Dr Bessner would be well served to ponder exactly where all those suburbs, exurbs, and red state population density can fit in India and China. It would have to be topography where people will actually have room to consume and travel like Americans do. I love counterfactuals and thought experiments in general, but without some basic subject matter expertise, the discussion becomes a contest of sentiments rather than reason.
Dr Bessner would be well served to ponder exactly where all those suburbs, exurbs, and red state population density can fit in India and China. It would have to be topography where people will actually have room to consume and travel like Americans do. I love counterfactuals and thought experiments in general, but without some basic subject matter expertise, the discussion becomes a contest of sentiments rather than reason.