http://www.fastcompany.com/member_recent_content/148238 Member recent activity block for member profile page en http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-3482 <p>Am I the only that remembers the government bailout of the steel industry? Tons of money poured into Pittsburg to permit the modernizing of our older companies. Need to guess how that worked out and where the money went - as Yogi Berra said, "It's deja vu all over again".</p> <p>It's time to permit natural selection to take hold and permit the strongest businesses with the best products to flourish. In the short term it will be painful, but the companies that rise from this will be stronger and better suited to survive in a true world economy.</p> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:53:15 -0500 Jeffrey Ash 1104257 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-3481 <p>Am I the only that remembers the government bailout of the steel industry? Tons of money poured into Pittsburg to permit the modernizing of our older companies. Need to guess how that worked out and where the money went - as Yogi Berra said, "It's deja vu all over again".</p> <p>It's time to permit natural selection to take hold and permit the strongest businesses with the best products to flourish. In the short term it will be painful, but the companies that rise from this will be stronger and better suited to survive in a true world economy.</p> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:53:01 -0500 Jeffrey Ash 1104256 at http://www.fastcompany.com