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A comment on The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospects for Recovery (1994). Parent comment
That has been true for every economic system ever - some are just more transparent and fair about it.
Would you rather it be people taking bribes, a king, a hereditary merchant class, oligarchs, or people setting up companies?
It has been as true about the USSR and Cuba as it has been about Venice, Canada, the USA, etc.
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That has been true for every economic system ever - some are just more transparent and fair about it.
Would you rather it be people taking bribes, a king, a hereditary merchant class, oligarchs, or people setting up companies?
It has been as true about the USSR and Cuba as it has been about Venice, Canada, the USA, etc.