The Democracy Advantage: How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace (Council on Foreign Relations

by Morton H. Halperin, Joe Siegle, Michael Weinstein

Reviewing 40 years of hard, empirical data, from China and India to Chile and Iraq, the authors show that poor democracies beat poor autocracies in every economic measure. In addition, the authors offer dramatic evidence that democracies are less likely to fight each other and that terrorists more often find safe haven in authoritarian countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.

312 pages, Paperback

First published November 29, 2004

About the author

From Wikipedia: Morton H. Halperin (born June 13, 1938) is an American expert on foreign policy and civil liberties. He served in the Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton administrations and in a number of roles with think tanks and universities such as the Council on Foreign Relations and Harvard University. He is currently Senior Advisor for the Open Society Institute, founded by George Soros.

Reviews

[Mar]

excellent proof that democracy works, but, then again, i'm biased. last summer, i assisted one of the authors in revising it for the 2008 edition.