Thread by @ksabeelrahman

Excited for @DemJournal symposium on the “New Productivism”.

We delve into how to drive impact and equity from the huge new investments in clean energy / infrastructure, and what this might mean for a new paradigm of policymaking

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First @FeliciaWongRI and I suggest that achieving scale, speed, and equity depends on policy design.

Done right, this could also drive a new consensus on the productive and proactive role of government in reshaping our political economy

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Next, @chrishughes and @PeterSpiegler1 flesh out a framework for “marketcrafting”, how policymakers should approach the task of designing market systems to advance collective goals

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Then @LaurenLJacobs shows how cities have pioneered inclusive participatory approaches to development projects.

Participation done right can improve the design and impact of the projects themselves, and deepen our democracy.

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Then @juliekkohler1 and @jamilaheadley remind us of the crucial unfinished business of the last 2 years: the care agenda.

Any long term and comprehensive productivism must also invest in and redesign the infrastructure for child care and elder care

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The most transformative and effective form of industrial policy orients investments around PEOPLE and PLACES, rather than firms per se. @gchelwa @citizendrummer @DarrickHamilton explain the history of such productive and inclusive approaches:

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Equity in industrial policy is too often cast as a tack-on or as infeasible. But as @TaifaButler and @AngelaHanks of @Demos_Org argue, equity is a moral and policy imperative that can be achieved with smart program design.

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