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I'd like to see the reasoning behind this claim that one cannot compare smaller countries with bigger countries. A strong counter-argument would be economy of
by srrge 9y ago
I'd like to see the reasoning behind this claim that one cannot compare smaller countries with bigger countries.
A strong counter-argument would be economy of scale (in education, healthcare, defense...) for example.
- antisthenes 9y agoQuality education and healthcare do not have economies of scale, so countries should be easily comparable. It's unlikely that as a country grows, the optimal class size increases or that a doctor is somehow able to treat a patient nx times faster than in a smaller country. Doesn't make sense on the most basic level. Defense does...sort of, but the US DoD is such a unique and unprecedented beast in human history that it's hard to make hard conclusions about it with n=1. a caveat to healthcare is that medical R&D probably does have economies of scale, but not routine treatments and healthcare.
- bobbington 9y agoI think the biggest reason is that the USA is a melting pot from people all over the world. The culture clashes in this country are way bigger than you would see in such a small homogenous country as Denmark, or even Israel (which has socialized healthcare). When there is a uniform culture, it makes it much easier for people to cooperate. However when there are many different cultures, people naturally gravitate to what is familiar to them. That makes cooperation much harder.