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In Mises Wire's These US States Have Higher Incomes than Nearly Every European Country, Ryan McMaken discusses the perception that the United States is more or less a hard line, extreme free-market system, while most European economies are thought to be far more interventionist than the US.
In reality, the truth is far more muddled. In terms of government spending on welfare programs, the United States is comparable to a number of other states commonly regarded as "welfare states." On the matter of health care specifically, US government spending outpaces nearly all other countries, both rich and poor. In other words, the US is not nearly the outlier many people think it is.
Luxembourg is of course among the European countries vs. US states...
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