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Thanks for the link and those stats are indeed incredible. It's worth pointing out, however, that low crime-rates and economic prosperity are not at all uncommo

by mariorz 18y ago

Thanks for the link and those stats are indeed incredible. It's worth pointing out, however, that low crime-rates and economic prosperity are not at all uncommon in dictatorships. Examples I'm familiar with include Porfirio Diaz in Mexico or more recently Pinochet in Chile. In those cases, though, there where no "free-market" forces at play as people could not easily move to other countries.

byrneseyeview 18y ago
The Díaz thing surprises me. I was under the impression that Pinochet allowed free markets, but I thought Díaz expropriated a lot.
- mariorz 18y ago
  I meant "free-market" in the sense of the cost of switching governments you mentioned. Switching governments was just not an option. Side note: Díaz probably did some expropriations but at least not the biggest ones. Those where done during Lazaro Cardenas´s presidency.