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Re:China plans to break up Ant's Alipay and force creation o... by RandomLensman on Monday September 13, 2021 @01:48PM (#28514418)
Really depends how you look at it, but there is at very least disagreement who really has been taking the actual big innovation risks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entrepreneurial_State

That is not to say that then companies don't need to form around it, but not as black and white.

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Re:China plans to break up Ant's Alipay and force creation o... by imtringued on Monday September 13, 2021 @05:39PM (#28517217)
The Japanese managed to grow their economy quickly because they did window guidance. People will complain about central planning yet there are countless of examples of governments that "macromanaged" their economy into success.
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