the government is engaging in long-term national planning; it is deliberately picking winners in the market (renewables over nuclear power, which it is simultaneously closing down); it is fixing prices (a clear market interference); and creating a fair playing field for any potential renewable energy producer—big or small—to enter the market. And yet despite—or rather because of—these ideological heresies, Germany’s transition is among the fastest in the world. According to Hans Thie, the advisor on economic policy for the Left Party in the German parliament, who has been intensely involved in
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