Why yes, Canada IS boring. Thank God. http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/full-comment/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-canadas-banal-grandeur …
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Replying to @JimmyLevendia
"The strength of Canada is that it's a huge treasure chest of natural resources inhabited by fewer people than Greater Tokyo"
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Replying to @380kmh @JimmyLevendia
Canada is very prosperous indeed, and yet Japan, with more people & fewer resources, is much more so--isn't that funny?
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Replying to @380kmh @JimmyLevendia
there are two misconceptions at work in the part I quoted--one is that natural resources are inherently valuable
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Replying to @380kmh @JimmyLevendia
a natural resource doesn't make any money for the country it's in unless someone's buying it, within or outside the country
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Replying to @380kmh @JimmyLevendia
the second error is thinking that fewer humans in an area = more money to go around
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Replying to @380kmh @JimmyLevendia
but money doesn't grow on trees...wealth is generated by human activity, and the largest cities make the most wealth
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Replying to @380kmh @JimmyLevendia
this is true within Canada as it is between nations--the Maritimes have more resources than Greater Toronto...and yet...
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But yeah, I see what you're driving at...I read Julian Simon's "The Ultimate Resource" early on, too:)
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I've never heard of that book, actually...would you recommend?
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