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Re:Xi Jinping personally halted Ant's IPO after Jack Ma snub... by heavyset_go on Friday November 13, 2020 @04:17PM (#25087613)
The word 'privatization' was coined to describe Nazi Germany's economic policy[1], and Germany went from a country with serious inflation, to seeing high returns on investment[2]. Violent states often makes friends with business owners.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatization#Etymology

[2] https://nickledanddimed.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/nazi.png

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Re:Xi Jinping personally halted Ant's IPO after Jack Ma snub... by RobertoG on Friday November 13, 2020 @06:26PM (#25088774)
>>"Germany went from a country with serious inflation, to seeing high returns on investment[2]."

The problem before the Nazis arrived to power was deflation (1) not inflation.

(1) - https://ghdi.ghi-dc.org/sub_document.cfm?document_id=3838

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