[quote=pri_dk][quote=sheilawellington][quote=pri_dk]Of course almost all countries have a few state-owned enterprises, but there are no countries in the developed world where the majority of economic activity is controlled by the state (aside from a few, truly socialist exceptions – e.g. North Korea)[/quote]
North Korea is part of the developed world? I don’t think too many people would agree.[/quote]
They’ve got nukes.
I think most people would agree that North Korea is a little more developed than sub-Saharan Africa.[/quote]
Pri_dk, your original statement made no comparison of North Korea to other poorer countries. You simply mentioned N.K. as an example of “developed”. So, are you really saying that “North Korea is a developed country”? I think that your second statement, i.e., that “North Korea is more developed that some of the poorer countries in sub-Saharan Africa” is more accurate (provided we add “some” as a qualifier since some of these African countries have better quality-of-life measures, such as children nutrition, than North Korea).
To say that having nuclear weapons makes you part of the developed world is really a stretch…
