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Governments play a major role in the credit of many companies. They own some, interfere with others, regulate more. They subsidise or ease the path of some; they prevent others doing what they think economically best, and sometimes contribute to the resulting costs.
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© 1995 T. H. Donaldson
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Donaldson, T.H. (1995). Government Action: Legal, Political and Whimsical. In: More Thinking about Credit. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13763-3_2
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