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[quote user="YoHo1975"] I would argue that building the transcon earlier than economics dictated had, or was at least assumed to have social value to this nation independent of economic value.  <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Society can address all of its social needs through the economic system.  If everybody wants a railroad, they join forces and build it.  Your description of social needs sounds you have some independent entity who is in charge of deciding what is good for society whether society realizes it or not.  If not enough of society wants a railroad enough to pay for it with their own sweat and blood, who should say otherwise and what would their reason be?
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