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Dani Rodrik shows this scatter plot as evidence that it is very difficult for a country to become prosperous without first becoming a democracy:

Note: the chart does not include oil economies. Read Can you get rich without democracy? here.

Posted 08-09-2011 10:46 AM by Graham Griffith

Filed under: GDP, prosperity, dani rodrik, prosperous countries, relationship of democracy to prosperity, democracies

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