Ideology battle: "Communist market economy" winning democratic market economy?

[c1ue]

Re: Ideology battle: "Communist market economy" winning democratic market economy?

Sure it is speculation but it is reasonable to believe it will happen. Why?

The reason is profit. Stations divert and concentrate human traffic.

Firstly, the government owns most of the land. The appreciation of the land itself pays for the cost of the station.

Secondly, is creating more land. Train stations in highly populated areas are built underground. Underground malls can be created around stations and directly connected to the basement of buildings surrounding the stations.

In Singapore, the government actually sells the "underground land" to building owners.

Time will tell.

The forces you describe apply to any and every large urban area, yet there are only a handful of cities in the world which have made this type of investment.

[touchring]

Re: Ideology battle: "Communist market economy" winning democratic market economy?

Time will tell.

The forces you describe apply to any and every large urban area, yet there are only a handful of cities in the world which have made this type of investment.

For as long as America prints money, China will have the money to build a national transportation network that runs on electricity.

This is crucial because when oil reaches $400-$500 in today's money, any country that can't reduce its dependency on oil will stop functioning, and maybe even go the way of the Mayans that ran out of water supply.