Industrial Policy American-style: From

The proper role of government in the U.S. economy has been the subject of ideological dispute for generations. In some recent variations the debate has ranged from purist advocacy of government "hands-off" to calls for protectionist policies and aggressive support for American businesses struggling in a cut-throat world market.

What is the reality? This question animates Richard Bingham's provocative study of industrial policy American-style, as practiced (if not preached) by administration after administration. Readable and enlivened with case studies, this book is accessible and of interest to anyone who follows business-government relations in the United States and abroad.

Richard D. Bingham teaches economic development at the Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, where he is also the Senior Research Scholar of the Urban Center

Preface

ix

(4)

Abbreviations and Acronyms

xiii

1. What's in a Name?

3

(18)

2. In the Beginning: America's Long History of Industrial Policy

21

(22)

3. Functional Problem Solving

43

(25)

4. Aggressive Unilateralism in a Free Trade Environment

68

(22)

5. Rebuilding Urban America

90

(16)

6. Industrial Policy Through National Defense

106

(21)

7. Industrial Policy for New Technologies: Pitfalls and Foibles (with Maria Papadakis)

127

(24)

8. Why All the Fuss?

151

(20)

Appendix. Japanese Industrial Policy: Does It Work?

171

(26)

Notes

197

(12)

Bibliography

209

(10)

Index

219

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