Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?

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Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth? Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:23 AM PST From TED MIT Sloan Prof. Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China’s authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth — leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang’s answer may surprise you. Yasheng Huang asks us to rethink our ideas about China and other large emerging economies. [...]This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now