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Not Your Grandmother’s Industrial Policy: Michele Ruta
Manage episode 402385672 series 3310600
Industrial policy had its heyday in the 1950s and 60s when governments moved to boost national competitiveness amid burgeoning global trade. Economists have been predicting the return of industrial policy of late- and there’s no question it’s back, but what does today’s industrial policy look like? Michele Ruta is a trade expert at the IMF, and along with some colleagues compiled a new dataset that shows the extent to which new industrial policies are being used and what their real impact might be on the global economy.
Transcript: https://bit.ly/49LjmQW
Check out the IMF’s global trade webpage: IMF.org/en/Topics/Trade
649 episodes
Manage episode 402385672 series 3310600
Industrial policy had its heyday in the 1950s and 60s when governments moved to boost national competitiveness amid burgeoning global trade. Economists have been predicting the return of industrial policy of late- and there’s no question it’s back, but what does today’s industrial policy look like? Michele Ruta is a trade expert at the IMF, and along with some colleagues compiled a new dataset that shows the extent to which new industrial policies are being used and what their real impact might be on the global economy.
Transcript: https://bit.ly/49LjmQW
Check out the IMF’s global trade webpage: IMF.org/en/Topics/Trade
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