In the 1990s the share of ICT industries grew rapidly, largely driven by the success of one company, Nokia. Thereby, the Finnish economy became sensitive to developments in the telecom sector, although this was not fully understood at the time of the "asymmetry debate".
Since then we have had to distinguish between fouls that lead to a freekick and fouls that lead to a penalty. But after all, that distinction does seem to be appropriate. So, there is always a trade-off between appropriateness and simplicity.