Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

En réponse à "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:

>
> But one point should be made:  state capitals in the U.S. have
> more significance in the world economy today than most other
> administrative centers in Europe that are not national capitals.
> This is because many states are, economically speaking, every
> bit as complicated as nation-states -- indeed, California has
> a GDP larger than that of France, and because American states
> have far, far more autonomy from the central government than
> most subdivisions of European states (more so than German Laender,
> even), economic decisions in the state are due in large measure
> to their own decisions (witness the vast difference between the
> electric deregulation debacle and its almost flawless execution
> in Texas).  All of which are reasons for paying attention to
> State capitals.   (Which is not to say they should be studied
> solely and at the expense of noncapitals like Chicago or St. Louis.)
>
That would be true only if those states were independent when it comes to
foreign affairs. But they are not. But I already explained that. Still, on the
whole, the state capitals of America for a European are as much of interest
than the länder capitals of Germany for an American, whatever the wealth of the
US.

Christophe.

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