The Future of Innovation: Should the U.S. Copy China’s Industrial Policy?

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Industrial Policy

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March 11, 2021

The Future of Innovation: Should the U.S. Copy China’s Industrial Policy?

Discourse

Adam Thierer

Senior Research Fellow

Connor Haaland

JD Student, Harvard University

The rise of Japan raised the same question and the answer is still no: Friendly policies for risk-taking always beat costly political intervention. Read more at Discourse.

China

Political Economy

The Future of Innovation: Should the U.S. Copy China’s Industrial Policy?

Adam Thierer

Connor Haaland

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