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Industrial policy has been defined in different ways, reflecting differing views about the role, extent and appropriate form of State intervention in the economy. At the one extreme, interventionists favour an active role with governments intervening throughout the economy at both the industry and the firm level. The other extreme takes a laissez-faire approach, leaving everything to market forces. In the UK, these alternative views about industrial policy have been reflected in continuing controversy between the major political parties.
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Hartley, K., Hooper, N. (1994). Industry and Policy. In: Curwen, P. (eds) Understanding the UK Economy. Macmillan Texts in Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13475-5_11
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