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RAH quoted:
>Indians are not poor because there are too many of them; they are poor
>because there are too many regulations and too much government intervention
>-- even today, a decade after reforms were begun. India's greatest problems
>arise from a political culture guided by socialist instincts on the one
>hand and an imbedded legal obligation on the other hand.

Nice theory and all, but s/India/France/g and the statements hold just
as true, yet France is #12 in the UN's HDI ranking, not #124.


>Since all parties must stand for socialism, no party espouses
>classical liberalism

I'm not convinced that that classical liberalism is a good solution
for countries in real difficulty.  See Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel for
Economics) on the FMI's failed remedies.  Of course googling on
"Stiglitz FMI" only brings up links in Spanish and French.  I guess
that variety of spin is non grata in many anglo circles.


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