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# The Case Against Industrial Policy
- URL: https://www.kevinmeyer.com/the-case-against-industrial-policy/
- Published: 2011-08-08T19:43:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-06T21:36:54.000Z
- Author: Bill Waddell
- Tags: Uncategorized, #Migrated-1752356847400, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-07-12 14:48

Those who suggest the government should play a stronger role in directing manufacturing endeavors should pause when they look at this - the logo for the [Smithsonian Department of Innovation](https://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2011/07/welcome-to-the-department-of-innovation/?ref=kevinmeyer.com):

  
*(For the non-manufacturing folks among the readership who may be struggling with the point, try imagining how these gears would turn.)*

More symbolic of how our government works than of innovation.