Andrew
Boyd, in The Economist (Aug. 28, 1982), 515 Abbott Dr., Broomall, Pa. 19008.
Twenty years ago, Finland was a wintry country known chiefly for two exports: wood products and the workers it sent to other Scandinavian countries. Today, having turned to its advantage both its climate and its geography-its proximity to the Soviet Union-Finland has joined the front ranks of Europe's industrialized nations.
Neighboring Russia has always loomed large in the Finnish view of the world. The retirement...