The American Industrial Policy Series
Explore our latest industrial policy work, which focuses on how government can directly shape markets to better serve Americans.
Government is always practicing industrial policy, whether it acknowledges it or not. Our industrial policy and trade work seeks to build a theory and practice of how and when government should directly shape markets to better serve Americans. Our research focuses on building a distinctly American industrial policy—one that is democratically and effectively governed and financed, with the objective of reshaping industries with guardrails that advance equitable labor, environmental imperatives, corporate governance, and racial equity outcomes. The shift to an openly acknowledged industrial policy in turn requires rethinking the long-dominant neoliberal approach to trade policy.
Childcare as Industrial Policy Blueprint: Lessons from New York City’s Pre-K for All Implementation
By Josh Wallack Opens in new windowMarketcrafting: A 21st-Century Industrial Policy
By Chris Hughes, Peter Spiegler Opens in new windowUsing Industrial Policy for Productive Transformation: Three Lessons from Development Economics for US Industrial Strategy
By Isabel Estevez Opens in new windowIndustrial Policy Synergies: Industrial Policy + Inclusion Policy
By K. Sabeel Rahman Opens in new windowIndustrial Policy Synergies: Industrial Policy + Competition Policy
By Tim Wu Opens in new windowIndustrial Policy Synergies: Industrial Policy + Climate Policy
By Jane Flegal Opens in new windowIndustrial Policy Synergies: Industrial Policy + Trade Policy
By Jennifer Harris Opens in new windowIndustrial Policy Synergies: Industrial Policy + Macroeconomic Policy
By Sameera Fazili Opens in new windowIndustrial Policy Synergies: Industrial Policy + Labor Policy
By Janelle Jones Opens in new windowProgressive Preemption: How the Defense Production Act Can Override Corporate Extraction, Boost Worker Power, and Expedite the Clean Energy Transition
By Joel Dodge, Joel Michaels, Lenore Palladino, and Todd N. Tucker Opens in new window
Explore Past Industrial Policy Events
Industrial Policy Synergies: Reflections from Biden Administration Alumni
On April 25, 2023, the Roosevelt Institute hosted a conversation with authors of our report Industrial Policy Synergies: Reflections from Biden Administration Alumni.
Progressive Industrial Policy: 2022 and Beyond
Industrial policy is on the rise in the US because it meets the scale of our challenges. To mark and reflect on this shift, the Roosevelt Institute organized a major in-person forum in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2022.
Green Steel Deal: A Transformative Trade Policy for Our Economy & Environment
On March 22, 2022, the Roosevelt Institute convened a panel of experts for a discussion about how the Global Steel and Aluminum Arrangement will transform our economy and the effect it will have on meeting our climate goals.
