{"podcast":{"title":"Radio Davos","slug":"radio-davos-274828","podcast_index_feed_id":274828,"rss_url":"https://worldvsvirus.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/3/8/f/e38fa76abcac1c40d959afa2a1bf1c87/RD_square.jpg","author":"Robin Pomeroy","episode_count":323,"summary":"How do we solve the world's biggest challenges? From climate change to inequality; the rise of big tech and rapid changes in how we live and work. Radio Davos talks to the people who have the ideas, the passion and the power to make change happen in a way that benefits all of us.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:19:45.927298+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-davos-274828"},"episode":{"title":"The rise of industrial policy - why governments are back in the business of business","slug":"the-rise-of-industrial-policy-why-governments-are-back-in-the-business-of-business","published_at":"2026-04-23T09:43:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-davos-274828/the-rise-of-industrial-policy-why-governments-are-back-in-the-business-of-business","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-davos-274828","url":"https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/industrial-policy-trade-choke-points","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worldvsvirus/RD_industrial_policy_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1941176","summary":"Industrial policy - government intervention in the economy - is on the rise around the world. Is this a new era for global trade, and what will be the impact on economies and international relations? Speakers: Erik Peterson, Partner and Managing Director, Global Business Policy Council, Kearney Lizhi Liu, Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University Links: Forum Stories: Governments are now economic super actors. What does this mean for business?: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/governments-economic-actors-the-challenge-for-business/ Four trends to watch as China's industrial policy evolves: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/02/china-industrial-policy-four-trends-to-watch/ Resources : New Industrial Policy Observatory (NIPO): https://globaltradealert.org/reports/new-industrial-policy-observatory-nipo Further reading: Kearney: From Globalization to Islandization: https://www.kearney.com/service/global-business-policy-council/article/-/insights/from-globalization-to-islandization OpenAI: Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/561e7512-253e-424b-9734-ef4098440601/Industrial%20Policy%20for%20the%20Intelligence%20Age.pdf Chokepoints, American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare , by Edward Fishman: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726149/chokepoints-by-edward-fishman/ IMF: Industrial Policy Since the Great Financial Crisis: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/10/31/industrial-policy-since-the-great-financial-crisis-570816 NBER: Decoding China's Industrial Policies: https://www.nber.org/papers/w33814 Exporting Automation, Not Just Goods: Evidence from China's Industrial Robot Exports by Zhengrui Cheng, Shiliang Cui, Lizhi Liu: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol…","meta_description":"Industrial policy - government intervention in the economy - is on the rise around the world. Is this a new era for global trade, and what will be the imp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3273,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radio-davos-274828/episodes/the-rise-of-industrial-policy-why-governments-are-back-in-the-business-of-business/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-davos-274828/the-rise-of-industrial-policy-why-governments-are-back-in-the-business-of-business.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}