I’ve been thinking for awhile now how cool it would be for a country like the U.S to have a public sovereign wealth fund. There are certain industries where the typical free-market enterprise just doesn’t work (such as essential healthcare, infrastructure, food, maybe housing, etc.) Perhaps there could be some kind of public option business that competes in the market with fair prices and an idealized model of doing business.

Would you mind answering their questions here? I’m interested to see your thoughts as well.

Otherwise this is just a fluff piece distracting us with all the “good” things trump is doing and ignoring the bad.

I agree with most of your comment, but I don’t think this is what the article was doing. This is more a look into the future of how we can bend our free-market capitalist economic system into a more socially-beneficial direction without jumping right to the obvious but more controversial solutions like fairer taxation and heavier regulations. IMO, a sovereign like the U.S should own and operate “public option” companies in market sectors that are either considered critical or desperately in need of competition. The company would charge a very fair price for its goods or services, and serve as a way not only to push that specific industry in a better direction (think better standards in healthcare, more environmentally responsible operation in Oil & Gas, etc.) as well as push for broader principles such as fair hiring and employment practices. I have a feeling the current administration won’t be the one to accomplish these goals, however.