The more the technocrats are involved, the better the macroeconomic management is likely to be, with better prospects for economic performance. And the more technocrats are in charge of policy making, the more chance the military will have of finding a soft landing when a democratic transition inevitably arrives. The converse equally rings true. The less technocrats are in stewardship and the more the generals run the country and mange the economy directly, the greater the likelihood that the military government of the day will end up having a hard landing.