North Korea can not possibly be considered a meaningful 'control' in an empirical context given that it represents a bona fide edge case. > Distored by who's s

North Korea can not possibly be considered a meaningful 'control' in an empirical context given that it represents a bona fide edge case. > Distored by who's standard? By the standard of those of us who have a contrary "belief" than your economists. As for envy, I hold that envy is operational amongst near peers. Peasants don't "envy" the king.