[patrickaljord]

> 1) Freedom is not a necessary condition for economic prosperity (which undermines a lot of American rhetoric of the last 50 years);

As explained in another comment, this is not what the American rhetoric claims. It's rather the other way around, economic freedom is a requirement for political freedom and indeed, China has improved politically since it's opened economically though they still have a long way.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5782450

[rayiner]

The American narrative has always been more George W. Bush than Milton Friedman.