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...economic malaise, TIME last week assembled its U.S., European and Pacific Boards of Economists for a two-day session in New York City. The joint meeting, the first of its kind, brought together 19 distinguished economists from 13 countries plus Hong Kong for an unusually comprehensive examination of the non-Communist world's prospects. A special guest at the meeting was former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who discussed how political forces are affecting the economic outlook...
Outside Europe, India has made the most dramatic shift of any non-Communist nation. Since the country's independence in 1947, socialism has been an accepted part of India's political and economic system. Now the subcontinent has begun to embrace free enterprise too. The change is largely the work of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who took office in 1984 after the assassination of his mother Indira Gandhi. Rajiv has presided over a liberalization program that has slashed taxes and produced more than 80 decrees loosening or abolishing business restrictions. Despite foot-dragging by India's entrenched army of bureaucrats...
...bold campaign to decentralize the Chinese economy. Under his leadership, China has boosted its imports and exports from $29 billion worth in 1979 to $59 billion last year. In 1960, 70% of China's trade was with Soviet bloc countries, but now 80% of it is with the non-Communist world, especially the U.S. and such Asian neighbors as Japan and Hong Kong. China has become a significant exporter of oil, textiles, clothing and spices, while importing such goods as steel, factory equipment and heavy-duty construction machinery...
Some critics blame the U.S. for the existence of just about all the world's non-Communist dictatorships. While it is true that many of these receive U.S. support, the forces that lead to dictatorship are usually beyond American control. Take Haiti. It may be possible to bring about a lessening of corruption and brutality. But no amount of American intervention will soon turn that country into a democracy, since politically it is starting from scratch, with a literacy rate of 30% and an annual per capita income...
...what of the countries where people are struggling to "secure rights which have been ours from birth," but where the tyranny is not of Soviet issue? To be consistent and credible, the Reagan Doctrine needs a companion, an idea of how the U.S. intends to advance democracy in a non-Communist setting. The success of U.S. policy in helping the transition to democracy in the Philippines suggests an answer: a doctrine of the third force...