> Now please come up with a measure if an economy is elaborated and functional. A friend once referred me to a "public transport" measure, which might not be t

> Now please come up with a measure if an economy is elaborated and functional. A friend once referred me to a "public transport" measure, which might not be the panacea for defining an economy's success, but it's certainly an interesting take. I wish I could find the paper / article (I tried), but in essence, the extent to which an economy has implemented effective public transport can be used as a measure of economic success. Edit: I also completely agree with your first point.