Blühende Zeiten für Länder mit politischer Unfreiheit und ökonomischer Freiheit: Sie haben die höchsten Wachstumsraten. Sie fahren besser als Länder mit sowohl ökonomischer als auch politischer Freiheit, wie dieses Schaubild zeigt:
Kevin Hassett vom American Enterprise Institute (einflußreicher republikanischer Think Tank), folgert daraus:
„The chart tells a striking story: the countries that are economically and politically free are underperforming the countries that are economically but not politically free. For example, unfree China had a growth rate of 9.5 percent from 2001 to 2005. But China was not the whole story—Malaysia’s GDP grew 9.5 percent from 1991 to 1995, Singapore’s GDP grew 6.4 percent from 1996 to 2000, and Russia’s grew 6.1 percent from 2001 to 2005.
The unfree governments now understand that they have to provide a good economy to keep citizens happy, and they understand that free-market economies work best. Also, nearly all of the unfree nations are developing countries. History shows they grow faster, at least for a while, than mature nations. But being unfree may be an economic advantage. Dictatorships are not hamstrung by the preferences of voters for, say, a pervasive welfare state.
So the future may look something like the 20th century in reverse. The unfree nations will grow so quickly that they will overwhelm free nations with their economic might. The unfree will see no reason to transition to democracy.“
Bemerkenswert: Das American Enterprise Institute ist eine Kaderschmiede der Neocons, die Demokratisierung auf die Agenda der amerikanischen Regierung gesetzt hatten. Der Backlash geht weiter.