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Merely \"getting the prices right\" - lowering wages and raising interest rates and energy prices - won't improve competitiveness, the authors argue, as long as non-labour costs such as the quality of goods, product design, outmoded technology, and inefficient distribution channels remain problems. Easing these bottlenecks requires long-term capital accumulation and profit maximization. The institutions necessary for such growth have not developed under Eastern Europe's new \"pseudo-privatization\", while distributing state property to citizens, has not provided them with the capital and technology they need to succeed. 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From the end of World War II until the 1980s poor countries, including many in Africa and the Middle East, enjoyed a modicum of economic growth. New industries mushroomed and skilled jobs multiplied, thanks in part to flexible American policies that showed an awareness of the diversity of Third World countries and an appreciation for their long-standing knowledge about how their own economies worked. Then during the Reagan era, American policy changed. The definition of laissez-faire shifted from Do it your way, to an imperial Do it our way. Growth in the developing world slowed, income inequalities skyrocketed, and financial crises raged. Only East Asian economies resisted the strict prescriptions of Washington and continued to boom. Why? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEscape from Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Alice Amsden argues provocatively that the more freedom a developing country has to determine its own policies, the faster its economy will grow. 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