UnEstranAvecVueSurMer:

was the classical distinction between the private sector and government a myth to begin with?

I suggest reading Galbraith's The New Industrial State or Minsky's Stabilizing an Unstable Economy for discussions of how the market mechanism is incompatible with capital-intensive activities. (We're talking about physical capital with long lifetimes)

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma