{"id":68090,"date":"2022-06-05T17:36:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T21:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=68090"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T21:50:53","slug":"lee-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What&#8217;s the Lee thesis? Why does it claim that authoritarianism helps poor nations better than democracy does?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amartya Sen claims in <em>Development as Freedom<\/em> that democracy is the solution to helping poor economies, but the Lee thesis states otherwise. The thesis states that authoritarianism eradicates poverty because of a focus on economic development rather than freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at what Sen has to say about the Lee thesis and whether authoritarianism really is the answer to economic prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-lee-thesis\"><strong>The Lee Thesis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some opponents of democracy in developing countries echo the \u201cLee thesis,\u201d named for former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. It states<strong> <\/strong>that<strong> <\/strong>authoritarian regimes are better at enriching poor nations than democracies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proponents of the Lee thesis attribute this to an authoritarian focus on economic development rather than on freedom, which is seen as unnecessary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-end-poverty\/\">eradicating poverty<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong>For example, Singapore, South Korea, and China achieved higher growth while under authoritarian governments than did democracies like India, Costa Rica, and Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Sen states that the Lee thesis is based on faulty evidence. <strong>Empirical studies reveal there&#8217;s no relationship between authoritarianism and economic growth. <\/strong>By contrast, democratically-oriented policies are proven growth drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examination of the \u201cEast Asian Miracle\u201d economies (such as Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea), which achieved rapid economic growth in the 20th century, suggests the following policies are most helpful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Openness to competition<\/li><li>Use of global markets<\/li><li>High literacy rates<\/li><li>Land reforms<\/li><li>Incentives for industrialization, research and development, and exports<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen argues all of these helpful policies are compatible with democratic rights. Additionally, many authoritarian regimes that have failed to adopt these policies have remained poor. Therefore, <strong>the assertion that authoritarianism is either necessary or sufficient to achieve economic growth is false<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-the-reign-of-lee-kuan-lew\"><strong>The Benefits and Drawbacks of the Reign of Lee Kuan Lew<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/index.php\/publication\/lee-kuan-yew-conundrum\">Lee Kuan Yew Conundrum,<\/a>\u201d or the ability of Singapore\u2019s authoritarian regime to govern effectively, provides a rebuttal to Sen\u2019s view that democracy is an essential part of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1965, Singapore\u2019s per capita income has grown from $500 to $55,000. Bloomberg ranks Singapore as the healthiest nation in the world. It\u2019s also considered one of the least corrupt, and its crime rates are substantially lower than those in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore has managed to accomplish these advances despite its poor record on democratic rights and civil liberties. While some contend that Singapore shows that democratic rights are overrated, Sen argues that the policies Singapore adopted are consistent with democracy. He further states that the Lee thesis is incorrect because the people of Singapore would be even better off if democracy were established.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Do the Poor Value Democracy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Another argument made against democracy is that most people in underdeveloped nations don\u2019t want it<\/strong>.<strong> <\/strong>Instead, they\u2019re too concerned with putting food on the table to worry about voting rights or other tenets of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Sen contends that it\u2019s hard to tell what average people in authoritarian regimes desire. This is because they lack the means of expressing their honest opinions without the freedom of speech and a free press. When people in poor countries do have the means to give their opinions honestly, Sen contends they opt for democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the Lee thesis? Why does it claim that authoritarianism helps poor nations better than democracy does? Amartya Sen claims in Development as Freedom that democracy is the solution to helping poor economies, but the Lee thesis states otherwise. The thesis states that authoritarianism eradicates poverty because of a focus on economic development rather than freedom. Let&#8217;s look at what Sen has to say about the Lee thesis and whether authoritarianism really is the answer to economic prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[275,24],"tags":[636],"class_list":["post-68090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-society","tag-development-as-freedom","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor? - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lee thesis claims that democracies don&#039;t help poor nations get out of poverty. Instead, authoritarianism does. Let&#039;s see if this is true.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Lee thesis claims that democracies don&#039;t help poor nations get out of poverty. Instead, authoritarianism does. Let&#039;s see if this is true.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shortform Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-05T21:36:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-16T21:50:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wordpress.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1052\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"653\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katie Doll\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katie Doll\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katie Doll\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937\"},\"headline\":\"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor?\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-05T21:36:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-16T21:50:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/\"},\"wordCount\":544,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Development as Freedom\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/\",\"name\":\"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor? - Shortform Books\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-05T21:36:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-16T21:50:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Lee thesis claims that democracies don't help poor nations get out of poverty. Instead, authoritarianism does. Let's see if this is true.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg\",\"width\":1052,\"height\":653},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Shortform Books\",\"description\":\"The World&#039;s Best Book Summaries\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Shortform Books\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"Shortform Books\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937\",\"name\":\"Katie Doll\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Katie Doll\"},\"description\":\"Somehow, Katie was able to pull off her childhood dream of creating a career around books after graduating with a degree in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. Her preferred genre of books has changed drastically over the years, from fantasy\/dystopian young-adult to moving novels and non-fiction books on the human experience. Katie especially enjoys reading and writing about all things television, good and bad.\",\"knowsAbout\":[\"Bachelor of Arts in English With a Concentration in Creative Writing\"],\"jobTitle\":\"Senior SEO Writer\",\"worksFor\":\"Shortform\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/author\/katie\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor? - Shortform Books","description":"The Lee thesis claims that democracies don't help poor nations get out of poverty. Instead, authoritarianism does. Let's see if this is true.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor?","og_description":"The Lee thesis claims that democracies don't help poor nations get out of poverty. Instead, authoritarianism does. Let's see if this is true.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/","og_site_name":"Shortform Books","article_published_time":"2022-06-05T21:36:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-16T21:50:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1052,"height":653,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wordpress.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Katie Doll","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katie Doll","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/"},"author":{"name":"Katie Doll","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937"},"headline":"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor?","datePublished":"2022-06-05T21:36:42+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-16T21:50:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/"},"wordCount":544,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg","keywords":["Development as Freedom"],"articleSection":["Politics","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/","name":"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor? - Shortform Books","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-05T21:36:42+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-16T21:50:53+00:00","description":"The Lee thesis claims that democracies don't help poor nations get out of poverty. Instead, authoritarianism does. Let's see if this is true.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg","width":1052,"height":653},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/lee-thesis\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Lee Thesis: Does Authoritarianism Help the Poor?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/","name":"Shortform Books","description":"The World&#039;s Best Book Summaries","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Shortform Books","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png","width":500,"height":74,"caption":"Shortform Books"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c3e1b539e89423b544ede91ab2bff937","name":"Katie Doll","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6239731a3fc739640b80be30f2b1727a055d3535d0ee4569e8282faa323e47fc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Katie Doll"},"description":"Somehow, Katie was able to pull off her childhood dream of creating a career around books after graduating with a degree in English and a concentration in Creative Writing. Her preferred genre of books has changed drastically over the years, from fantasy\/dystopian young-adult to moving novels and non-fiction books on the human experience. Katie especially enjoys reading and writing about all things television, good and bad.","knowsAbout":["Bachelor of Arts in English With a Concentration in Creative Writing"],"jobTitle":"Senior SEO Writer","worksFor":"Shortform","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/author\/katie\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/poor-neighborhood-crowding-poverty-urban.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68090"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68583,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68090\/revisions\/68583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}