SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : View from the Center and Left
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Dale Baker who wrote (13236)2/24/2006 4:05:07 PM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (3) of 541823
 
Can you point to examples in the world, now or in the past, where government-mandated and controlled investment created long-term steady employment for a locality over several generations?
Since WWII, Singapore, Luxembourg, Sweden and Norway all match to some extent. They're all special cases in their own ways, but each have heavy controls and direction upon private investment and/or government spending (Luxembourg in a particularly unusual fashion).

Of course, there are far more failures. Maybe these exceptions prove that it requires particularly fine and foresighted government, which is indeed in extremely short supply...
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News