Comment on Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics
haloduder@thelemmy.club 14 hours agoYes, we all know the most successful economic endeavors are funded by taxpayers.
Just look at how Iceland has the cheapest electricity on the planet; it’s because they built their infrastructure using public money without an incentive to maximize profit.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
That’s not what I’m implying.
TSMC would not have thrived if it was purely nationalized, and could have easily collapsed into capitalist hell.
For the processor fab business, specifically, the ideal conditions seem to be some kind of basdardized hybrid. Samsung and China Semi are not far from this either, while the corpses of pure extremes (GloFo, Intel, the Soviet’s and modern Russia’s computing efforts, other pure government efforts and some RISC ones) are littered everywhere.
davidagain@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
In which nation is energy generation not using vast natural resources at huge initial outlay where companies have a boner for monopolising or cartels and exploiting scarcity to drive up prices?