Cempaka Belanda: Dictators ruin the economy

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Friday, May 11, 2012

Dictators ruin the economy

RNW, 11 May 2012 , by Gerhard Verduijn

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Dictatorship is bad for the economy. Researchers say a country’s finances go into freefall after 10 to 15 years of totalitarianism. The tell-tale characteristics are decreasing growth and increasing inflation.

“The longer a dictator is in power, the worse the economic performance,” concludes economic historian Jan Luiten van Zanden from Utrecht University. He’s studied the economies of 55 dictatorships and there is no denying that, if one person has all the power, the economy suffers.

It comes as no surprise that dictators tend to tell another story. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wasted no opportunity to stress that he had brought his country nothing but prosperity. Some economists think this kind of story makes sense. A strong man without an opposition needn’t make concessions: he can push thorough whatever is best for – the economy of - his country.

Driving seat

In practice, though, it’s different. That becomes glaringly obvious the longer a dictator is in the driving seat. Van Zanden:

“With the passage of time, the balance shifts from the country’s interests to private interests and that is disastrous for the economy. The quality of governance declines, the clique surrounding the Great Leader is corrupt and loots the treasury. What’s more, as everything goes downhill, they start to print money with the result that inflation rockets.”

Of all the authoritarian regimes in Africa and the Middle East Van Zanden has studied, he thinks the most striking examples, besides Libya, are Zimbabwe, Congo and Ivory Coast. It’s no coincidence that these are countries which have been ruled by one man for years. Van Zanden:

“On average, African presidents are in power for over a decade. So far, Gaddafi wins the prize with 42 years at the top, but Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe (32 years in power) and Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni (26 years) are not doing too badly. Just compare that to the Western World, where presidents and other government leaders average three to four years in power. There’s a reason for this. Power corrupts.”

Sanctions

Just how much can a dictator be blamed though? Is poverty and economic malaise also not often caused by economic sanctions? Van Zanden:

“They definitely influence things and contribute to the decline. Zimbabwe is a good example of this. Economic sanctions, though, only come into play in a few of the dictatorships researched. I think you first have to look at the positive side to these punitive measures: imposing sanctions is one of the few things the international community can do to try to change these kinds of dictatorships.”

Costs

Van Zanden argues it’s a fact that regime change would benefit the population of a dictatorship on economic grounds alone. The extent of the benefit can even be worked out: his research details the costs to the economy of these dictatorships.

“Every year under a dictator reduces growth in GDP by between 0,10 and 0.15 percent. That means, if a dictator is in power for 20 years, average growth will be about 2.5 percent lower than in a comparable country without an all-powerful leader. That is a really major effect. Africa and the Middle East pay a high price for their dictators.”

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