For instance, if you were to offer an interest-free loan to US Steel in order for it to maintain the present volume of operations and keep all its employees, they would decline it as that would mean producing goods not for sale but for replenishing stocks(!). The same is true for Tigar – Michelin. What these companies need are buyers, i.e.
a car industry that can produce and sell cars. Sometimes, it is more profitable to halt production altogether, than to take out a loan, even if it is interest-free! The problem therefore lies in the market, i.e. in the lack of buyers!