Reindustrialization or New Industrialization, Minutes of a Symposium

摘要

Reindustrialization has achieved a great deal of currency recently to describe the efforts by U.S. industry to improve growth, raise productivity, and work better and smarter. The issue raises difficult questions. How, for example, does one balance the impacts of continued support for traditional industries against the potential risks and benefits of stimulating new industries. What criteria can be used to distinguish viable industries from moribund ones. How useful in this country are foreign models of industry-government cooperation. What is the role of industrial innovation, and how can it be fostered. The Manufacturing Studies Board organized a symposium on January 13, 1981, at which invited speakers with a variety of interests and views presented their thoughts on industrial trends, the federal role in strengthening U.S. industry, and the issues that need to be clarified before an effective industrial policy can be developed. This document contains the minutes of the symposium in the form of a summary and the statements of the speakers.