Inside U.S. Industrial Policy and Operation Warp Speed, With David Adler

Industrial policy can produce great technological innovations to
address major challenges for society. A perfect example is
Operation Warp Speed, which has saved millions of lives during
the COVID-19 pandemic. Rob and Jackie sat down with David Adler,
an adviser on industrial strategy at the Common Good Foundation
in the United Kingdom and author of “Inside Operation Warp Speed:
A New Model for Industrial Policy,” published in the summer issue
of the American Affairs Journal, to discuss lessons we can draw
from the success of Operation Warp Speed to strengthen U.S.
industrial policy in the future. 

Mentioned


David Adler, “Inside Operation Warp Speed: A New Model for
Industrial Policy,” American Affairs Journal 5, no. 2 (2021).

Richard Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw, Clifford T. Bekar,
Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and
Long-Term Economic Growth (Oxford University Press, 2005).

Erica Fuchs, “Cloning DARPA Successfully,” Issues in Science
and Technology 26, no. 1 (2009).

William B. Bonvillian, The DARPA Model for Transformative
Technologies - Perspectives on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2020).

Related


Stephen Ezell, “Moore’s Law Under Attack: The Impact of
China’s Policies on Global Semiconductor Innovation“ (ITIF,
2021).

Robert D. Atkinson, “No Adopting an Industrial Policy Doesn’t
Mean We’re Emulating China“ American Compass, 2021.

Stephen Ezell, “TRIPS Waiver on COVID-19 IP Rights Wouldn’t
Help Vaccine Access; It Would Just Harm Innovation“ (ITIF, 2021).