France could nationalize big companies if necessary: finance minister

Re:France could nationalize big companies if necessary: fina... by csomar on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:58PM (#22608763)

> What would France stand to gain if these companhias are forced to shut down due to a "force of nature" event, or worse be bought out by a foreign investor due to the restructuring you're advocating?

The economy restructures itself to be more resilient to such events? The coronavirus is not even close to the smallpox which has been circulating for much of humans history. Companies/Economy should be able to withstand such events.

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Re:France could nationalize big companies if necessary: fina... by rumanator on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:23PM (#22612273)

> The economy restructures itself to be more resilient to such events?

That's the kind of stuff that only exists in textbooks. In the real world you just get important parts of your economy be controlled by foreign corporations.

> The coronavirus is not even close to the smallpox

That's entirely irrelevant. We're talking about a disruptive event to an economy. It makes absolutely no difference if you can imagine worse events or diseases if we're discussing stuff regarding the economy.

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