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A recent headline: "China debuts new commercial airliner to compete with Boeing 737" http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9665924/china-new-commercial-passenger-p
by digikata 11y ago
A recent headline: "China debuts new commercial airliner to compete with Boeing 737"
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9665924/china-new-commercial-passenger-plane-C919 http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9665924/china-new-commerci...
I'm not sure there are necessarily broad conclusions to be made from this, but what strikes me is the thought that in the long run knowledge diffuses everywhere and the economic advantages may get reduced down to physical constraints on energy and materials. In that case, nations that vertically integrate with their own key industries may be the most independent. Of course, it's arguable which industries are key.
- xixi77 11y agoSome independence is a good thing as insurance for the case of a trade (or actual) war and such, but beyond that, there is little reason to pursue it -- after all the most independent nation out there is probably north korea :)
- digikata 11y agoNorth Korea seems periodically dependent on food aid for its population precisely because of the inability to sustain or develop adequate internal capacity.