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Meanwhile, in india: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42899402 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42899402 India's GDP: "The Gross Domestic P

• kahnjw 9y ago
  It's pretty efficient if you're in the 1%.
• matt4077 9y ago
  As percentage of GDP, India is running a deficit more than twice as high as the US (6.6% vs 2.8% over the last ten years). But those numbers are meaningless for proving or disproving "inefficiency". The US is obviously getting far better infrastructure/education/welfare system/research/military/etc.
  • fao_ 9y ago
    > The US is obviously getting far better infrastructure/education/welfare system/research/military/etc. Is it? Research is on shaky ground: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/data-check-us-government-share-basic-research-funding-falls-below-50 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/data-check-us-governm... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-no-money/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-no-money/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-budget-cuts-science/519825/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/trump-bu... http://theconversation.com/men-get-most-of-the-research-funding-its-a-serious-problem-for-women-and-science-85469 http://theconversation.com/men-get-most-of-the-research-fund... https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-res... Welfare system is failing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-infant-mortality-rate-is-a-national-embarrassment/?utm_term=.8136e4325ad9 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-i... http://time.com/5090112/infant-mortality-rate-usa/ http://time.com/5090112/infant-mortality-rate-usa/ https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-rate-of-maternal-deaths-in-the-developed-world https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-r... https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-maternal-death-rate-health-care-system https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-materna... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/05/america-homeless-population-2017-official-count-crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/05/america-home... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42248999 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42248999 https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html Education is failing en masse: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/american-schools-vs-the-world-expensive-unequal-bad-at-math/281983/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/americ... http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students... https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/10/469831485/americas-high-school-graduates-look-like-other-countries-high-school-dropouts https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/10/469831485/america... https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2015/11/17/how-to-fix-education-in-america/#98109b5441c8 https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2015/11/17/how-to-f... Millitary is using shoddy, ancient tools: https://newrepublic.com/article/113484/how-pentagon-boondoggle-putting-soldiers-danger https://newrepublic.com/article/113484/how-pentagon-boondogg... http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-modernizing-its-nuclear-arsenal-despite-criticism-over-weapons-a-932188.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-modernizing-its... http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-military-really-bad-shape-19446 http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-military-re... https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/hasc-ew-expert-bacon-us-not-prepared-for-electronic-warfare-vs-russia-china/ https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/hasc-ew-expert-bacon-us-... https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/armys-basic-illusions-gone-time-for-futures-command/ https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/armys-basic-illusions-go...
• kahnjw 9y ago
  In all seriousness, the problem with insisting on comparing the US economy and the economies of China and India is that they are at very different points in economic development. The US developed huge swaths of infrastructure post WWII, and that infrastructure is aging out and it clearly shows. India and China on the other have cheap and widely available labor to develop new infrastructure. What happens when that labor wants better pay and safer working conditions? Things will naturally slow down, and it will be hard to maintain all the infrastructure that was built during growth years. The same applies to healthcare, yes it is egregiously expensive, and life expectancy is falling slightly. On the other hand, comparing the US health care system to India's is silly. Health insurance might have high costs, but the level of care you get is far better than what you get today in India. Ten years from now, that might be a different story.