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If I overlay that spending graph with quality of life during the same timespan, I might conclude government spending is a miracle. A greater success within 200
by aklemm 5y ago
If I overlay that spending graph with quality of life during the same timespan, I might conclude government spending is a miracle. A greater success within 200 years can hardly be imagined.
- jokethrowaway 5y agoCorrelation doesn't imply causation and the pirates disappearing didn't cause global warming. I'm grateful to entrepreneurs and companies for innovating so much, while the USA is turning into the largest employer in the world (bigger than China).
- aklemm 5y ago> Correlation doesn't imply causation Yes, that's what I said. ;p From gp: > There is a pretty simple correlation between growth in government spending and a reduced ability of businesses to have a positive impact in their community. Oh really? I'm somewhat familiar with German companies and the extreme regulation and worker-focused rules they endure as a good comparison to American businesses which I am intimately familiar with. My takeaway is that while it's much much harder to operate and innovate in Germany, the citizens are better off in immeasurable ways. Spectra, pendula, all that...