Toward a New U.S. Industrial Policy?

Susan M. Wachter, Michael L. Wachter

This volume presents some of the most critical and erudite opinions on the economy today. Bringing together the experience, predictions, and recommendations of distinguished leaders in politics, labor, and business, it provides a comprehensive examination of contrasting views in order to identify the shape that America's new industrial policy may take.

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Year of publication:	[1982] ; Reprint 2016
Other Persons:	Wachter, Michael L. (contributor) ; Wachter, Susan M. (contributor)
Publisher:	Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press
Subject:	Industriepolitik \| Industrial policy \| USA \| United States
Description of contents:	Description [degruyter.com] ; Description [degruyter.com]

Extent:	1 online resource
Series:	Anniversary Collection
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web Frontmatter -- -- CONTENTS -- -- PREFACE -- -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- -- INTRODUCTION -- -- PART ONE. VISIONS OF A NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY FOR THE 1980s -- -- 1. TOWARD A NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY -- -- 2. PEAS, PEOPLE, AND THE ECONOMY -- -- 3. CAN AMERICAN INDUSTRY BE BORN AGAIN? -- -- 4. LABOR’S VIEW OF REINDUSTRIALIZING AMERICA -- -- PART TWO. POLICY AREAS -- -- Capital Formation -- -- 5. STIMULATION OF CAPITAL FORMATION: ENDS AND MEANS -- -- 6. FINANCING CAPITAL FORMATION IN THE 1980s: ISSUES FOR PUBLIC POLICY -- -- 7. PRODUCTIVITY AND CAPITAL FORMATION -- -- DISCUSSANTS -- -- SUMMARY REPORT. Capital Formation -- -- Energy -- -- 8. POLICIES FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE -- -- 9. ENERGY, PRODUCTIVITY, AND THE NEW U.S. INDUSTRIAL POLICY -- -- 10. ENERGY AND SECURITY POLICY -- -- DISCUSSANTS -- -- SUMMARY REPORT. Energy -- -- Strategies for Training and Retraining -- -- 11. DEMOGRAPHICS AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC POLICY -- -- 12. THE HUMAN RESOURCE CONSEQUENCES OF INDUSTRIAL REVITALIZATION -- -- DISCUSSANTS -- -- SUMMARY REPORT. Strategies for Training and Retraining -- -- Regulation -- -- 13. REGULATORY DYNAMICS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- -- 14. GOVERNMENT REGULATION: PRESENT STATUS AND NEED FOR REFORM -- -- DISCUSSANTS -- -- SUMMARY REPORT. Regulation -- -- International Trade -- -- 15. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY -- -- 16. INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- -- DISCUSSANTS -- -- SUMMARY REPORT. International Trade -- -- Political Experience -- -- 17. THE POLITICAL RESPONSE TO THREE POTENTIAL MAJOR BANKRUPTCIES: LOCKHEED, NEW YORK CITY, AND CHRYSLER -- -- 18. THE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE IN ALLOCATING INVESTMENT: LESSONS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE -- -- DISCUSSANTS -- -- SUMMARY REPORT. Political Experience -- -- PART THREE. FORMULATING A CONSENSUS VIEW -- -- 19. THE CONSENSUS: PROCESS AND SUBSTANCE -- -- 20. INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- -- 21. “WORKING THROUGH” TO ECONOMIC REALISM In English
ISBN:	978-1-5128-1916-8 ; 978-0-8122-7819-4
Other identifiers:	10.9783/9781512819168 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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