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Date: 2002-09-12T17:08:46-08:00
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The question is why are they still poor?
Especially given the success of Indian immigrants in other societies?
South Korea was a lot poorer after the Korean war than Ghana when it
gained its independence at about the same time.  That was after India
gained independence, and Korea couldn't have been in better shape at
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:44 PM
> All good arguments, except till you realize that
> majority of indians were poor even before
> --- "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> wrote:
> > In a classic case of deflecting blame for their own
> > politicians in India have identified the size of the
> > country's biggest problem. This position was stated
> > parliamentary resolution passed on the 50th
> > Half a decade later, it is a belief that still
> > is hard to imagine a more cynical view. If left free
> > interference of various levels of government, the
> > the Indian people could soon allow them to be among
> > Indians are not poor because there are too many of
> > because there are too many regulations and too much
> > -- even today, a decade after reforms were begun.
> > arise from a political culture guided by socialist
> > hand and an imbedded legal obligation on the other
> > While India's political culture reflects the beliefs
> > fathers, there is the additional matter of the
> > constitution that specifies: "India is a sovereign,
> > republic." It was Indira Gandhi who had the words
> > added in the late 1970s. At the same time, she also
> > section in the Representation of Peoples Act to
> > and registered parties swear by this preamble. Since
> > for socialism, no party espouses classical
> > While one can appreciate the difficulty of
> > honored lineage, the fact that socialism has been
> > abandoned in most places should prompt Indians to
> > commitment. Despite evidence of its failure as an
> > the socialists who carry on do so by trying to
> > reinforces certain civic virtues. A presumed merit
> > aims to nurture a greater sense of collective
> > narrow self-interest of individuals. However, this
> > at the heart of its failure both as a political tool
> > Let's start with the economic failures of socialism.
> > experiments have been ignominiously abandoned or
> > such as the "Third Way" that defer to the importance
> > individual incentives. Unfortunately, it took a
> > suffering before socialists abandoned their goal of
> > economic system on the basis of collective goals.
> > Socialist ideologues are impervious to evidence that
> > even more human misery in the civic realm. This is
> > provides the political mechanism for and legitimacy
> > identify as members of groups. While it may suit the
> > create them-and-us scenarios relating to workers and
> > peasants and urban dwellers, this logic is readily
> > In the case of India, competition for power has
> > identified with religiosity or ethnicity, as is
> > Bharatiya Janata Party, supported by radical
> > elsewhere, political parties based on religion are
> > exclusionary. These narrow concepts of identity work
> > building since such a politics forces arrangements
> > Socialism also sets the stage for populist promises
> > group to support another. This variety of political
> > Congress Party was used to build a coalition of
> > turn, the BJP built its power base on a promise to
> > And so it is that India's heritage of socialist
> > beginnings of a political culture that evolved into
> > has wrought cycles of communal violence. Populism
> > political patronage, whether based upon nationalism
> > also open to the sort of rampant corruption so
> > At issue in India is nothing less than the role of
> > used as a mechanism to protect the freedom and
> > should the state be a vehicle for groups to gain
> > the latter approach would lead to the destruction of
> > while the former will allow it to survive.
> > It is undeniable that India's public policy guided
> > promoted divisions that contributed to social
> > destruction. This dangerous game has only served the
> > those who seek to capture or preserve power. That
> > state, specified in a preamble to the constitution,
> > commitment evident in the nature of interventionist
> > wrought slower economic growth causing great harm to
> > who have lost access to economic opportunities.
> > forces that are destroying India's hard-earned
> > in the nature of Indian politics is needed so the
> > mechanism for groups to gain power and instead
> > secure rights and freedoms for individuals.
> > Mr. Lingle is professor of economics at Universidad
> > Guatemala, and global strategist for
> > R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
> > The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation
> > 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
> > "... however it may deserve respect for its
> > [predicting the end of the world] has not been found
> > experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of
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