Industrial Policy Without Nationalism
Dissent
Can we expand the state’s role in the economy while diminishing its capacity for war?
Industrial Policy Is a Good Idea, but We Don’t Have One
ScheerPost
The American state has lost the capacity for concentrated and decisive effort at the forefront of technology and the associated science.
Intel’s $3.5 Billion Boondoggle
The American Prospect
The microchip giant’s ‘secure enclave’ project will take nearly 10 percent of a CHIPS Act manufacturing fund that is already stretched thin.
labor
Industrial Policy Isn’t a Panacea for Rebuilding Organized Labor
Jacobin
Faced with China’s rise, Western states are turning from free trade dogmas to active industrial policies. This turn may offer opportunities for labor — but as the electric auto industry shows, it is also producing a harmful logic of national rivalri
What Do We Learn About Capitalism From Chip War?
Monthly Review
Silicon chips power everything from cars and toys to phones and nukes. “Chip War,” by Chris Miller, recounts the rise of the chip industry and the outsize geopolitical implications of its ascendancy.
Industrial Policy Without Industrial Unions
The American Prospect
Democrats’ new industrial manufacturing plan leaves unions behind, fumbling a moment of relative leverage for organized labor.
The Biden White House Plan for a New US Industrial Policy
The Atlantic Council
A new industrial policy but workers get barely mentioned!
How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism
Scheer Post
The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done?
labor
Manufacturing Isn’t Coming Back. Let’s Improve These Jobs Instead.
The New York Times
Health care workers are crucial to our society, yet we reward them with low wages and dangerous conditions.
French General Strike; One Year of the Yellow Vests in France
The Guardian
French workers cherish their welfare state. That’s why they’re striking. Macron’s proposed retirement reforms are latest attempt to erode the safety net. The people are fighting back. First anniversary of Yellow Vest uprising marks an historic moment
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