How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

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Soon more service sector businesses began to take root. The 
manufacturing facilities that had once populated the island 
began to be replaced by retail operations that sold goods 
primarily made on other islands. 
The outsourcing trend was accelerated by various regulations, 
fees and taxes imposed by the Senate to make businesses cater 
to voters concerns. These obstacles made it harder for Usonian 
businesses to compete in the new trans-ocean economy.
Meanwhile, across the ocean, Sinopia was being transformed 
as well.…

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