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Sorry, but sounds like something straight out of /r/iamverysmart

Do you have any historic evidence that countries with smaller governments are wealthier & more efficient than countries where government spending is a large proportion of the GDP? (hint: it's all the western developed democracies)



> Sorry, but sounds like something straight out of /r/iamverysmart

Yeah, I was afraid it would come off that way and tried to soften it by qualifying my last statement. Apparently, it didn't work.

> Do you have any historic evidence that countries with smaller governments are wealthier & more efficient than countries where government spending is a large proportion of the GDP?

I didn't make that assertion. All I was trying to do is say that from my perspective most of the points raised in the article appear to be caused by government involvement, not by capitalism.




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