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...information and prejudice. Bigotry survives, economic cost regardless, and probably will continue for along, long time. As approximations go, rationality has served the world of economists well, but so have fairies and demons the world of storytellers. Certain remembrances of the real world might be only the tiniest grain of salt that readers need to take Posner's theories...
Meanwhile, to keep people happy, Gierek was allowing wages to rise 40% from 1970 to 1975, compared with an increase of only 17% over the previous decade. To give Poles enough meat, Gierek quadrupled imports of grain and fodder; the per capita consumption of meat jumped from 132 lbs. per year in 1970 to 1541bs...
Economic sanctions would be no more than a symbol of dubious impact. Symbolic effect, while important, must be weighed against the costs of symbolic action. Clearly a grain embargo would seriously hurt agri-business and damage the U.S. balance of trade; those costs far outweigh any symbolic gains...
...choices are difficult, and it is unclear whether the U.S. can have substantial effect upon the Polish situation. But one route that seems necessary is putting economic pressure on the Soviets. Some measures the U.S. might consider include putting a grain embargo on the Soviets, exerting pressure through International Monetary Fund credits and drastically cutting down trade. The U.S. must carry out any such steps in concert with the NATO allies if that organization is to retain any efficacy in international politics...
More damaging, though is the staggering detail in the book and the author's attempt to find deep psychological meaning in every slight object or detail. She wants to find eternity in every grain of sand but ends up looking at an ocean of sand...