[rayiner]

> This is a very complicated topic, and one for which there is no shortage of academic interest. I suggest starting from William Easterly's "The Elusive Quest for Growth

What's Easterly's qualifications? Has he ever successfully improved the economy of a developing country? I'd rather learn what LKY or Park Chung Hee or heck even Deng Xiaoping or Pinochet had to say.

[airstrike]

At this point it's hard to take your opinion seriously if you think we should model economic policy after Pinochet.

If you want to know Easterly's qualifications, just read his Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Easterly

Being ignorant is a choice.

[rayiner]

> you think we should model economic policy after Pinochet.

Pinochet is one of several autocratic rulers who put in place frameworks that resulted in economic miracles in their countries.

Especially in Asia and Latin America, I don’t think there’s a single country that tried democracy before economic development that didn’t end up a failure. I’d rather be a Chinese living under effective authoritarian capitalism than an Indian living under dysfunctional social democracy.

> If you want to know Easterly's qualifications, just read his Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Easterly

So he’s never done anything? He’s never built an economy or part of an economy?

> Being ignorant is a choice.

Indeed. And confusing credentials for knowledge is a choice too.

[parasubvert]

You've got a lot of hot takes, but this is an astounding statement that underscores you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about when it comes to economic development.