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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by dia80 on Friday February 05, 2016 @04:42PM (#11044867)
That works until it doesn't, see Japan.
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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by grillvogel on Friday February 05, 2016 @04:58PM (#11044961)
what about japan
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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by pm90 on Friday February 05, 2016 @07:13PM (#11045753)
I'm assuming this was an offhand remark, but if you are looking for a serious answer: the Japanese Govt. has been trying a similar thing for over a decade to kick the economy into growth and has failed rather spectacularly and persistently in doing this.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decade_%28Japan%29

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