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Also, a lot of China's industries are designed to produce Jobs first, high profit second. So if a State Industry receive aid, they have to produce jobs in exchange. U.S Banks received a ton of aids during the great recession, and they produced....well, not jobs anyway. |
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2013-03-07, 12:42 | Link #26845 | |
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I'm a big admirer of centralized control over sprawling bureaucracy when policy shifts are required. It's very good at "making a decision" and then following through. The problem is the system inherently lacks a "market check" (no, the market is not perfect, heck it's not even very good, but it's better than the alternative = "none") .. and by this I simply pose a simple question: "Is investing in Steel industries a good idea right now?" -- Different investment managers will have different opinions. I have my own opinion. Some will be right and some will be wrong. Some businesses will survive and some will fail. I am aware of a few Chinese firms, being lent money by Chinese banks, that are directly funded and/or controlled by parts of the Chinese government .. that have made a very large bet and have continued to make very large bets on the industry. What are those loans worth right now? How do you tell someone in the government that they're wrong? Look at Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...t_price_bubble I'm an IBanker in Canada, but I don't vote Conservative! I vote Liberal! I believe in Universal Healthcare! I believe in Government Oversight! I believe in Market Failure! I'm Agnostic! I believe in preserving the environment! I gape at my horrifying tax bill but still love Canada! I believe in funding and government assistance for the underprivileged and grants/funding for scholarship and bursaries for further education! I am a pot and a kettle both and each respectively call the other black.
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2013-03-07, 12:56 | Link #26848 |
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EU set to vote on blanket porn ban; internet freedoms at risk:
"The European Parliament will vote next Tuesday on a report that could lead to a blanket ban on pornography in any form of media, not limited to advertising, television, and radio, but also on the web. In the process, it could have wide-ranging implications for freedom of expression in the 27 member state bloc." See: http://www.zdnet.com/eu-set-to-vote-...sk-7000012221/ |
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My guess that it is a natural order of things for things to be built up big by geniuses then taken down by idiots. Quote:
Actually they did. By suppressing the French culture in Quebec that they no longer act as an economic point for France by producing French maid apparel.
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2013-03-07, 13:21 | Link #26850 | |
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(Insted of associationg Québec with french maid, you might be interested to read about the ''Filles du Roy'' )
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2013-03-07, 14:00 | Link #26852 | ||
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2013-03-07, 21:57 | Link #26855 | ||
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Meh, I think we'll finally see beyond our differences once there's another even more different group to discriminate against... Not that I think that that discriminatory solidarity would do us any good if an aggressive species with the tech to travel to us came knocking...
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2013-03-07, 23:19 | Link #26856 | |
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Venezuela's Chavez to be embalmed for public view http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...92405420130308 It was really tempting to put this one on the ''silly new'' thread.
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2013-03-08, 00:22 | Link #26857 | |
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2013-03-08, 01:06 | Link #26858 |
思想工作
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
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China’s Paid Trolls: Meet the 50-Cent Party
Interesting interview of a wumaodang poster by Ai Weiwei regarding the subtler methods the CCP uses to maintain a loyal populace. |
2013-03-08, 06:15 | Link #26859 |
books-eater youkai
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French army in Mali now in Islamist "sanctuary:" defense minister
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9270CC20130308
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2013-03-08, 10:11 | Link #26860 |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Today is the worldwide International Women's Day.
Russia misses the point. And to think the USSR was once far ahead of the West on feminism. _______ As for this poor, vulgar male, I will celebrate by drowning myself in Yuri manga. Yes, that's it. Any excuse for a yuri binge is a good excuse.And I'm going to be such a girl today my little sister will doubt her bro's sexual identity. I think I'll start with ice cream. Then lilies. Then, um, equal pay and liberation and maternity rights. |
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