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Robert Atkinson on US-China Competition and Industrial Policy – #45
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Length:
81 minutes
Released:
May 7, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Steve and Corey talk with Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation about his philosophy of National Developmentalism. They discuss the history of industrial policy and mercantilism in the US and China. Why did the US lose 1/3 of its manufacturing jobs in the 2000s? How much was due to automation and how much to Chinese competition? Atkinson discusses US R&D and recommends policies that will help the US compete with China.Other topics: Forced technology transfer, IP theft, semiconductors and Micron technologies (DRAM), why the WTO cannot handle misbehavior by China.Resources
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Robert Atkinson (Bio)
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Mythology of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018)
Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012)
Transcript
Robert Atkinson (Bio)
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Mythology of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018)
Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012)
Released:
May 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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