Revisiting the Hidden Developmental State

Fred Block, Matthew R. Keller and Marian Negoita
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Fred Block: University of California, Davis
Matthew R. Keller: Southern Methodist University
Marian Negoita: Social Policy Research Associates

Politics & Society, 2024, vol. 52, issue 2, 208-240

Abstract: This essay revisits an earlier article, published in 2008, that argued that the United States had created a “hidden developmental state†that helped move technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace. In the intervening fifteen years, this apparatus has become more elaborate with ever more government initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels. Moreover, the major pieces of legislation passed in the first two years of the Biden administration have added considerable new funding. Nevertheless, this set of programs has not yet become a part of political debates outside of the federal government. It remains hidden to most of the electorate.

Keywords: developmental state; innovation; technology policy; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/00323292231152061

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