Boycotting the Olympics?

Megan McArdle asks whether we should boycott the Olympics over China's repression in Tibet. While China's actions in Tibet are reprehensible, over the last few decades the Chinese government has done much to increase the sum of human happiness. China's tremendously high growth rate has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. This rapid economic growth has been one of the greatest accomplishments in all human history and should at least be considered when deciding whether the Chinese Olympics should be boycotted.