In general I think Japan has had the right ideas about transportation infrastructure. What it gets wrong, though:
Sure, overbuilding is bad. Still, there are worse ways to attempt a stimulus than infrastructure spending. At least you get something back
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Depends. Lots of empty bullet trains, it appears. (And useless sea walls, paved rivers, etc, etc)
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on the up-side.. Shinkansen has moved +10Bn passengers over the years w/o any paid customers being dragged off.. 8-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen
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