The Dirigiste
David KarasUnpacking Industrial Policy
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Welcome to The Dirigiste
The Dirigiste is a newsletter about the political economy of industrial policy, with a primary focus on Europe and its peripheries.
I’m David Karas, a political economist interested in how capitalist states shape markets from finance to ma...
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The Dirigiste by David Karas explores industrial policy and the political economy of state capitalism
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