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An Fsoc For Continuous Public Investment: The National Reconstruction And Development Council, Robert Hockett
An Fsoc For Continuous Public Investment: The National Reconstruction And Development Council, Robert Hockett
Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review
The crisis our nation presently faces does not stem from COVID-19 alone. That was the match. The kindling was that we have forgotten for decades that “national development” both (a) is perpetual, and (b) requires national action to guide it, facilitate it, and keep it inclusive.
Hamilton and Gallatin, Wilson and Hoover and Roosevelt all understood this and built institutions to operationalize it. Although the institutions were imperfectly operated, they were soundly conceived and designed. Abandoning these truths and institutions these past fifty years has degenerated not only our public health but also our nation’s industrial and infrastructural muscle to …