[ExI] Making [100 million] people smarter on the cheap.

[spike]

> 
> ...My notion is that if the leaders of the 
> nations of iodine-starved people had any intentions of 
> solving this problem, they could easily do so.  The solution 
> is cheap even by their modest standards... spike
> 

I may need to rethink my earlier comment.  A shaker of iodized salt in some
African countries may cost several million dollars:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5032826.stm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-508840/Zimbabwe-bank-issues-10millio
n--wont-buy-hamburger-Harare.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/06/zimbabwe.currency/


For those who believe that governments can print their way out of trouble,
Zimbabwe is the poster child for what happens when they try it.

spike