Capitalising Economic Power in the US: Industrial Strategy in the Neoliberal Era
by Mattia Tassinari (Author)

About the Author
Mattia Tassinari teaches Industrial Economics and Policy at the University of Ferrara, Italy, where he works as Research Fellow. He is also researcher at the c.MET05 (Inter-university Centre for Applied Economic Studies to Industrial Policies, Local Development and Internationalization). He is consultant for several international organizations, such as UNIDO (United Nation Industrial Development Organization) and ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean).

About the book
This book examines the American industrial strategy, from the late 70s to the present day, in what is now known as the ‘neoliberal era’. The author illustrates the ways in which the protection and promotion of American companies and industries took place in the context of the international ‘free market’. He provides clear evidence of how the economic power of the United States – wielded to influence the formal and informal institutions of the neoliberal order – has been used as a tool for enhancing its competitive advantage against other world economies.

Table of contents

• Introduction 1
• Contextualizing the American Industrial Strategy in the Neoliberal Era 17
• The Rise of the Neoliberal Rhetoric: Reaganomics and Its Contradictions 45
• The End of the Cold War and the New Neoliberal Order 75
• Industrial Strategy During the New Economy 99
• Incubating the Crisis: Bush Junior Back to the Old Economy 127
• The Great Recession and Recovery Under the Obama Administration 149
• Trumponomics Facing a New Global Governance: Is the American Neoliberal Strategy Still Viable? 179
• Conclusion: The Illusion of the Economic Power 199
  

Series: International Political Economy Series
Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2019 edition (May 25, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3319766473
ISBN-13: 978-3319766478