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lostloginlast Saturday at 7:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

What’s the level of subsidy that’s ok?


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throwaway2037last Saturday at 10:09 PM

I'll take a stab. How about something like not more than 50% greater than OECD average per industry? My point: It seems reasonable that some countries was to specialise in certain areas. For example: Taiwan and (East!) Germany chose to build-out their semiconductor industry starting in the 1980s. It has paid pretty good dividends with a healthy amount of industrial subsidies. I also think the OECD should be raising tariff rates to protect against ridiculous levels of Chinese subsidies.

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blitzarlast Sunday at 6:50 AM

"my level" - $1 more is cheating