Industrial policy

State intervention will undermine key industries by allocating resources inefficiently.

Should Kamala Harris be elected, she’ll need to focus on systems thinking

Politicians should acknowledge what we stand to lose in the new era of suspicion, protectionism and interventionism

Five neighbouring countries commenced nuclear research as early as the 1950s, so the Republic has no time to lose

Subsidies, tariffs and good intentions don’t add up to what is needed

Modern industrial policy reflects conflicting aims

The EU needs to look beyond direct subsidies to boost the continent’s tech sector 

IT IS said that if you put a frog in boiling water, it immediately jumps out; but if you put it in cold water and gradually turn up the heat, it does not react – and is eventually boiled to death. Som...

But introducing industrial policy, or “homeland economics”, is a big mistake, argues Callum Williams