Re:Why India's Mars mission is so cheap – and thrilling
by anigbrowl on Thursday September 25, 2014 @01:52AM
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Government spending via redistribution is absolutely zero sum.
But you are mistakenly assuming that all government spending is redistributive, as if the only thing the government did was transfer payments. Government also provides services (sometimes by contracting out to the private sector) and invests in physical capital (likewise).
But you are mistakenly assuming that all government spending is redistributive, as if the only thing the government did was transfer payments. Government also provides services (sometimes by contracting out to the private sector) and invests in physical capital (likewise).