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Facing the challenge of economic triage

THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Should support be provided to every business equally, or should structurally unviable enterprises be allowed to fail?

    Published Sun, Jun 7, 2020 · 09:50 PM

    THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Should support be provided to every business equally, or should structurally unviable enterprises be allowed to fail?

    Victor Mills Chief Executive Singapore International Chamber of Commerce

    No government is in a position to know or predict which businesses are structurally unviable unless those businesses first declare bankruptcy or collapse for other reasons. The business of government is to govern not to run someone else's business.

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