tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post3018519650516542131..comments2024-03-24T20:13:39.387+00:00Comments on demography.matters.blog: On migration and population in reunification-era KoreaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-79760743673829839802010-04-04T14:32:13.335+00:002010-04-04T14:32:13.335+00:00@ Sublime Oblivion: I was thinking particularly of...@ Sublime Oblivion: I was thinking particularly of labour shortages in the mining sector that's offered up as North Korea's particular contribution to a reunified Korea. <br /><br />The shortages I was thinking of would be in relation to North Korea's particular advantages of mineral resources and cheap labour. Will the mining sector necessarily work? Any number have been speaking of Randy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-90581120547967142802010-04-04T02:43:44.623+00:002010-04-04T02:43:44.623+00:00The BEST blog(s) I have read to date... thanks for...The BEST blog(s) I have read to date... thanks for the dedication you obviously have on the subject of Economics. I love the perspective you have (and force from others) on global and national trends. Thanks again!Shawnhttp://spsimaging.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-34614025506668613732010-04-02T00:25:55.776+00:002010-04-02T00:25:55.776+00:00I would note that North Korea has a very large num...I would note that North Korea has a very large number of "violence-specialists" and a lot of mineral resources. Left to itself, this system will probably mutate into a chaotic, rent-seeking economic structure, that may make broad-based economic development rather difficult. To converge quickly North Korea need to acquire a strong, developmental state, and that can only be assured with akarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322298490656235467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-7105419704513887062010-04-01T18:50:30.368+00:002010-04-01T18:50:30.368+00:00There's no plausible way a de-Communizing Nort...There's no plausible way a de-Communizing North Korea <i>won't</i> shift towards lowest-low fertility, given Korean cultural predispositions and the drop in fertility common to all post-Communist countries, even the ones that--like Poland--saw rapid growth soon after the collapse of Communism.<br /><br />My analysis assumes that North Korean statistics are accurate, mind; to a certain Randy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-32785143863062761272010-04-01T12:40:54.896+00:002010-04-01T12:40:54.896+00:00The best thing to North Korea, that could ever hap...The best thing to North Korea, that could ever happen is that the successor of the present dictator would be a second Deng Xiaoping. Open the economy, but still impose some sort of migration restriction to the south. When North Korea is booming it will quickly approach South Korean levels. South Korean companies would be happy to invest in North Korea, and others will follow. North Korea could CBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797391789855766268noreply@blogger.com