Yasheng Huang Does democracy stifle economic growth?

Ms. Hart (Canada) expressed opposition to procedural motions used to stifle debate on serious human rights concerns.

Continuing discrimination against women in access to education, health care, land, credits and productive means stifle reconstruction and development efforts.

And so the debates about copyright, digital rights, so on and so forth these are all about trying to stifle, in my view, these kinds of organizations.

Human rights activists in the United States are calling for legislation that would prevent American companies from engaging in business practices that help repressive regimes stifle democratic movements.

However, in some countries, employers may be hindered by unnecessary reporting and excessively detailed regulations that stifle the growth of private businesses and, by association, new job creation.

South Asia is at a critical stage in its historical transformation, when deepening economic disparities could stifle growth itself. If not addressed through direct measures, all of Asia will suffer.

But the bigger issue is that global gridlock is going to stifle economic growth and our ability to deliver food and health care, particularly to people that live in city centers.

It can stifle public debate. That danger underlies the view, still operative in the US, that opinions, however obnoxious, should be freely expressible, so that they can be opposed by counter arguments.

It is depressing to see a scientist even a highly politicized one calling for a latter day Inquisition. Such a blatant attempt to curtail scientific inquiry and stifle free speech seems inexcusable.

TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls iPod liberalism the assumption that tech innovation always promotes freedom, democracy with chilling examples of ways the Internet helps oppressive regimes stifle dissent.

Intertribal fighting in Western Equatoria led to the evacuation of United Nations and NGO staff in November and could stifle plans for refugee repatriation from the Central African Republic for the rest of 2005.

Collusion between private firms is a significant source of foreign anti competitive behaviour increasingly resulting in price and market rigging of cartels across developing countries that stifle competition in the markets of both developed and developing countries.

Now, in this paradox between love and desire, what seems to be so puzzling is that the very ingredients that nurture love mutuality, reciprocity, protection, worry, responsibility for the other are sometimes the very ingredients that stifle desire.

But it is the agenda of pending reforms that should stifle excessive complacency. That agenda, with obvious country differences, spans five important areas, which together should be the focus of policy attention aimed at solidifying the region s transformation.

But too much control would almost certainly stifle innovation, increase costs, and probably exclude important anti establishment voices. A better approach, and one that would enhance public trust in the system, would be to establish diversified stewardship with multiple stakeholders.

Some liken Microsoft s behavior to IBM s infamous collaboration with the Nazis in Germany. Human rights activists in the United States are calling for legislation that would prevent American companies from engaging in business practices that help repressive regimes stifle democratic movements.

The most successful societies of the future will leave room for experimentation and allow for further evolution of institutions. A global economy that recognizes the need for and value of institutional diversity would foster rather than stifle such experimentation and evolution.

The problems are clear. But addressing them requires a prudent strategy that accounts for the structural fragility of the scientific enterprise, in which scientists must complete extensive training, regulation can easily stifle creativity, and funding limitations can substantially delay progress.

SOEs power will be curtailed in other ways. Their ability to stifle innovation will be weakened by a drastic reduction in the government s power to restrict the entry of new competitors into all areas of the economy, as well as a major effort to reduce bureaucratic red tape.

However, such standards can sometimes become over stringent for instance, in some countries, employers may be hindered by unnecessary reporting and excessively detailed rules that do not achieve their intended effect and really serve only to stifle the growth of private businesses and, by association, new job creation.

But the public often views interest rate increases as negative events that increase unemployment and stifle growth. Blame game politicians like Berlusconi, who have failed to put bread on the table, their minions in the media, and Keynesian economic professors who don t understand and misrepresent Keynes sustain this distorted view.

By demanding better state services, rather than an Arab Spring, Algerians have walked a fine line, highlighting the regime s inability to deliver security and economic prosperity, despite its efforts to stifle all debate. Thus, even without explicitly talking about politics, ordinary Algerians are mobilizing in growing numbers against the government.

Increasing the availability of formal financial services to those who have long been denied them requires establishing a balanced regulatory framework. Oppressive, blanket regulation, which may be necessary in complex and unpredictable financial markets, may not be relevant in a rural community nbsp or, worse, it may stifle efforts to promote financial inclusion.

But as the storm clouds gather in the coming year, the political coalition that put Bush in power will stifle progress in undoing the fiscal mess. Bush s gamble was a loser from the start, generating costly results mainly for the US, but for the rest of the world, too for years to come.

Increasing the availability of formal financial services to those who have long been denied them requires establishing a balanced regulatory framework. Oppressive, blanket regulation, which may be necessary in complex and unpredictable financial markets, may not be relevant in a rural community or, worse, it may stifle efforts to promote financial inclusion.

Experience tells us that if you don t let the steam out of a pot, the pot will explode. But when we stifle, step by step, all that remains of a free press, when even small television channels that provide uncensored information seem dangerous, we are keeping the lid firmly on the pot.

Nuclear talks between the two countries have often been characterized by poor communication and a lack of understanding. While South Korean officials rarely say in public what they really think, it is widely believed that US policymakers have little motivation to reconcile with South Korea s government right now they would prefer to stifle South Korea s increasingly loud demands.

It is usually assumed that developing economies need to build resources that emulate those in the developed world, but this could actually stifle the most creative thinking. Many scientific disciples are going through a revolution, and a lot of those ideas sometimes revolutionary ideas are bubbling up from labs and research centers that are unaffiliated with large institutions.

On monetary policy, the European Central Bank s forward guidance the commitment to keep interest rates at a low level for a long time is too little too late and has not prevented a rise in short and long term borrowing costs, which could stifle the eurozone s already anemic economic recovery. Whether the ECB will ease policy more aggressively is also uncertain.

This explanation also accords with stronger US economic performance in 2014, which was the first year since the Republicans gained a House majority in November 2010 that dysfunctional fiscal policy did not actively impede economic recovery. Having borne the brunt of the blame for the government shutdown of October 2013, Republican leaders decided to stifle their more radical Tea Party members and refrain from similar dead end showdowns in 2014.

But if China wants a dynamic innovation system, it should resist pressure by Western governments to adopt the kind of unbalanced intellectual property laws that are being demanded. Instead, it should pursue a balanced intellectual property regime because knowledge itself is the most important input in the production of knowledge, a badly designed intellectual property regime can stifle innovation as has been the case in America in some areas.