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Isn't it bad government policy to be strategically dependent on a single company? Boeing enjoys its dominant position in large part due to US government policy
by apatters 7y ago
Isn't it bad government policy to be strategically dependent on a single company? Boeing enjoys its dominant position in large part due to US government policy and the US military's procurement policies (in the 80s there were over 20 major defense contractors, now there are only six). It seems to me like the government has been shortsighted in letting things get to this point.
- _trampeltier 7y agoThere was once a story here one HN (1 or 2 years ago) about this. There is often just one or so company who can prduce some special parts. So a large company started to buy a lot of these small but important companys. After that, they raise the prize by factor of ten or so.