"Thank you (and Eoin!) for your fascinatingly insightful commentary. I am enjoying it immensely. I came across this today, and though it might interest you.

Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?

Eoin Treacy's view Thank you for your kind words and this enlightening speech which I highly commend to subscribers. Yasheng Huang makes a number of points which rhyme with Fullermoney's view of the world, not least that the education and liberation of women is a major milestone on the road to development.