The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers

Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by ska on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @09:13AM (#16265390)

No - My claim was narrower than that. In essence, that while we tend to think of the USA as very free market, in fact a huge fraction of the US economy is very much not free market. Enough so that any claim about free markets leading to strength in US economy is at least worth a second look.

At any rate I’m obviously not big articulate in the time I have for here, so I’ll leqve it at that.

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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by ucaetano on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @11:17AM (#16266456)

You literally said: "Almost nothing is a free market".

> in fact a huge fraction of the US economy is very much not free market

Indeed, many industries depend on highly limited resources, such as land, natural resources and so on.

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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by ska on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:51PM (#16267843)

  You literally said: "Almost nothing is a free market".

Yes I did, in a broader context, which it is commonly assumed the reader is following.

The things distorting these markets in the US are typically nothing as simple as land, natural resources, etc... more they are policy decisions and politics. Suggesting otherwise is facile.

That really is the last I'll say on the issue.

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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by ucaetano on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:40PM (#16268815)

> Yes I did, in a broader context, which it is commonly assumed the reader is following.

What does "Almost nothing is a free market" means "in a broader context"?

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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by ska on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @11:28PM (#16271310)

The context of a subthread that was specifically about the US economy?

We’re not going anywhere where useful now.

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