Perestroika for America. Restructuring U. S. Business-Government Relations for Competitiveness in the World Economy

Lodge, George C.

ISBN 10: 0875842348 / ISBN 13: 9780875842349

Published by Harvard Business School, Cambridge, 1990

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 235 pages; Complete with a number of supplementary appendices. 3 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perestroika for America. Restructuring U. S. Business-Government Relations for Competitiveness in the World Economy
• Publisher: Harvard Business School, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0875842348
• ISBN 13: 9780875842349
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 3 kilograms

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Synopsis

Outlines the history of business/government relations in the United States, and explains why the laissez-faire doctrine has always appealed to Americans. In this text, the author recognizes that the government must encourage collaboration among companies.

Reviews

Harvard B School professor Lodge wants to jettison old-fashioned laissez-faire economics and unashamedly adopt a national industrial policy, but his thesis ignores a good many economic developments that argue against it. Even the book's title is ironic, since the Soviets are struggling toward a laissez-faire policy. Lodge sees close government/business cooperation as the only way for the U.S. to regain international competitiveness. He praises the Japanese model of subsidizing strategic industries, even as the "Japanese miracle" has begun to show signs of decay. He wants the American government to underwrite industrial research and development and engage in protectionism. He approves of the government-subsidized Sematech semiconductor consortium and favors a similar program for high-definition television (HDTV). However, Sematech is behind schedule and, as others have convincingly argued, HDTV is already an outmoded technology. Lodge's vision of big government cozying up with big business isn't justified by the facts.
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