The concept of an economic MODEL itself is problematic. Maybe...

Linda says...

The concept of an economic MODEL itself is problematic.

Maybe a model is not what we should be looking for. These nations that have what we now call models did not have so called models when they started their economic rise. What are now called models were just various things that were institutionalized because they worked for each particular nation at the particular times needed.

We Haitians need to just find what works for us and in the long run we too will be labeled for having a great economic model.

What really works for the economy is having a table of intelligent people (who can leave their ego at the door) sit down and come up with various solutions that might work. When you have a consensus from a group of intelligent people working on a problem, chances are the solution will be a good one.
Here's a quote for you from article that I read. I capitalized the sections that I thought were key:
"China’s success since it began its transition to a market economy has been based on ADAPTABLE strategies and policies: AS EACH SET OF PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED, NEW PROBLEMS ARISE, FOR WHICH NEW POLICIES AND STRATEGIES MUST BE DEVISED.

This process includes SOCIAL INNOVATION.

The topic is: HAITI'S ECONOMY/ HOW TO IMPROVE IT!
This is a reply to Msg 4340
Posted by Linda on October 20 2007 at 3:16 PM

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Please elaborate Rubin what is GSPARE? > >
Flo, 20-Oct-07 5:04 am
The concept of an economic MODEL itself is problematic. Maybe a model is not what we should be looking for. These nations that have what we now call models did not have so called models when they started their economic rise. What are now called mode > >
Linda, 20-Oct-07 3:16 pm
Hi, Linda Some of your thoughts are highly theoretical and mostly conceptual. Since the inception of the UN many experts have published methods, models and plans to turn Haiti's economy around. But what the Haitians quickly realized is that UN & Int > >
Rubens Titus, 21-Oct-07 12:46 am
Rubens you said to me "Some of your thoughts are highly theoretical and mostly conceptual." I'm usually accused of the opposite, as I probably should have been in this case. I think that most people would argue that it is the idea of an "economic mo > >
Linda, 21-Oct-07 7:17 am
Linda perhaps Haiti needs to learn and copy some of those adaptable strategies and policies, and incorporate those social innovations as well, since Haiti have not been able to create anything so far on their own. My advice is this: Create a welfare > >
Xyz, 21-Oct-07 5:25 pm
Dear Preval: You alcoholic uncle tom, you need to stop selling the future of Haiti piece by piece to foreigners through your contracts. Did you have to have a contract with American airline to prevent Haitian citizens from setting up their own HaitiA > >
Xyz, 21-Oct-07 6:01 pm
Hi XYZ; I think most of us already know that this sight does not belong to the Haitian government. As I said in a much older post, we continue to blog on the issues as a form of intellectual masturbation because we can't do anything real. Flo and Ma > >
Linda, 21-Oct-07 7:54 pm
By the way XYZ, I did agree with your point that we could borrow and adapt to our system some of the strategies that work for other nations. I think the key to what you said is "adaptable." > >
Linda, 21-Oct-07 7:58 pm
Hi, Linda you seem to be a very passionate person about Haiti's plight and I love that much. 1. I am not an expert in Haitian culture and I am somewhat clueless on its would-be impact on an economic development model such as the one I put forward. > >
Rubens Titus, 22-Oct-07 12:22 am
Glad to hear about your hands-on experience with the economy. We are not familar with any of the plans you have mentionned so far. We never heard of them! Can you share with us one of these plans you talked about in your last post? Would you please e > >
Ti Malice, 22-Oct-07 2:39 am
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