Mastodawn

The folly of providing cash handouts
"relief is obviously temporary, but te #debt is #longterm. There must be a better sol'n than handing out free money for #consumption.. if te question is how to generate #sustainable income growth so #workers can cope w higher living costs on their own, then te answer lies in higher #wages, job creation & #skills upgrading. There's a vast diff'ce btw dd-side & ss-side sol'ns.. Te key concept is #importsubstitution for #Chinese products"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3254768/the-folly-of-providing-cash-handouts

Headlines Africa Jan 8

Africa: Africa Squeezed Between Import Substitution and Dependency Syndrome: [IPS] Moscow -- Squeezed between import substitution and dependency syndrome, a condition characterized by a set of associated economic symptoms--that is rules and regulations--majority of African countries are shifting from United States and Europe to an incoherent alternative bilateral partnerships with… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQDQGh #Africa #EconomicDevelopment #ImportSubstitution #DependencySyndrome #BilateralPartnerships

cathill Dec 12, 2025

How many more Americans would live below the poverty line if the US government were to ban all imports of consumer goods?
#protectionism #importsubstitution #mercantilism #autarky #tradebarriers #tradewars #poverty #povertyline #americans #affordabilitycrisis #inflation #tradepolicy #usa #donaldtrump #tariffs #consumergoods #economics #imports

Strypey Nov 1, 2025

"...tariffs only work to reshore production where there is a lot of careful planning, diligent data-collection, and review. Governments have to provide credit to key firms to get them capitalized, provide incentives, and smack nonperformers around. Basically, this is the stuff that Biden did for renewables with the energy sector, and – to a lesser extent – for silicon with the CHIPS Act."

#CoryDoctorow (@pluralistic), 2025

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/28/strew-deal/

#IndustrialPolicy #ImportSubstitution #tariffs

Pluralistic: The capitalism of fools (28 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

AlcorNews Aug 3, 2025

Le prototype MC‑21 entièrement “russifié” (73057) approche de sa station de test vol à Irkutsk : certification en vue d’ici 2026.
https://f-aero.fr/le-prototype-mc-21-substitue-sapproche-du-transfert-a-la-station-de-test-de-vol/
#AerospaceEngineering #MC21 #ImportSubstitution #PD14Engine #RussianAvionics

Le prototype MC-21 substitué s'approche du transfert à la station de test de vol

Yakovlev a commencé une évaluation au sol du prototype MC-21 entièrement substitué à l’importation, en préparation pour le transférer à la station de test de vol. L’avion, qui a volé pour la première fois en...

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Tycoon World May 14, 2025

Sterling Tools Partners with the UK’s Advanced Electric Machines to produce Magnet Free Motors in India

#TycoonWorld #SterlingTools #AdvancedElectricMachines #AEM #MagnetFreeMotors #ElectricVehicles #EV #EVMotors #India #UK #Partnership #TechLicensing #AutomotiveComponents #MCUs #RareEarthFree #TractionMotors #SupplyChain #Localization #SelfReliance #AtmanirbharBharat #MakeInIndia #ImportSubstitution #EVManufacturing #SustainableMobility

https://tycoonworld.in/sterling-tools-partners-with-uks-aem-to-produce-magnet-free-ev-motors-in-india/

Sterling Tools Partners with UK's AEM to Produce Magnet-Free EV Motors in India – Tycoon World

Sterling Tools expands its EV portfolio with a partnership with Advanced Electric Machines to manufacture innovative and sustainable magnet-free motors in India.

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