But I don't recall that growth had to be free market oriented. It was
simply growth, and as far as I know, India's growth rates over the various
decades provided covered different regimes. Strictly speaking India does
not play by market rules, although today it does more so than before.
Anthony
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On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Michael Perelman wrote:
> A key component of Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan was land reform. Also,
> education of the lower classes, something that the World Bank has been
> discouraging by demanding payment.
>
> Also, you tend to take unrepresentative samples.
>
> Finally, of the countries that you names, Japan, China, S. Korea, and
> Singapore are condemned for not playing by market rules.
>
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 03:58:00PM -0700, Brad DeLong wrote:
> > >
> > >Rapid growth seems to be associated, in most cases, with deteriorating
> > >conditions for the lowest quintile
> >
> > Brazil yes, Chile yes, Japan no, South Korea no, Taiwan no, Malaysia
> > no, Thailand no, Hong Kong no, Singapore no, Italy no, Botswana no,
> > China no, India maybe.
> >
> > That's 10-2-1. 2 is hardly "most"...
> >
>
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