Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?

http://www.ted.com Economist 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.

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[JAMamation]

ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) TED

Y U NO HD YET!!?

[H1TMANactual]

Dishonest. China's economic liberalization happened in the 70s, India's in the 90s. So China had a 20 year head start.

Yes democracy can be hindrance, but assuming that your tyrannical govt will be competent, is a huge gamble.

[vivspring]

@MrSeekerofjustice where are chinese invention?? wow how ignorant of you. even wikipedia can give you a long list ;) Indian pride huh? ;)

[immanuelscholz]

Maybe I didn't got it, but is he really saying "Because China grew better and has less infrastructure, this means Infrastructure is not important to growth" ???

(The rest of the argument pairs seem to follow the same fallacy)

[TheDesiboy088]

someone tell this jackie chan to shut up

[xuzheng712]

@MrSeekerofjustice

LCA V.S J-20

[Yeahright59643]

@MrSeekerofjustice

There is no point in arguing with trolls like 159357123100. Just report his comment!

[MrSeekerofjustice]

@159357123100

INDIA'S INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTION IS MORE THAN EVERY OTHER CIVILIZATION COMBINED!! Where are China's inventions and discoveries to back up your claim???? India was the centre of the world for ALL of human history up until and including the 18th century! Stop over compensating for the utter humiliation meted out to you by the Japanese during the Rape of Nanking!

[159357123100]

@H1TMANactual 20yrs... a good excuse, huh?

"If we clean the sht quicker and start 20years earlier, we can beat you Chinese!"

"If we did not have the culture revolution, our economy size may has surpassed the U.S. and we can kick westerner's ass"