I’ve noted here before the growing chummery between China and Myanmar. That the military dicators of the latter would like to repeat the world economic status of the former is no great strech of the imagination. Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, however thinks the generals have another think coming.

From Mizzima:

Nobel Laureate Prof. Joseph Stiglitz said Burma needs an all inclusive economic process in order to achieve stability and security as “Economics and politics cannot be separated.”

Prof. Stiglitz was speaking at a forum on “Restoring Burma as the Rice Bowl of Asia”, organised by Myanmar and the United Nations Economics and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, on Monday.

“Economics and politics cannot be separated,” said the Nobel Prize winning economist.

“For Myanmar to play a role on the world stage – and to achieve true stability and security – there must be widespread participation and inclusive processes. This is the only way forward for Myanmar,” he added.

Of course, widespread paritcipation and inclusive processes is the last shift Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council wants, particularly when it involves individuals like Aung San Suu Kyi.