Maybe it's oblong

BUD:
Ever since reading Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat, I am always interested by articles like this one. It's an interesting twist -- it basically says that India's economy will eventually top China's basically because they are a democracy and China is going to struggle with its communist authority. The article gives weight to India's "institutional strengths" over the infrastructure and huge head start that China has built up. It also lists India's exploding population (in comparison to China's more stagnant growth due to the 1 child policy) as a plus for India. I'm skepitical. I had always thought that Friedman painted too rosy an outlook for India and China, and this article also seems to ignore factors such as the virtually debilitating bureaucracy in India (why do you think investors are flocking to China instead), crushing poverty, and enormous population.