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WHERE LEADERS LIVE - FINLAND

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:26:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

FINLAND - The Presidential Palace
The President of Finland has access to not one, not two, but three official residences: the Presidental Palace, Mäntyniemi, and a summer residence called Kultaranta. As of this writing, the President of Finland is Tarja Halonen. However, Conan O'Brien might have had something to do with her reelection in 2006.

The Presidential Palace

Before this building became a Presidential Palace, it was a salt storehouse, a merchant's home, and a military hospital. Today, the building is used to house of the Office of the President. Every December 6th, a reception is held at the palace to commemorate Finland's independence day.

Mäntyniemi

The Mäntyniemi is located in the Meilahti district of Helsinki. The three buildings on the site are used as private apartments, reception rooms, and offices. With a much more modern look than the Presidential Palace, the Mäntyniemi was completed in 1993.

Kultaranta

The Kultaranta is the President's summer residence in the town of Naantali on Finland's southwest coast. In addition to a granite-built house, the complex includes numerous outbuildings and greenhouses, and a well-tended park. The President vacations here when she doesn't want to be disturbed, especially by American talk show hosts.

Conan O'Brien celebrates Tarja Halonen

Conan O'Brien meets President Halonen

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - SWEDEN

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:39:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

SWEDEN– Sagerska Huset &Harpsund Manor
The official residence of the Swedish Prime Minister is Sagerska Huset (English: The Sager House) at Strömgatan 18 in theNorrmalm borough of Stockholm. Sager House is sandwiched in betweenother famous buildings such as the Rosenbad (the Prime Minister’s Office) andthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Harpsund Manor is the Prime Minister’scountry estate in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden.

Sager House

Harpsund Manor

Travel Guide: Stockholm

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - SPAIN

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:52:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

SPAIN - Palacio de la Moncloa
The Palace of Moncloa has been the official residence of Spain's Prime Minister since 1977 when Spain's first democratically elected Prime Minister, Adolfo Suárez, moved the official residence from the Villamejor Palace. The residence is surrounded by several other buildings which form the La Moncloa Complex. The Ministry of the Presidency, the First Deputy Prime Minister's Office and the Press Center are located in this complex. The weekly meetings of the Council of Ministers are also held at La Moncloa.

Prime Minister Mariano Roy arrives at La Moncloa

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - MEXICO

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:52:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

MEXICO - Los Pinos
Los Pinos (The Pines) is the official residence of the President of Mexico. Located in the Bosque de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Forest) in central Mexico City, it became the official presidential residence in 1934, when General Lázaro Cárdenas became the first president to live there. He changed the name of the building from Rancho a la Hormiga (Ant Ranch) to Los Pinos in honor of the ranch where he met his wife.

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - SOUTH KOREA

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:51:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

SOUTH KOREA - Cheong Wa Dae
The Cheong Wa Dae is known as "The Blue House" because of the blue tiles on the roofs of each pavilion in the President's home. According to the building's official website, the President's private office is located on the second floor while the First Lady's office is on the first floor.

There are several function rooms and conference halls, including Jiphyeonsil where the president meets with his senior staff or at times holds summit meetings with other Heads of State. Other rooms include Inwangsil, a reception/dining hall and Baegaksil, a private dining hall for smaller meetings. Chungmoosil is used for press briefings following summit meetings or official dinners to honor foreign dignitaries.The Cheong Wa Dae is open to public tours during certain months throughout the year.

Discovering Korea - Cheongwadae and Sarangchae

Hangeul Day at Cheong Wa Dae

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - CHINA

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:50:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA - Zhongnanhai
Zhongnanhai, which literally translates as the Central and Southern Seas, is also known as the Sea Palaces. This is the official residence of the President and the Premier of the PRC. The Zhongnanhai was originally the old headquarters of Beijing's municipal government. In 1949, Premier Zhou Enlai moved into the Zhongnanhai and oversaw the repairs to the compound. The main entrance is on Changan Avenue west of Tiananmen Square. Let's just say that it's not open to public tours.

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - JAPAN

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:50:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

JAPAN - The Kantei

The Kantei is the official residence of Japan's Prime Minister. This residence went into effect in April of 2002, and replaced the original residence, the Sōri Kōtei, built in 1929. The Kantei is unique from other executive residences because it was installed with solar panels and rainwater storage system to minimize its impact on the environment. It is adjacent to the National Diet of Japan.

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - UNITED KINGDOM

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:25:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

UNITED KINGDOM - #10 Downing Street
Downing Street is named after Sir George Downing, a former Treasury Secretary. Today the plaque on the front door of #10 reads "First Lord of the Treasury", which means that the Prime Minister lives there. Today, the U.K.'s actual Treasury Secretary, known as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, lives across the street in #11 Downing Street. When the Prime Minister wants to spend some time in the country, as all English do, he goes to his country residence, Chequers, in Ellesborough.

#10 Downing Street

Chequers

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - GERMANY

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:11:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

GERMANY - Bundeskanzleramt

From 1949 to 1976 the Palais Schaumberg in Bonn was the first official residence of the German Chancellor. Today, the Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin is the official residence of the German Chancellor while the Palais Schaumberg is used as a secondary residence. To learn more about these buildings, check out these videos on the Federal Chancellery's website.

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - FRANCE

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:42:00 +0000

"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

FRANCE - Le Palais de L'Élysée

The official residence of the President of the French Republic is the Élysée Palace. In addition, the the President hosts foreign dignitaries at L’hôtel de Marigny and spends summers at Le fort de Brégançon. Every year on Bastille Day the President hosts a party in the gardens at the Palace. So the next time you are in Paris, check out the Élysée Palace and get cozy with Sarkozy!

The Élysée Palace gets a quick makeover

100 Years of State Banquets at the Élysée Palace

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - CANADA

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:23:00 +0000

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

CANADA - 24 Sussex Drive
24 Sussex Drive is the official residence of Canada's Prime Minister. The home is located in the New Edinburgh neighborhood of Ottawa and has been the official residence of the Prime Minister since 1951. The Prime Minister performs his duties at Langevin Block, therefore 24 Sussex Drive is used exclusively as a residence.

Rick Mercer Renovates 24 Sussex Drive with Paul Martin

Rick Mercer has a sleepover at 24 Sussex Drive

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - BRAZIL

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:58:00 +0000

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

BRAZIL - Palácio da Alvorada
Translated from Portuguese to English as "Palace of the Dawn", the Palácio da Alvorada is the home of the President of Brazil. The name of the building originates from this quote by Former Brazilian President, Juscelino Kubitschek, "What is Brasília, if not the dawn of a new day for Brazil? However, the President actually works at the Palácio do Planalto.

President Dilma Rousseff gives a tour of the Palácio da Alvorada (Portuguese)

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - AUSTRALIA

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:44:00 +0000

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

AUSTRALIA - The Lodge & Kirribilli House
Australia's Prime Minister has two official residences, one in Canberra and one in Sydney.

The Lodge

The Lodge is the official Canberra residence of the Prime Minister. The Lodge was built in 1927 by a Sydney builder, Mr J G Taylor of Glebe, at a cost of £28,319. The Lodge has flower beds, fruit and vegetable gardens, orchards and recreational facilities including a tennis court, swimming pool, and croquet lawn. The origin of the name 'The Lodge' is unknown, but it was in use before the first occupants, Prime Minister and Mrs Bruce, moved in on 4 May 1927. Records of the Federal Capital Commission in the early 1920s refer to the residence as ‘The Lodge’ but who suggested it remains a mystery.

Kirribilli House

Kirribilli House has been the Prime Minister’s official Sydney residence since 1956. The house is located at the far eastern end of Kirribilli Avenue in the suburb of Kirribilli.The grounds of Kirribilli are frequently used to host events for charity. Kirribilli House is open to the public on one day a year, courtesy of The Australiana Fund.

Kevin Rudd says farewell to The Lodge

60 Minutes Australia - The First Bloke

New Year's Day at Kirribilli House with Julia Gillard

WHERE LEADERS LIVE - ARGENTINA

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:08:00 +0000

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" - Frank Lloyd Wright

ARGENTINA - LA CASA ROSADA

Translated into English as "The Pink House", La Casa Rosada is the official executive mansion of the President of Argentina. This Italian style structure, known to locals as “Casa de Gobierno” or Government House, is where each President of Argentina has worked since it was built in the late 1800s. Why is it pink? When the building was finished in 1873, Argentina's two main political parties were represented by the colors red and white. Sound familiar? The building was painted pink as a compromise. The Argentine government allowed the filming of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" on the balcony of La Casa Rosada for the film Evita. The basement contains a small museum that is open to the public.

La Casa Rosada

Quinta de Olivos

In addition to La Casa Rosada, the President actually lives day-to-day in the Quinta de Olivos, located in the suburbs of northern Buenos Aires. The residence includes a chapel, heliport, and miniature golf course.

THE END OF THE FREE MARKET

noreply@blogger.com (Steven Hampton) — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:31:00 +0000

"What we're seeing is not merely private foreign investment - it is foreign government investment, which raises new policy questions for which we do not have all the answers." - Senator Jim Webb (D-VA)

THE END OF THE FREE MARKET

Over the past two decades, the global economy has become more complex and more unpredictable. It used to be that we lived in a G7 world, where seven Western industrialized nations and champions of free market capitalism led the global economy. Back then, the iron curtain clearly separated capitalism and communism. Now we live in a G20 world, where politics and economics have become more intertwined than ever. We live in the era of globalization - where ideas, people, money, goods, and services move across international borders at unprecedented speed. In his third book, The End of The Free Market, Ian Bremmer provides the reader with an insightful framework for understanding the global economy of the 21st century.

Bremmer writes that, " By fall 2008, the G7 had become an irrelevant institution. The financial crisis made clear that no international body that includes Canada and Italy but excludes China and India can offer credible solutions to today's most pressing transnational problems. Now we live in a world that acknowledges the need for countries that are relatively skeptical of free markets like China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, and others to be a part of the global economic conversation. This is a world where public wealth, public investment, and public ownership have made a stunning comeback. A world where increasingly influential countries are using financial markets to create wealth based on the perceptions of national interest." This phenomenon is called state capitalism and The End of The Free Market is the story of where this new strand of capitalism came from and what to do about it.

THE RISE A NEW SYSTEM

Bremmer emphasizes that state capitalism is not the reemergence of socialist central planning in a twenty-first-century package. He defines state capitalism as "a form of bureaucratically engineered capitalism particular to each government that practices it. It's a system in which the state dominates markets primarily for political gain."

For example, in response to the financial crisis, the United States bailed out banks and other organizations that were deemed "too big to fail" in order to breathe new life back into them so they could survive in the short run. The ensuing turmoil of the global recession made Americans look to their government for policy solutions to combat rising unemployment, a housing bubble, and inflation. This led to a shift in America's financial center of gravity from New York City to Washington, DC. This temporary shift has occurred in other free-market countries around the world as well.

However, political decision markers in China, Russia, and other emerging markets believe that the surest path toward politically sustainable economic development over the long-term is public wealth, public investment, and public enterprise. Bremmer warns that, "when officials in several of the world's most dynamic emerging markets embrace this system as a long-term means of protecting their political survival, they undermine the power of the global economic system to generate sustainable growth. As this trend develops, it will generate friction in international politics and distortions in global economic performance. "

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CAPITALISM

Since the end of World War II, free-market capitalism has become the dominant economic model of developed countries. However, even in America, the government is expected to referee economic competition. According to Bremmer, some services are just too important for society to entrust them to private enterprise. For example, the government must enforce the law, serve as a lender and guarantor of last resort, and provide public goods like national defense, a criminal-justice system, public education, environmental protection, health insurance for the elderly and poor, air-traffic control, and disaster relief.

No country's economy is either purely state capitalist or purely free-market driven, and the degree of government intervention within each country fluctuates over time. Every large economy has a few exceptions. Bremmer makes that point that even in the United States, we have several organizations that are essentially state-run enterprises such as the U.S. Postal Service, Amtrak, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The question is how much government intervention is appropriate for each society's economy? How much is too much?

Political philosopher Kenneth Minogue once defined capitalism as "what people do if you leave them alone." For the purposes of this book, Bremmer defines capitalism as, "the use of wealth to create more wealth." This is a definition that is broad enough to encompass both free-market capitalism and state capitalism. The difference between free-market capitalism and state capitalism is that all capitalist systems share the belief that only free markets can generate long-term prosperity and that the government should never become the primary player in an economy. State capitalism represents a direct challenge to this belief.

STATE CAPITALISM: WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT HAPPENED

Practitioners of state capitalism don't view this system as a set of temporary series of policy choices meant to rebuild their economies during a recession. They view state capitalism as a long-term policy choice that allows them to use markets to extend their own political and economic leverage - both within their societies and on the international stage. In a interview with the Telegraph, Bremmer said that "state capitalism is corporations captured by states." Essentially, state capitalism allows its practitioners to embrace capitalism, but for their own purposes.

Bremmer writes of state capitalism that, "Many of its practitioners came of age within authoritarian political and economic systems, where governance is the art of risk management. In such a system, power is an all-or-nothing proposition, and the outcomes of all the various political and economic games they play can determine their very survival. Faced with such a game, it's best to control both the referee and the strongest players. There is no single model of state capitalism, though its leading practitioners share a well-developed sense of risk aversion. It's no accident that the two most internationally influential of them are China and Russia, countries that have only recently shed communism and embraced markets. Fear of chaos long predates communism in China, and a tradition of secrecy and centralized control has shaped Russian political life for centuries. It's little wonder, then, that when governments in Beijing and Moscow finally decide to welcome the increasingly free flow of ideas, information, people, money, goods, and services from beyond their borders, they would try their best to control these processes - and to carefully micromanage the risks they create. "

In April of 2009, the leaders of the G20 nations met in London to discuss how to respond to the financial crisis. Following their summit meeting, even Hu Jintao and Dmitry Medvedev, presidents of China and Russia, the world's leading practitioners of state capitalism, signed on to a communique that read: "World trade growth has underpinned rising prosperity for half a century. We will not repeat the historic mistakes of protectionism of previous eras." The debate among members of the G20 is about how to make capitalism work best, not whether is should be replaced. State capitalist countries like China and Russia understand the importance of international trade and investment, but they want to create a marketplace for goods and services without creating a marketplace for ideas.

CARNEGIE COUNCIL - STATE CAPITALISM DEFINED

STATE CAPITALISM: AROUND THE WORLD

Countries like China and Russia use a variety of state capitalist tools to control the volatility of free-markets and globalization. Tools such as national champions, resource nationalism, and sovereign wealth funds create opportunities for direct government intervention in key sectors of the economy.

National Champions

These are companies that remain in private hands (though governments sometimes hold a large minority stake) but rely on aggressive material support from the state to develop a commanding position in a domestic economy and its export markets. Bremmer writes that, "Bidding on state contracts is often rigged in their favor. They have access to cheap financing form state-owned banks, tax breaks from central and local governments, and near-monopoly control of entire economic sectors. State capitalists create these national champions to build a reliable competitive advantage both at home and abroad, primarily for political reasons. State-capitalist national champions differ from other privately owned companies because the governments that create and promote them face far fewer legal and political limits in how they go about it. The companies themselves are much more secretive about how they operate and can more easily force smaller domestic rivals to merge with them."

Examples:

Brazil - Vale (mining)

India - Tata Group (conglomerate)

Russia - Norilsk Nickel (mining), NLMK (Novolipetsk Steel) and MMK (Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine), Evraz (mining, steel and other metals), Severstal ("Northsteel"), and Metalloinvest (steel).

China - Lenovo (computing), Huawei (telecoms), and the AVIC (Aviation Industries of China)

Resource Nationalism

State capitalist countries use oil, gas, and other commodities as political tools and strategic assets. According to Bremmer, "All governments that export significant amounts of oil use the revenue it generates and the promise of access to it to accomplish political goals. State capitalism pushes oil prices higher, and higher oil prices enrich the resource-rich governments that practice state capitalism. Their added wealth - and their increased geopolitical importance for countries that need their energy supplies - allows countries to behave more aggressively on the international stage. State-owned companies control three quarters of the world's known oil reserves, this mismanagement, corruption, and inefficiency distorts their operations drives up energy costs for everyone."

Examples:

Russia - Gazprom

China - China National Petroleum Company

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF)

These are state managed pools of excess cash that can be invested strategically. The transparency of these funds varies depending on their country of origin. Norway's Government Pension Fund is considered to be the gold standard in terms of transparency. Bremmer believes that countries create and operate SWFs for three reasons:

Growth - In countries that export large amounts of oil, gas, metals, minerals, and other valuable commodities, these funds can help transform finite, nonrenewable assets buried deep in the ground into financial assets that, if managed intelligently, can generate wealth indefinitely. They can also help governments survive the natural volatility in commodity prices. Some Persian Gulf Arab States learned the importance of this strategy the hard way. They sharply increased state spending when oil prices surged in the mid-1970s. But as oil prices tested new lows in the 1980s, their budget problems multiplied.

Stability - The sudden infusion of large sums of cash from export earnings of fiscal surpluses can fuel inflation, weaken the local currency through an oversupply of foreign exchange, and create consumption bubbles. Diverting excess capital into a sovereign wealth funds can help keep an economy from overheating. These funds can provide governments with cash when they need it to limit the damage of sudden capital flight from the country or attacks by speculators on their currencies. SWF reserves can help provide a fiscal stimulus to boost economic demand, save jobs, and bail out failing financial institutions.

Emergencies - In extreme circumstances, sovereign wealth funds can help a government avoid having to ask the IMF for help, encouraging skittish foreign investors not to flee and alleviating the need to cut a deal that might come with strings attached. After U.S. forces drove Iraqi troops from Kuwait in 1991, the government of Kuwait relied heavily on the Kuwait Investment Authority to help rebuild a war-ravaged economy.

Examples:

The following is a list of the top funds from Sovereign Wealth Fund News.com. The United States does not have a federal sovereign wealth fund, but the states of Alaska, Alabama, New Mexico, and Wyoming started their own SWFs several decades ago.

THE CHALLENGE

The challenge that state capitalism creates is that the Western financial crisis and global recession have left champions of free-market capitalism facing an increasingly skeptical international audience. The state capitalist model is a very attractive choice for leaders who want to gratify their country's short-term economic needs while satisfying their own long-term political desires. The risk for the United States and other free-market democracies is that complicated economic distortions created by state capitalism around the world will impede economic growth, which will lead to lower standards of living and an increase in global conflict.

MEETING THE CHALLENGE

In the final chapter of his book, Bremmer outlines the weaknesses of state capitalism and the strengths of free markets:

The Weaknesses of State Capitalism

1. "State capitalism will never match the hold that communism once had on the popular imagination, because it isn't really a response to social or economic injustice. Early popular support for communist parties in Russia, China, and elsewhere was in many ways a rejection of the reactionary governments that had come before and the chaos of civil war."

2. "China, Russia, the Gulf States, and other state capitalists have good reason to extend their political influence within their respective regions, but they're far too busy coping with headaches at home to spend time and resources on quixotic bids for global domination. This is the central reason they've chosen state capitalism in the first place. China's political leaders use state resources to buy long-term access to crude oil, natural gas, and other commodities needed to fuel China's economy, create jobs, and safeguard the Communist Party's long-term survival. Russian officials micromanage the economic sectors that employ the largest number of workers to help keep them off the streets. The Saudi royals keep the kingdom's most lucrative assets in loyal hands to ensure they aren't used to finance challenges to their absolute political authority All these governments see domestic problems as a far more immediate threat than anything coming from abroad. Because state capitalism is more a set of governing principles than a coherent political ideology, no two state-capitalist governments can ever fully align their interests."

3. "Some believe that the trend toward greater government involvement in domestic economies and state management of valuable assets is irreversible, because governments will never unwillingly surrender control of any instrument of wealth or power once they're grabbed hold of it."

The Strengths of Free-Markets

1. "Political officials have engineered state-capitalist systems to produce wealth, but mainly as a means of maintaining political control and of projecting state power. Forced to choose between the prosperity of their people and the security of their governments, state capitalists will choose security every time. In other words, if commercial activity depends on access to information, if the Internet provides the best, fastest, and most efficient access to that information, if the Internet also enables popular resistance to an authoritarian government, and it political officials have the means to (even temporarily) shut the Internet down, they will shut it down. This lowers the trajectory of long-term growth. Western governments sometimes allow security concerns to trump growth potential. But governments that practice state capitalism have many more levers to pull and buttons to push when it comes to shutting down the free exchange of just about anything."

2. "There is the concept of creative destruction. Economist Joseph Schumpeter coined this phrase in his 1942 book, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, to describe the process by which dying ideas and materials fertilize news ones, endowing capitalism with a self regenerating dynamism. As industries become obsolete and die, the workers, assets, and ideas that once sustained them are freed to recombine in new forms to produce goods, services, and ideas that meet the evolving wants and needs of consumers. This process sustains an ever-expanding economic ecosystem. It's not the product of political whim. It's as organic as human evolution."

THE PROBLEMS OF THE 21st CENTURY

In order to meet the challenge of state capitalism, it is important understand the paradigm shift that Ian Bremmer has described. The End of The Free Market signals a permanent end to the way we thought about international economics during the Cold War era. It is impossible to solve the problems of the 21st century with 20th century tools. Success in the 21st century requires open collaboration, flexibility, and ongoing innovation - for individuals, companies, and the countries they call home. Free markets simply provide to those who participate in them with long-term advantages that state capitalism can't match.

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