Industrial PolicyGovernments deliberately shaping the structure of the economy.Political ScienceThe case forCoordination failures markets donot solveLearning and scale effects in newsectorsStrategic dependencies andsecurityDirecting investment towarddecarbonisationThe objectionsGovernments picking winnersbadlyCapture by incumbent firmsDifficulty of withdrawing supportSubsidy competition betweenstatesTHE DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERSDesign matters more than the principle: conditions, sunset clausesand evaluation determine whether it works.Educational reference. The historical record is mixed and contested;success cases and failures are both well documented.Industrial Policylearnposters.com
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What’s on the Industrial Policy poster

The case for against The objections, side by side.

Educational reference. The historical record is mixed and contested; success cases and failures are both well documented.

Questions about the Industrial Policy poster

What’s on the Industrial Policy poster?
The case for against The objections, side by side. The case for: Coordination failures markets do not solve; The case for: Learning and scale effects in new sectors; The case for: Strategic dependencies and security; The case for: Directing investment toward decarbonisation; The objections: Governments picking winners badly; The objections: Capture by incumbent firms; The objections: Difficulty of withdrawing support; The objections: Subsidy competition between states; Design matters more than the principle: conditions, sunset clauses and evaluation det…. Educational reference. The historical record is mixed and contested; success cases and failures are both well documented.
Who is the Industrial Policy poster for?
Industrial Policy belongs to the Political Science section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning political economy can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Industrial Policy poster?
Long out of favour, now widely revived. The old objections still apply. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Industrial Policy belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Industrial Policy?
Central Bank Independence, Corruption and Financialisation sit alongside Industrial Policy in the Political Science section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Central Bank IndependenceCorruptionFinancialisation
Is the Industrial Policy poster free to download and print?
Yes. Industrial Policy downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Political Science section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Industrial Policy poster print at?
Industrial Policy is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Industrial Policy loses nothing.Printing guide

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