Toward a New U.S. Industrial Policy? / Susan M. Wachter, Michael L. Wachter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wachter, Michael L., Editor.

Wachter, Susan M., Editor.

Wharton School.

Reliance Group.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy--United States--Congresses.

Industrial policy.

United States--Economic policy--1981-1993--Congresses.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Reprint 2016.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

SUMMARY REPORT. Energy

Strategies for Training and Retraining

11. DEMOGRAPHICS AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC POLICY

12. THE HUMAN RESOURCE CONSEQUENCES OF INDUSTRIAL REVITALIZATION

SUMMARY REPORT. Strategies for Training and Retraining

Regulation

13. REGULATORY DYNAMICS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

14. GOVERNMENT REGULATION: PRESENT STATUS AND NEED FOR REFORM

SUMMARY REPORT. Regulation

International Trade

15. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY

16. INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2020)

ISBN:

1-5128-1916-6

OCLC:

979969071