<story><title>MIT economist believes U.S. is shifting to be more similar to developing nations</title><url>https://theintellectualist.co/study-mit-economist-u-s-regressed-third-world-nation-citizens/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>prawn</author><text>Another story about the same person and topic that I found insightful: &amp;quot;America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People&amp;quot; -
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ineteconomics.org&amp;#x2F;perspectives&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;america-is-regressing-into-a-developing-nation-for-most-people&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ineteconomics.org&amp;#x2F;perspectives&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;america-is-r...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have visited the US most years out of the last 5-10, including a trip through 25ish US states a couple of years ago. It&amp;#x27;s easy to get the impression that competing interests maintain a problematic or worsening status quo - infrastructure that has to be OK until it collapses because no one wants to prioritise the money to fix it (many roads in California are shocking). A voting system (as mentioned by @kristofferR) that makes it difficult for a viable third party to emerge. Health, education, private prison industries, etc.&lt;p&gt;There are parts of the United States that feel like they are struggling to survive - including areas that are quite eye-opening like Bombay Beach and Wonder Valley.&lt;p&gt;In Australia, we see lobbying groups dictate terms increasingly often too and I don&amp;#x27;t know that our country is better for it.</text></comment>
<story><title>MIT economist believes U.S. is shifting to be more similar to developing nations</title><url>https://theintellectualist.co/study-mit-economist-u-s-regressed-third-world-nation-citizens/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nirav72</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m thinking MIT economists haven&amp;#x27;t lived in a third world.  (I was born in one) The U.S is not even remotely close to being a third-world or will be one anytime soon.</text></comment>