Governing Growth: US Industrial Policy from Hamilton to Trump

In this volume covering the long sweep of US industrial policy, Marco R.Di Tommaso and Vinod K. Aggarwal contextualize the current moment of industrial policy and its possible consequences.In an era marked by international tension and global challenges, governments have responded by increasing their focus on industrial policy to enhance certain economic sectors.The United States is often seen to be a free-market economy lacking significant government intervention.However, the use of industrial policy in the United States is far from new.The American government has long played an essential role in industrialization from Hamilton's plan for manufacturing to Biden's turn to industrial policy in green industries and semiconductors and to Trump's tariff policies. In Governing Growth, Marco R. Di Tommaso and Vinod K. Aggarwal chart this history of American industrial policy spanning from the Founding Fathers to Donald Trump's current presidency.They explore the "pre-history" of American indu