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by rayiner 4965 days ago
You have to compare apples to apples. DARPA gives out grants. Solyndra was a loan guarantee. The subsidy represented by a loan guarantee is the value of the loan multiplied by the probability of default.
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Is their justification for the low risk of default? Such as an overall portfolio where other loan guarantees did not flop?