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The state and business

Nicklas Augustine,

06/08/2010

The state and business.

Glimrende leder i The Economist der kritiserer og udmærket redegør for, hvorfor det sjældent er en god idé, at lade bureaukrater og politikere investere skatteydernes penge i ofte arbitrært udvalgte industrier og virksomheder.

Udpluk:
"In the rich world, meanwhile, the record shows, again and again, that industrial policy doesn’t work.... Government seem to have forgotten that picking industrial winners nearly always fails"