Wall Street Journal Articles Article Review by Top Papers

The paper looks at how on March 13, 2007, the Wall Street Journal asks the question, "Is Democracy the Best Setting for Strong Economic Growth." The paper relates that the question centers on President Bush's overseas trip to Latin America in an effort to increase trade ties with several markets in that region and to shore up the U.S.'s Latin American foreign relations which have floundered under his leadership. The paper notes that the article indicates that the centerpiece of Bush's message is the benefits of democracy relative to its facilitation of economic growth. However, the paper discusses how as the article points out, the relationship between democracy and economic growth is not necessarily as self-evident as Bush or other researchers might have it.