After a fallow period of several decades when, for economic reasons, the country produced practically no feature films, the Australian government stepped in, subsidizing production and establishing a national film school whose first class included Mr. Noyce and Ms. Armstrong.
Farm programs subsidize the production of corn, and other programs also affect the supply and the cost of corn, sugar and related commodities.
A classic example is the wool-and-mohair subsidy, which was first put in place after the Second World War, to subsidize the production of material for soldiers' uniforms.
A government of a public-spirited magnate interested in the maintenance of French self-esteen would subsidize the production of a large, fast, beautiful automobile to replace in the world scale of elegance the vanished Hispano-Suizas, Delahayes, and Panhard-Levassors.
Some producers are also increasingly jittery about the Hungarian rebate system itself, since it is essentially financed by Hungarian companies, many of which have become unprofitable during a steep economic downturn and may no longer be able to subsidize foreign production.
Over all, since 1988, the city has used roughly $250 million in credits to generate about $1.6 billion in investments to subsidize the production of an estimated 30,000 low-income units for families who make, on average, $23,864 a year, according to city housing officials.
That will force the operator to subsidize handset production more if it wants to expand its business.
The solution, which was to subsidize ethanol production and mandate its inclusion in gasoline, seems at first fairly straightforward.
The American and European governments subsidize the production of biofuels, limit their import and mandate their use.
