The book correctly identifies some of the reasons why this does not happen in poor countries, where companies often fail to understand their customers and lack knowledge of their relative position in an industry.

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Although, the star of the Irish version of "Dragon's Den" has been open about his past membership of Fianna Fail he has tried to play it down during this campaign, emphasising his independent position.

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They have been caught in the embarrassing position of just recently upgrading muni bonds across the board on the premise that the federal government would not let state governments fail and that state governments would not let city and county governments fail.

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