Gary Becker

De Oscar Alberto Amiune:

“China, India, Brazil. A billion people have been lifted out of poverty since 1990 because their countries moved toward more market-based economies—a billion people. Nobody's arguing for taking that back”. Gary Becker

Menciona solo tres países pero una población de 1000 millones que es aproximadamente la del total de los países de la OECD.

Yo agrego:

"But when Milton was starting out," he continues, "people really believed a state-run economy was the most efficient way of promoting growth. Today nobody believes that, except maybe in North Korea. You go to China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, even Western Europe. Most of the economists under 50 have a free-market orientation. Now, there are differences of emphasis and opinion among them. But they're oriented toward the markets. That's a very, very important intellectual victory. Will this victory have an effect on policy? Yes. It already has. And in years to come, I believe it will have an even greater impact."

¿Ustedes realmente creen que la mayoría de los políticos (y del público) en la mayoría de países no están convencidos de que la planificación centralizada es más eficiente que la economía de mercado?