独裁政体何以会促进经济的快速增长——李光耀命题的理论论证与实践检验

Autocratic Polity and Rapid Economic Growth——Theoretical Analysis and Practical Testing of Lee Kuan Yew Proposition

根据著名经济学家阿马蒂亚·森的概括,李光耀命题断定:自由和民主权利阻碍经济增长和发展。理论分析表明,李光耀命题是一个能够自圆其说和具有经济学依据的命题,并被新加坡的成功经验所证实。但对缅甸案例的分析表明,李光耀命题也是一个具有严格假定条件的命题。命题成立的条件性提醒我们追问:独裁政府在决定限制人们的自由和权利时是否有严格的制度,像新加坡那样,以保证其英明。

Lee Kuan Yew Proposition which, put forward by Amartya Sen, a world economist, argues that freedom and democratic rights may be an obstacle to the rapid economic growth of a state can be justified valid both in theory and by the successful practice of Singapore, but the failure in Burma also proved that the Proposition depends on strict conditions.