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Why does Russia choose to depend on the Bosporus Strait for shipping?
According to the Wikipedia article on the proposed Istanbul Canal, it is said that the Bosporus has nearly 3 times the amount of ship traffic as the Suez Canal. Presumably this ship traffic comes ...
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Why are so many countries subsidizing the electrical vehicle industry?
I am creating a presentation about main subsidies and taxes for the EV (electric vehicle) market. When I dived deep into this — the question became: why do governments invest in this market? What ...
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Is Belt and Road Initiative cost-effective?
Does the geopolitical advantage of China's Belt and Road Initiative outweigh the financial costs of the loans? Would the loan be better spent internally or kept unused?
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What would be the social and political consequences if a major country decided to prohibit driverless cars? [closed]
In the news, there's been talk of countries banning petrol and diesel cars by 2030-2040, but what if a major country - say for example; Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and South Africa; decided ...
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Are there countries with true open-market railways?
Over here Ben Southwood makes a case against nationalizing the British train lines:
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Returning it to centralised state control would be a step backwards and a mistake.
Instead we ...
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Is there any evidence that public transport splitting, corporatisation or privitisation affects quality?
In Europe in the last 10–30 years, many public transportation companies have been split up in parts, with some parts corporatised and some parts privatised. This has partly been motivated by an ...
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