tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872027023836758220.post8951853044609373954..comments2024-03-29T00:11:52.779-07:00Comments on RF's Financial News: This week in Barrons - 01-18-10R.F. Culbertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05996559114017360462noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872027023836758220.post-14964140591084277542010-01-20T15:56:04.647-08:002010-01-20T15:56:04.647-08:00I found your road digging analysis quite odd. In t...I found your road digging analysis quite odd. In the LONG run you are right. Natural market forces from competition should produce more efficient processes. But that wouldn't show up for 1- 5 years etc. This has been only months. Perhaps perversely, if stimulus money's goal is to generate employment, less efficient processes are desirable as that usually equates to additional manpower. <br /><br />Either way you highlight a disturbing report but your conclusion is wrong because a) Not nough time has not passed to prove much either way in terms of markets becoming more efficient and ii) Efficiency is NOT the goal - short term stimulus through increased employment is.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885318877108040792noreply@blogger.com