"If you believe -- as many economists do -- that the rule of law is a key determinant of a nation’s prosperity, then you should be worried about this. Stop-and-seize should be stopped."

A good book that talks about this is "The Locus Effect" http://www.amazon.com/Locust-Effect-Poverty-Requires-Violenc...

For anyone interested in global poverty and prerequisites for fighting that, I thought "The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence" was also insightful.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199937877