Quote from Activist Terry Evans in Irrawaddy on Burma's Sr Gen Than Shwe and his legacy

Quote from Activist Terry Evans - on Aung Zaw's 10th article on Sr Gen Than Shwe and his legacy - see Irrawaddy -

Terry Evans Friday, May 10, 2013 - 9:43 am   

"Both history and economic theory prove conclusively that centrally-planned economies lower the standard of living for everyone except government elites. Historically, centralized economic planning goes hand in hand with hardship and bloodshed – Than Shwe’s legacy will be to see him and his family reviled."


Thanks, Terry, just what I said in my 1994 Ph.D. dissertation.

KMK