The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday August 3rd, 2023
Subsidies and soft loans: facts and fallacies by Joseph Gatt
In many countries, notably France and former French colonies, I hear a lot of businesses saying things like “we need the government to help us” or “our business needs subsidies” or “our businesses needs soft loans.”
So here are the facts and fallacies.
Fallacy: subsidies help increase production
Fact: a lot of the subsidies go to new technologies but also training in the new technologies, hiring new staff, and other expenses.
In the case of agriculture, production depends on many factors, including weather factors and the overall economic health of the nation.
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A Whisper Of Regret #poem by Jan Sand
“To gently touch this world,
With fingertips of delight,
Which still glistens with a red rose,
Still hums in quotidian industries
Of bees and other serious folk
To maintain the functions of existence,
Is to capture a fragile momentary dream. .”
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Fika bonding! #63 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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