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   From: anton.usenet@gmail.com   
      
   Markku Grönroos kirjoitti:   
      
   > "David Friedman"  kirjoitti   
      
   >> The issue isn't the barter, it's the terms of the barter--biased, by   
   >> your accounts, in favor of Finland, apparently the weaker party.   
      
   > The Finno Russian trade was profitable for the Finns. The Finnish   
   > economy was naturally hands down stronger than the Russian one.   
      
   This view is generally regarded as the correct one by most scholars. Had   
   the relationship been "extortion and tribute" as this Donald guy is   
   suggesting GDP and other figures would not had looked the way they did...   
      
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