David, on the aggregate data you gave, were you lumping together freight & human transport? If so, some of the data might be misleading.
One other anecdote: I see railroad track quite often when I travel around the US. I did not recall seing any railroads or even track outside of the train station. I was on the heavily populated coastal lands. The density of railroads must be even thinner in the relatively unpopulated west. I would expect that China's higher proportion of new stock would make its railroads more efficient. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
