The President has only filled a minority of senior federal positions after for months in office; and we cannot debate state protection for vital industries if we don't know what we mean
Our 19th century dominance in steel production was made by private companies which probably knew that the UK government would be its major customer. Were we overtaken because of complacency and failure to invest and innovate? Given the sheer size of the industry it was improbable that companies could borrow the huge amounts of money required from the capital markets. Is the situation so different now?Since,as you show,the industry is so strategically important then the solution you suggest, nationalisation, ought to have been the answer all along. We need to focus on producing steel regardless of political or ideological considerations.
I hadn’t realised that Trump’s record on filling posts was so bad. I do know that my American friends are constantly anxious about the next knee jerk announcement. Whether you like governmental infrastructure or not, it is necessary to keep the systems running despite political whims and fancies. The decimation of federal grants is affecting people I care about.
Our 19th century dominance in steel production was made by private companies which probably knew that the UK government would be its major customer. Were we overtaken because of complacency and failure to invest and innovate? Given the sheer size of the industry it was improbable that companies could borrow the huge amounts of money required from the capital markets. Is the situation so different now?Since,as you show,the industry is so strategically important then the solution you suggest, nationalisation, ought to have been the answer all along. We need to focus on producing steel regardless of political or ideological considerations.
I hadn’t realised that Trump’s record on filling posts was so bad. I do know that my American friends are constantly anxious about the next knee jerk announcement. Whether you like governmental infrastructure or not, it is necessary to keep the systems running despite political whims and fancies. The decimation of federal grants is affecting people I care about.