The American Trap

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1. yogorenapanMar 2024
   Banning TikTok wouldn’t be a dangerous precedent. Authoritarian countries do that all the time.

   My concern is with forced sales. How do we ensure that the politicians’ incentives matches with ours and that they aren’t being paid behind our backs by the companies that are now able to acquire TikTok at a discount? Congress is notorious for (alleged) insider trading, they could very well profit from such a sale.

   Relevant: The American Trap by Frederic Pierucci

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2. jestersonJul 2022
   The American Trap by Frédéric Pierucci.

   A bit broader than financial crime, nonetheless very educating.

   And yea, the Economist will never recommend this book.

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3. jessi_liaMar 2024
   Not supporting the post you responded to, while not sure about your opinion either, something perhaps relative:

   - To a French company: [The American Trap](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1529326869)

   - To Japanese semi-conductor industry and others: [The False Allure of Managed Trade - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-false-allure-of-managed-tra...)

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4. lofaszvanittJan 2023
   Here is your answer from a book called The American Trap:

   Americans are very proud of their "process". ... Americans love their processes. In their jobs they rarely express their creativity. Conversely, they expend a lot of energy and time adhering to their processes.

   Maybe?

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5. ThorrezAug 2020
   This book was recommended to me by a Chinese colleague:

   https://www.amazon.com/American-Trap-Americas-economic-again...

   It seems to me to be saying the US unfairly gained.

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6. eloisantAug 2020
   The US has always be reckless when they want to take control of a foreign company. Other administrations have at least been a little more discreet, but it happened nonetheless.

   See what happened to Alstom for example. There is a book about that, "The American Trap".

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