{"id":123963,"date":"2011-09-13T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=123963"},"modified":"2011-09-13T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T19:20:00","slug":"yasheng-huang-does-democracy-stifle-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/09\/yasheng-huang-does-democracy-stifle-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasheng Huang: Does Democracy Stifle Economic Growth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/yasheng_huang.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2011-09-13&#038;utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&#038;utm_medium=email\">In a TED talk<\/a>, MIT and Fudan University professor Yasheng Huang discusses India and China and asks whether India&#8217;s democracy has helped or hindered its economic growth:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nEconomist Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China&#8217;s authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth &#8212; leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang&#8217;s answer may surprise you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--copy and paste--><object width=\"526\" height=\"374\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2011G\/Blank\/YashengHuang_2011G-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/YashengHuang_2011G-embed.jpg&#038;vw=512&#038;vh=288&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1220&#038;lang=eng&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=yasheng_huang;year=2011;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2011;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Culture;tag=Global+Issues;tag=economics;tag=politics;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" pluginspace=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgColor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"526\" height=\"374\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2011G\/Blank\/YashengHuang_2011G-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/YashengHuang_2011G-embed.jpg&#038;vw=512&#038;vh=288&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1220&#038;lang=eng&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=yasheng_huang;year=2011;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2011;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Culture;tag=Global+Issues;tag=economics;tag=politics;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/india-comparison\">more comparisons between India and China <\/a>via CDT. 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