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Did any other country enact a policy favoring mergers over IPOs to strenghten the resilience of companies?
Tens of thousands of China-based semiconductor companies have recently
gone out of business, and numerous IPO processes have been halted or
terminated. As a result, Chinese authorities are said to now ...
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What government policies has Russia implemented to revive its domestic industries, after economic sanctions were imposed on them?
I was reading some Russian propaganda and came across this tidbit:
Indeed, the sanctions have done what many considered impossible: they jolted the country’s economy out of the well-trodden path of ...
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Indian PLI Manufacturing scheme
Indian govt has announced Production Linked Incentive schemes (PLI) to boost manufacturing sector growth in India. As it can be seen it is biased towards capital-intensive industries. What could be ...
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What are possible explanations for why Democratic states appear to have higher homeless rates per capita than Republican states?
The principal argument I see regarding homelessness in blue areas is that cities draw a larger homeless population than rural areas which is objectively true. However, from the evidence I have found, ...
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What is the intent of urban irrigation restrictions in California? [closed]
I apologize for the blue box above. It is being discussed here.
California is considering restricting the days of the week on which lawns may be watered. What is the upside that could make up for ...
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Why governments are against "producing" people in artificial wombs? [closed]
Many countries and regions have demographic problems, including all of Eastern Europe, Germany, Russia, and Japan. The reason - low birthrates and/or emigration to more developed countries.
So ...
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Why are African countries using direct and indirect taxation against their farmers to tax them at a rate twice as high than anywhere in the world?
Why are African countries using direct and indirect taxation against their farmers to tax them at a rate twice as high than anywhere in the world?
I found this in a research paper entitled Why kill ...
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How did Obama improve the economy
Obama inherited a bad economy from Bush. My question what policies is Obama responsible for for improving the economy? What exactly did Obama do? When I look at the stats its clear during his ...
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Are there any US politicians that want to reduce housing prices?
Over the last year, the Federal Reserve has propping up the already historically high housing market by purchasing/backing trillions of dollars of mortgages, preventing a decline in house prices like ...
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What have been Trump's successful policies/reforms? [duplicate]
Honestly, I'm not personally inclined to support Trump because his rhetoric and misinformation tactics rub me the wrong the way, but I make a point to consume centered media as often as I can and I ...
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Is "fiscal cynicism" an issue in any Western country?
Local and general elections are coming soon in Romania and there is a debate related to a law discussed by the Romanian Parliament: raising pensions by 40%.
The opposition seems to want this to really ...
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Why does South Korea invest 4.6% of their GDP in scientific research?
The amounts countries are spending on R&D in PPP$
This link shows that South Korea is the largest spender of R&D in the world in terms of amount.
What drives them toward such enormous amount ...
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Does the US account for inter-generational equity/imbalances when producing fiscal policy?
There are many studies concerned with how various generations subsidize each other, usually assuming current laws hold for all future generations. Do any government agencies (like CBO, the Treasury, ...
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Does Iran have any trade deals with China and if it does, can they protect Iran's economy from economic sanctions?
I read about how Iran has been looking to China for trade in response to sanctions from the United States and the West and how Iran already trades with China using oil. However, what I want to know is ...
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What are the downsides of being a debt-free country (no foreign national debt)?
I was only a child when the Romanian dictator, Ceaușescu announced that all of the country's foreign debt had been paid:
Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu announced this week that his
country, ...
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