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Comment by JumpCrisscross

> is garbage disposal in Europe so much more efficient now that it has all been privatized, compared to the mid-90s?

Is it?

> Are trains running cheaper?

They're up about 6% in real terms (or about 0.23% a year) since 2000 [1]. That said, I don't think most European rail is privatized, so this is a strange example.

[1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/product/page/PRC_H... deflated with CP00

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