Freemarket choices of what to spend money on can certainly have problems. It'd be bold to assume that the dictator's choices will be better for their people, th

Freemarket choices of what to spend money on can certainly have problems. It'd be bold to assume that the dictator's choices will be better for their people, though. The USSR spent its money on tanks: https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/markharrison/entry/the_soviet_economy_1/ https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/markharrison/entry/the_soviet_ec.... Will China be different? Or sometimes, are tanks the right choice? Let's hope not.