U.S. Is a Rich Country With Symptoms of a Developing Nation - Bloomberg
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Some have suggested that the U.S. is actually two countries in one — a developed nation for the rich and a developing one for the poor. But recent trends like the fall in construction productivity and the rise in health costs suggest that inequality isn’t the whole story here. The U.S. is simply becoming less efficient along a broad spectrum of measures.