A great economy?

When someone tells me the US is the world's greatest economy I offer a wry smile and dissenting opinion. Maybe the biggest but certainly not the greatest. A great economy does not squander nearly $1 trillion yearly to wage senseless war in the Middle East and Africa. A great economy doesn't refuse to invest in rebuilding its crumbling bridges, roads in other infrastructure which keeps us safe while facilitating commerce. A great economy doesn't choose to promote climate threatening fossil fuel over green energy. A great economy doesn't allow the for-profit health insurance industry maintain the worst health care delivery system in the industrialized world. A great economy does not allow gun manufacturers to sell of millions of firearms resulting in over a hundred thousand shooting victims yearly. A great economy doesn't worsen the largest income disparity since the Gilded Age by lavishing tax cuts on the American oligarchs. A great economy does not degrade workers' unions to allow slave wages and rescinding of employee workplace protections. A great economy does not refuse to pay for basic post secondary school training, college or trade school, so every young person gets an opportunity for economic success. The US economy: the largest, yes...and also possibly the worst.