Industrial Policy American-style: From Hamilton to HDTV: From Hamilton to HDTV

by Bingham,Richard D.

• ISBN13: 9781563245961
• ISBN10: 1563245965
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The proper role of government in the U.S. economy has been the subject of ideological dispute for generations. In some recent variations the debate has ranged from purist advocacy of government "hands-off" to calls for protectionist policies and aggressive support for American businesses struggling in a cut-throat world market.

What is the reality? This question animates Richard Bingham's provocative study of industrial policy American-style, as practiced (if not preached) by administration after administration. Readable and enlivened with case studies, this book is accessible and of interest to anyone who follows business-government relations in the United States and abroad.

Author Biography

Richard D. Bingham teaches economic development at the Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, where he is also the Senior Research Scholar of the Urban Center

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(4)
Abbreviations and Acronyms	xiii
1. What's in a Name?	3	(18)
2. In the Beginning: America's Long History of Industrial Policy	21	(22)
3. Functional Problem Solving	43	(25)
4. Aggressive Unilateralism in a Free Trade Environment	68	(22)
5. Rebuilding Urban America	90	(16)
6. Industrial Policy Through National Defense	106	(21)
7. Industrial Policy for New Technologies: Pitfalls and Foibles (with Maria Papadakis)	127	(24)
8. Why All the Fuss?	151	(20)
Appendix. Japanese Industrial Policy: Does It Work?	171	(26)
Notes	197	(12)
Bibliography	209	(10)
Index	219