Julius Krein
1,107 posts
The definitive account of Operation Warp Speed:Operation Warp Speed was a triumph of public health policy. But it was also a triumph and validation of industrial policy. OWS demonstrates the strength of the U.S. developmental state, despite forty years of ideological assault. americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/05/inside…- Enjoyed being a guest on @ezraklein's podcast. vox.com/ezra-klein-sho… One of his (collegial and serious) questions that I recall rambling on about but not really answering clearly is why this moment is not simply a triumph for the Left. Let me attempt a clearer answer here:
- To ring in 2023, I wrote a long essay on ESG for @compactmag. I argue that ESG is not the opposite of Reagan-era shareholder primacy but an outgrowth of it. Thus efforts to oppose ESG on the grounds of "profits over politics" are worse than useless....
- My defense of strategic economic planning (and critique of Hayek) for the launch of American Compass:
- This book probably wasn't worth reviewing, but I did it anyway...
- America's gerontocracy is devouring its children--and everyone else:
- Honored to have been invited on Hidden Forces with @kofinas, one of the best podcasts out there featuring highly informed interviews on finance, economics, and politics:
- My contribution to the @amconmag symposium "What Is Conservatism?": conservatism is an ideology of and vehicle for self-marginalization; hastening its inevitable demise is a precondition of accomplishing anything significant in formal politics... theamericanconservative.com/articles/conse…
- Some good news for a change: two serious proposals to support domestic semiconductor foundries have been introduced in Congress
- Some thoughts on the last few weeks and the path forward:
- I wrote about the constraints facing the next administration, regardless of who wins the election:
- US policy since WWII has largely taken American manufacturing dominance for granted, even though our manufacturing has struggled since the 1970s. Innovation and R&D is largely disconnected from production. CHIPS & IRA do not really address these problems, but they can be solved.Planners and businessmen of the postwar era presumed that America’s leadership in mass production would be enduring, but this was not to be. The disconnect between innovation and production would lead to profound weaknesses. americanaffairsjournal.org/2023/08/americ…
- Anecdotally, I'm given to understand that @AmericanAffrs has a significant audience in China. Of course, this only confirms suspicions that Chinese elites are more serious & intelligent than their American counterparts...though more and more in the U.S. are starting to catch up.Kinda interesting how Chinese state media picked up on that @AmericanAffrs essay on the "Brazilianization of the World" globaltimes.cn/page/202107/12…
