Africa...now it can't feed itself. Look at the difference between North and South Korea, or East and West Germany, or Hong Kong and the Rest of China.
This link sums it up best.
http://captaincapitalism.blogspot.com/2006/11/best...
Because a lot of countries around the world don't have the infrastructure to do it. First off, there has to be stability. Second, they have to have resources. And third, they have to have education and skilled workers in order to do it. The reason why it doesn't happen in Africa is because there is no economic development in those countries. Furthermore, Africa is arguably the most politically unstable continent on earth. On the other hand, countries like China and India are actually taking desperate measures to leapfrog modern day technology the same way Japan did when they became a world superpower.
concern, Greed, and Wealth are a risky cocktail which political leaders drink and serve. the large and possible infinite fabric components accruing interior america from commercial and Technical boost is a temptation previous the integrity of many. the guy interior the Oval place of work is an engineer on an incredible commercial and Technical freight prepare. The human circumstance is issue to a sort of corrupt possibilities. Mainstream individuals are lest than responsive to the possibility or accountability of one billion money. Leaders are required to regulate and handle dissimilar billions. a million is insignificant anymore. Political strategists know the possibilities and the stakes. it rather is their livelihood. For them it rather is existence and death. something is going at this point. Hate between applicants or voters is a minor bring about assessment the the rewards of winning.
Basically, not every country has the right materials to become an industrialized nation, Europe, the US and Canada, etc. did have the deposits of the right metals and other reasourses needed in major industry (iron, copper, and the like) that is not to say that unindustrialized nations are always gonna be third world, but it seems like alot are, the oil nations of the mid-east with the exception of Iran, have no NATURAL capability to industrialize, Iran is the only middle-eastern nation with the capability to industrialize completley, which is part of the reason the Bush admin. fears them so much.
Well. It's at least partly because certain already industrialized countries pressure non-industrialized countries (i.e., Africa, the Middle East with oil) to base their economies on exports for consumption by the wealthy countries.
No Americans or Europeans are investing in industry in underdeveloped countries (well, perhaps except China). They're investing in coffee and flower plantations.
Some countries are too busy killing off less valued citizens to think of industrial processes.
You have to have a skilled educated population for industry to flourish...
some countries are 3rd world...and dont have the funds or the means to become industrialized..most use agriculture
There would be many reasons.
It is not in favor of Americans. so they stop this.
most of the Electric power comes from Nuke. and Americans stop this.
Most of the world is not hijacked by giant franchisee.