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Is There a Zero-Sum Choice Between Social Well-being and Individual Rights?

MADELEINE SHEA In the past few decades, Singapore has received considerable praise for its social and economic policies. According to the Council on Foreign Relations,“conventional wisdom has held that economic growth will lead inevitably…to democracy.” Singapore has defied this logic; while it has experienced massive development, it has not become democratic to a corresponding degree. … Continue reading