You answered your own question. You first talked about financial return on investment, as HSR might be subsidized forever. But that's...

I think the most apt example(s) you're looking for are in Europe and Asia...

It's projected to turn an operating profit. The infrastructure will take longer to pay back but that's normal for large infrastructure...

Yes, my point is those arguments are not universally appealing. And frankly if a project were expected to bring about negative economic...

Mountain out of a mole hile: Indeed. This is some clickbait gotchya nonsense masquerading as journalism. You can go on there right...

It's not only that Russians were surprised to find (and promptly loot) the flat screen TVs from Kiev region satellite towns they briefly...

This type of thinking is common with the uneconomically illiterate, but financially literate self-employed / "I run my own small medium...

The pass-up issue is a key factor that doesn't get discussed enough. For people doing everything "right" (taking transit, allowing for...

I very much agree it depends on the aid provided. But comparing Poland, one of the most dynamic, and literally the fastest growing...

Lol - if only…… While I have a healthy respect for people trying to drive complicated projects through multiple bureaucracies…. And in...

One can hope, see below: Also, Ukraine's economy is in very rough shape too.

In 1917 the Tsar was quickly replaced by new autocrats. The Russian people have zero experience of liberal democracy. Each strongman...

To add to the above point, no one in Russia is conscripted to go to war. Other than one wave of mobilization from September 2022, the...

You need to remember that (for good reason) planning takes a long to (yes, too long) and one of our problems here is that we start off...

Just my two cents, but while we're in a moment of talking about major projects and splashing money from three levels of government...