An American Industrial Policy [New]
In the 2nd Part ‘America has an Industrial Policy – It’s Run by the Pentagon’ Robert Pollin argues that we need an industrial policy aimed at jobs and a green economy, not massive public spending on the military:
from the transcript:
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore.
As the American economy remains mired in recession, there’s a lot of debate, as there has been in the past, about whether or not America needs an industrial policy, that is, a government-led policy directed at growth and employment. Well, when one hears talk of this, you hear the critique, no, the free market must reign, you can’t have an industrial policy, government doesn’t know how to do any of this, it should stay the heck out. The problem is that in this debate, often not taken into account is the fact that there already is an industrial policy in the United States. The problem is it’s being led by the Pentagon. And the question is: is that the right place for an industrial policy to be housed?
and in the 4th part ‘What Would a Green Industrial Strategy Look Like?’ Robert Pollin argues that shifting spending from the military-industrial complex to a green economy would create more jobs and build a sustainable industrial base:
from the transcript:
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore.
We’re continuing our series of interviews about the question: does the United States need a new industrial policy? And I say new because as we have pointed out in these series of interviews, there is an industrial policy in the United States and it’s called militarism. Some people have called it the military-industrial-congressional complex. So does America need a different industrial policy than that?
there were 2 more videos in the series:
in the 1st part ‘Jobs Numbers Show Recession Far From Over’ where Robert Pollin argues that there is no engine driving job creation so no real recovery is possible:
and in the 3rd part ‘Will Military Budget Cuts Weaken Defense and Lose Jobs?’ where Robert Pollin argues that cuts triggered by the Congressional sequestration process are not as big as Pentagon spin and military spending is an inefficient “job creator”:
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