It not weird - I'm a libertarian too and I'm worried about the situation in the west. It's bad when you notice that even with big government contracts the grow

It not weird - I'm a libertarian too and I'm worried about the situation in the west. It's bad when you notice that even with big government contracts the growth was much better. Something is happening - we just don't know what. We each have your pet ideas, based on our ideologies; IMHO the welfare state demotivation is suspect #1, but I'm ready to consider other hypothesis - even those that include government spending.