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#74 Sue Helper: Re-industrialization Starts With Coherent Strategy
I sit down with Sue Helper, economics professor at Case Western Reserve University, to discuss America’s lack of coherence in industrial policy. We dig into government procurement, the importance of mapping value chains as a first step to reindustrialization, and why the central challenge for government is having to work on supply and demand at the same time.
Sue worked inside both the Obama and Biden administrations — first as Chief Economist at the Commerce Department, then as Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and finally as Senior Advisor for Industrial…
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