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Coincidentally, the state of France holds around a tenth of Airbus stock
by hawthornio 3y ago
Coincidentally, the state of France holds around a tenth of Airbus stock
- AlbertCory 3y agoIndeed, as I recall, government owning part of a company, not all, is a fairly common practice worldwide. It recognizes that the company is quasi-governmental, as Boeing is. Is this "better?" I don't know, but for an extremely large, capital-intensive, national security-critical industry, it might be the least bad solution (and no, I'm not a socialist).