EP 36 - Industrial Policy for the United States with Ian Fletcher

Over the past 5 decades, the neoliberal consensus has hollowed America's economic capabilities and it is dangerously close to being overtaken in key sectors by allies and adversariesIn this episode of Books in 5, the co-author of "Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries" joins us to highlight the harsh reality that the United States finds itself in and what policymakers should do to ensure that nation and it's people remain prosperous in an increasingly volatile world.By using the lens of economic history and judicious case studies to better understand the opportunities and challenges of the past, present and future, the book showcases just how critical industrial policy isIan Fletcher is on the Coalition for a Prosperous America’s Advisory Board. He is the author of Free Trade Doesn’t Work and coauthor of The Conservative Case against Free Trade. He has been senior economist at the Coalition, a research fellow at the US Business and Industry Council, an economist in private practice, and an IT consultant. He was educated at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. He lives in San Francisco.https://www.industrialpolicy.us/https://prosperousamerica.org/