Industrial Policy Did Not Bring Prosperity to Asia

01/09/2023 Lipton Matthews

Forty years ago, American politicians claimed that Japanese economic success was due to government economic planning. Unfortunately, the myth of industrial policy never seems to die, no matter how many times it is discredited.

Original Article: “Industrial Policy Did Not Bring Prosperity to Asia”

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