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The article presents the author's views on a paper by Stephen A. Hoenack which discusses how pressure groups with common interests have positive or negative effects on economic progress. The precise relation between pressure group activity and economic development needs further explanation. The article has a positive perception of world economic growth. The positive support for growth by pressure groups have an impact on actual economic development. The paper fails to provide a valid proof that growth-inducing coalitions must become increasing powerful.

Many groups of individuals with common interests have positive or negative effects on economic progress through their actions within firms or via their influence on governmental policies. This paper suggests that the growth-inducing coalitions will prevail in an environment where firms compete on the basis of innovations and political entities compete for mobile resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]