Government as Shareholder: Proactive Competitive Strategy or Last Resort?
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Almost all SpaceX revenue comes from U.S. government contracts.
Anthropic does not receive revenue from the U.S. government.
The United States used to be the number one exporter of rare earth magnets.
Index funds hold over 30% of most publicly traded companies.
SEC Regulation FD requires a company that gives an analyst material information to post that information on its website.
The U.S. government used its golden share in U.S. Steel to stop a plant closing.
The Trump administration imposed trade barriers on Chinese products on national security grounds.
The U.S. Congress has not created ground rules for federal government equity stakes in companies.
The 2008 TARP rescue was profitable for the U.S. government.
The U.S. government has bought stock in Intel.
Index funds do not have access to inside information from the publicly traded companies they hold.
About nine out of ten venture capital projects fail.
Donald Trump personally bought millions of dollars of Intel bonds.
Temasek is a state-owned enterprise in Singapore.
A Peterson Institute for International Economics paper found that hospitals understockpiled medical equipment and supplies before the COVID-19 pandemic.
An investment fund backed by Donald Trump Jr. bought shares in Vulcan.
Vulcan received major funding from the U.S. Department of Defense three months after an investment fund backed by Donald Trump Jr. bought shares in Vulcan.
The Trump administration has made at least 10 equity investments.
Donald Trump demanded that the U.S. government receive 10% of Intel shares.
The U.S. government insisted on having a veto over company decisions in the U.S. Steel transaction.
DeepSeek is not state-owned.
Google is banned in China.
A World Bank report found that government minority stakes in companies are prevalent worldwide.
A golden share is a governance share that can override other shares on specific issues.
World Bank reporting identifies an independent agency at arm's length from political influence as a best practice for managing government minority stakes.
European telecom companies were government-owned for years.
Trump administration tariffs reduced the flow of trade from China.
The Trump administration has made equity investments in mining companies related to rare earth supplies.
The U.S. government owned the uranium enrichment industry.
Being a minority shareholder does not give a shareholder access to inside information.
During the financial crisis, the U.S. government acquired stock in General Motors.
During the financial crisis, the U.S. government acquired stock in Chrysler.
In 2008, the U.S. government took equity stakes in large banks.
BYD is not state-owned.
Alibaba is not state-owned.
U.S. Steel is owned by Nippon Steel.
Solyndra went bankrupt after receiving a loan from the U.S. government.
The Japanese government supports basic research on new materials.
Foreign actors have used social media to interfere with U.S. elections.
Millions of Americans lost their homes during the 2008 financial crisis.
Before COVID-19, no vaccine had gone from disease emergence to shots in people's arms as quickly as COVID-19 vaccines did.
COVID-19 vaccines went from disease emergence to shots in people's arms in about one year.
Operation Warp Speed helped fund COVID-19 vaccine development.
The Trump administration imposed tariffs on Chinese products before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. government does not have equity stakes in SpaceX.
The U.S. government bailed out banks in 2008.
The U.S. government received warrants when it bailed out banks in 2008.
During the financial crisis, the U.S. government acquired stock in AIG.
The U.S. government has a golden share in U.S. Steel.
SpaceX is a U.S. government contractor.