Industrial Policy

Hell No! We Won't Send Our Tax Dollars to China

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.06.2009 | World


Leo W. Gerard

China doesn't consider America first or the remainder of the world first. And that's what the USA must do. We need an industrial policy that makes no apologies for putting America and American workers first.

German Solar Rides Power Surge to a Win

A. Siegel | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

Starting in 2010, there will be a gradual reduction in the FIT rate for new solar installations every year (with uncertainty about exact impacts of the new government).

Fomenting a Green Industrial Revolution in the U.S.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

When the leaders of the G-20 nations arrive in Pittsburgh, I want them to know I am fomenting revolution -- Industrial revolution. Specifically, a 21st-century burgeoning of green manufacturing in the United States.

The Seeds of Industrial Policy

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business


Harry Moroz

Recent less bad unemployment and GDP numbers have brought on an unreasoned optimism about the economy.

Manufacture or Borrow (Until We Can't)

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business


Dave Johnson

We don't sell enough things because we don't make enough things anymore. Over time this means we get poorer and poorer as we borrow more and more.

Dude, Where's My Industrial Policy?

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


Dave Johnson

Face it, if we do not have an active and engaged industrial policy we are handing the business over to those who do. It is time to start discussing a national plan for manufacturing.

"Too Big To Fail" Is Un-American

Eric Hippeau | Posted 06.05.2009 | Business


Eric Hippeau

The "Too Big to Fail" doctrine inserts short-term expediency where ideals and entrepreneurship are called for. It protects the status-quo against new ways of thinking.

Advice to the President: Abolish the Commerce Department

Derek Shearer | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics


Derek Shearer

The Commerce Department, where I once worked as Deputy Under Secretary, is a hodge podge of agencies with no central purpose.

Industrial Policy

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

We have offshored our ability to defend the country. To confront globalization and its threat to our economy, President Obama will have to go to the people.

Get Ready to Rumble: The Fight for the Next Economy Begins

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

Forget about a new era of bipartisan consensus and get ready to rumble. We're headed into pitched battles that will succeed only with massive popular mobilization.

Will Barack Obama Commit Industrial Policy?

Robert Kuttner | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics


Robert Kuttner

Obama may soon find that he is committing a big sin against one of the major premises of the reigning ideology, and will create a head-on collision with one of the cherished dogmas of market fundamentalism -- "free trade."