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it's actually a good point

you may still think being illiquid equals being poor

idk I feel like it‘s just cope, that argument is so out there

because it is completely detached from reality. Where does this person take their arguments? From their private perception. So why should I care, it‘s not based on evidence

so are you saying americans are more illiquid than europeans lol? and that americans have more of their wealth locked in public goods? his evidence for his point is sufficient imo

No I‘m saying that all of this is nonsense. If we want to understand who has more wealth locked up in public goods we can surely just look that up in data, so unless we don‘t do that, there‘s no point in discussing our favorite fantasy facts

It adds a seemingly original framing to to the wealth of nations debate, and assumes that the widespread notion that European high taxes would also entail more spending on public goods is true. 

People who disagree are free to provide some data to the contrary!