Sally Eauclaire on rediscovering the American Rust Belt in the age of Reagan. Andrew McGill on the impossibility of reviving American manufacturing. Peter Coy on the mystery of America’s missing capital investment. Finding better ideas to rebuild America: Noah Smith reviews Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy by Stephen S. Cohen and Brad DeLong. A look at the next big idea in economic growth. Why technological innovation relies on government support: Andy Grove’s life reveals the role of public investment in creating and nurturing Silicon Valley — and the dangers of disinvestment. The state must be entrepreneurial: An excerpt from The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector by Mariana Mazzucato. Henry Farrell reviews American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson (and more).
