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title: "Industry Policy Should Not be Black and White"
summary: |-
  Too many U.S. manufacturers see government only as the problem, not as an enabler of growth.
date: "2014-01-15"
issues: ["Manufacturing"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2014/01/15/industry-policy-should-not-be-black-and-white/"
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# Industry Policy Should Not be Black and White

For the US to develop an effective national manufacturing strategy, manufacturers will have to move beyond their often knee jerk opposition to government and recognize the ways governments at all levels can promote business development and growth. Absent this maturation, we can only expect more of the same: each side talking past each other, building up resentments, and getting nowhere as our competitors are laughing all the way to the bank.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2014/01/15/industry-policy-should-not-be-black-and-white/*