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Publication Date: November 1983
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Hugh H. Macauly
Research Area: Manufacturing and industry
Type: Report
Abstract:
Theory and empirical evidence show that industrial policy is an idea whose time came and went many years ago. It is based on the spurious contention that government knows better than individuals what should be produced and who should produce it.