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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by jessriedel on Monday January 29, 2018 @07:43PM (#16261980)
Economic rents benefit owners of entrenched corporations, but they don't make them more efficient. They also don't explain why US corporate practices make foreign companies more efficient when they are exported. And you haven't addressed the difference in public service efficiency since 10% in scale is not nearly large enough to explain order-unity inefficiencies in the US public sector. (And in absolute terms the US is larger, anyways.)
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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by ucaetano on Monday January 29, 2018 @10:00PM (#16262571)
> Economic rents benefit owners of entrenched corporations, but they don't make them more efficient.

Efficient at extracting rents and higher profits, yes.

> And you haven't addressed the difference in public service efficiency since 10% in scale is not nearly large enough to explain order-unity inefficiencies in the US public sector. (And in absolute terms the US is larger, anyways.)

Wait, you do know how good social services are in Germany and Switzerland, and how bad they are in the US, right?

If I had to rate social services in DE and CH, I'd give, let's say, an 8 and a 9.

Now in the US, well, maybe a 4 if you're lucky.

And they cost about the same per capita.

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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by jessriedel on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:54PM (#16267870)
Lots wrong with your comment, but in particular note that we are discussing public sectors, not just social services.
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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by ucaetano on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:43PM (#16268843)
> Lots wrong with your comment

Such as?

> in particular note that we are discussing public sectors, not just social services

Sure, let's discuss government-owned companies. And let's discuss infrastructure investment. And research spending. Oh, education too.

Pick one. The US is far less efficient than most of its peers in healthcare spending, government-owned companies, infrastructure investment, military spending, education, taxing, etc.

Please, tell me, where is the US government so efficient?

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