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1、MBAhandoutsforEnglishinteractionsYashengHuang:Doesdemocracystifleeconomicgrowth?http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/yasheng_huang.htmlAboutthistalkEconomistYashengHuangcomparesChinatoIndia,andaskshowChina'sauthoritarianrulecontributedtoitsastonishingeconomicgrowth--
2、leadingtoabigquestion:IsdemocracyactuallyholdingIndiaback?Huang'sanswermaysurpriseyou.AboutthespeakerYashengHuangYashengHuangasksustorethinkourideasaboutChinaandotherlargeemergingeconomies.Latelyhe’sbeenasking,Doesdemocracyhinderorpromoteeconomicgrowth?TranscriptM
3、ytopiciseconomicgrowthinChinaandIndia.AndthequestionIwanttoexplorewithyouiswhetherornotdemocracyhashelpedorhashinderedeconomicgrowth.Youmaysaythisisnotfair,becauseI'mselectingtwocountriestomakeacaseagainstdemocracy.Actually,exactlytheoppositeiswhatI'mgoingtodo.I'm
4、goingtousethesetwocountriestomakeaneconomicargumentfordemocracy,ratherthanagainstdemocracy.ThefirstquestionthereiswhyChinahasgrownsomuchfasterthanIndia.Overthelast30years,intermsoftheGDPgrowthrates,ChinahasgrownattwicetherateofIndia.Inthelastfiveyears,thetwocountr
5、ieshavebeguntoconvergesomewhatineconomicgrowth.Butoverthelast30years,ChinaundoubtedlyhasdonemuchbetterthanIndia.OnesimpleanswerisChinahasShanghaiandIndiahasMumbai.LookattheskylineofShanghai.ThisisthePudongarea.ThepictureonIndiaistheDharavislumofMumbaiinIndia.Theid
6、eatherebehindthesetwopicturesisthattheChinesegovernmentcanactaboveruleoflaw.Itcanplanforthelong-termbenefitsofthecountryandintheprocess,evictmillionsofpeople--that'sjustasmalltechnicalissue.WhereasinIndia,youcannotdothat,becauseyouhavetolistentothepublic.You'rebei
7、ngconstrainedbythepublic'sopinion.EvenPrimeMinisterManmohanSinghagreeswiththatview.6InaninterviewprintedinthefinancialpressofIndia,HesaidthathewantstomakeMumbaianotherShanghai.ThisisanOxford-trainedeconomiststeepedinhumanisticvalues,andyetheagreeswiththehigh-press
8、uretacticsofShanghai.SoletmecallittheShanghaimodelofeconomicgrowth,thatemphasizesthefollowingfeaturesforpromotingeconomicdevelopment:infrastructures,air