Will O'Neil 

86-yo retired government and defense industry tech executive. Former military. Sometime author.

If there is any space for nonideological comments, I might observe that there is a considerable class of natural experiments that seems to have been little studied at least in the "industrial policy" context. In all of the major wars since about 1850, the combatants have made strenuous efforts to increase domestic production of military …

A few economists are starting to think seriously about industrial policy