Book Talk: Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries

October 16, 2025 • 10:00 – 11:00 am EDT

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Please join CSIS Renewing American Innovation for an interview with Ian Fletcher, co-author of "Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries," which explains how industrial policy works and offers practical, politically realistic solutions that meet America’s needs.

The first comprehensive examination of industrial policy in 35 years, Industrial Policy for the United States examines everything from the economics of the Italian Renaissance to the quantum computers of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, offering new interpretations of many familiar events in American history, right down to Obama, Biden, and Trump.

Learn more about the book here: https://www.industrialpolicy.us/.

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.

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Ian Fletcher

Ian Fletcher

Co-Author, Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries