foundations
Report on the subject of manufactures
The canonical American statement of productive capacity as national power.
Archive
Reading list
Selected reading for American economic statecraft.
foundations
The national system of political economy
Useful for the doctrine’s emphasis on learning, infrastructure, and productive power.
foundations
Arsenal of democracy address
The clearest wartime formulation of industry as strategic depth.
state capacity
The recovery program address
A constructive model for rebuilding allied economic terrain.
state capacity
Present at the creation
A record of institution building behind the postwar order.
zones
Charter cities
A useful jurisdictional reference, handled carefully so the doctrine is not mistaken for charter-city advocacy.
anti-models
United Fruit operating record
An anti-model for private leverage without durable legitimacy.