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We're often told the USA is the exemplar of free market capitalism, but actually its an economy whose growth is underpinned by Govt. spending & an oversized (yet massively under-performing) health sector that generates lost of activity for GDP purposes, but less success in health outcomes...
When you add in the advantage of the $ being the (de facto) global currency (still) & the use of debt to stoke demand, the exceptionalism (such as it is) looks very different!
#USPol #capitalism
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