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Selected reading for American economic statecraft.

foundations

Report on the subject of manufactures

The canonical American statement of productive capacity as national power.

Author
Alexander Hamilton
Year
1791

foundations

The national system of political economy

Useful for the doctrine’s emphasis on learning, infrastructure, and productive power.

Author
Friedrich List
Year
1841

foundations

Arsenal of democracy address

The clearest wartime formulation of industry as strategic depth.

Author
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Year
1940

state capacity

The recovery program address

A constructive model for rebuilding allied economic terrain.

Author
George C. Marshall
Year
1947

state capacity

Present at the creation

A record of institution building behind the postwar order.

Author
Dean Acheson
Year
1969

zones

Charter cities

A useful jurisdictional reference, handled carefully so the doctrine is not mistaken for charter-city advocacy.

Author
Paul Romer
Year
2009

zones

Próspera ZEDE operating record

The field case for both private operating power and missing political risk architecture.

Author
Próspera
Year
2020

anti-models

United Fruit operating record

An anti-model for private leverage without durable legitimacy.

Author
Samuel Zemurray and United Fruit
Year
1933