Writing Archive

All non-research writing.


2025

New measures reveal a growing industrial policy divide

Essay Jun 2025

New measures reveal that advanced economies are leading a global surge in industrial policy—developing countries must navigate the consequences. By Reka Juhasz, Nathan Lane, Emily Oehslen, and Veronica Perez on VoxDev.

Not a ‘side dish’: New industrial policy and competition

Essay Apr 2025

Industrial policy is undergoing a major resurgence. Spurred by multiple overlapping crises, economists have been seeking to draw lessons from the past, while policymakers have had to take urgent action. This column describes how the paradigm shift in ‘industrial strategy’ in the US has been...

2023

Economists Reconsider Industrial Policy

Essay Aug 2023

Past assessments focused on limited indicators like tariffs. New research takes a more productive approach and reaches different conclusions. By Dani Rodrik, Reka Juhasz, and Nathan Lane (Project Syndicate).

Economics Must Catch Up On Industrial Policy

Essay Mar 2023

As countries embrace industrial policies, economics faces a knowledge deficit. We lack systematic understanding and an empirical roadmap for implementation. By Reka Juhasz and Nathan Lane (ProMarket Series).

2021

A Flight Plan That Fails (Boston Review)

Essay Sep 2021

Some sweeping Moonshot thinking fails as a guide to the future of industrial policy. Beneath any moonshot must lie launchpad scaffolding, but we lack the messy details of practical deployment. Industrial policy needs to be ambitious, but even more urgently, detailed and precise.