The money is like the fifth biggest problem. Maybe not even that high. By the time the Chinese came to high speed rail they’d engaged in three substantial speed ups of their main lines, and had spent the late 90s and early 2000s drawing up a massive plan.
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Mark Copelovitch
We, the country issuing the world's dominant international reserve currency, & therefore facing exactly zero meaningful fiscal constraints on our ability to afford All Of The Things, could also decide that we'd like some of the nice ones like this.
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So they get very frustrated when it can't.