Here’s a hypothetical from fantasyland: the government of {your country} suddenly has a billion US dollars or local equivalent to spend, and it can only spend it on ONE giant program. Pretend it’s a bequest from a rich billionaire who just died. You can pretend the dead billionaire is Rupert Murdoch if you want to feel especially happy about it.
So, what do you spend it on? Education? Healthcare? Science? Environmental initiatives? Housing? Business incentives? Infrastructure? Tax breaks? Public transport? Defence? NASA? One-off payment to people below the poverty line?
Over here, I take the Rupert Murdoch Memorial Blood Money and spend it on universities to give more skills to more kids more cheaply (and as a flow-on, get more science out the other end and create some more jobs and infrastructure while you’re at it).
What will you spend the money on?
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