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Boeing and Airbus make a poor case for corporate welfare

By Timothy P. Carney
Published April 13, 2023 4:06pm ET
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Boeing and Airbus make a poor case for corporate welfare
An Airbus SE A350-1000 XWB passenger aircraft performs a display flight during the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget in Paris, France. | (Bloomberg/Jasper Juinen)

European jet-maker Airbus is beating its American rival Boeing, and champions of corporatism blame this on a supposed “free-market dogma” in America compared to a state-directed industrial policy in Europe.

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