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Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by djrobstep on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:41PM (#28506626)
> 20% of Norway's GDP gets pumped out of the ground. The US does not have that luxury.

Wrong again, the Nordics do not rely on oil to fund their welfare states - not even Norway.

> To hand it all to the government is confirmation bias.

Your whole comment screams confirmation bias for your own ideological view. Drawing a clean dividing line between "government" and "markets" is of course a fool's errand because they aren't separate - governments create markets through enforcement of property law and many other laws and programs.

Re:Adam Smith and Inequality (2014) by WalterBright on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:38AM (#28520656)
> Wrong again, the Nordics do not rely on oil to fund their welfare states - not even Norway.

It's still part of the reported GDP.

> governments create markets through enforcement of property law and many other laws and programs.

If you're familiar with my posts, I often write that the purpose of government is to protect property rights so free markets can function.