Democracies have inherent inefficiencies, which need to be compensated. Everything else being equal, dictatorships can ramp up infrastructure faster than any de

Democracies have inherent inefficiencies, which need to be compensated. Everything else being equal, dictatorships can ramp up infrastructure faster than any democracy. Tariffs should have favoured manufacturing in free countries, to encourage openness and freedom. That did not happen between 1990-2020.