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Industrial Policy: The Case Of Shipbuilding
The United States produces very few ships. China produces many. Why?
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This week on Uncommon Knowledge, the Chairman of Chief Oil and Gas Trevor Rees-Jones discusses fracking—what it is and why it is crucial to the country's future, the challenge of discovering and distributing cheap energy, and why our gas prices will (and should) go up in the future. (1:02:53)
Recorded on Monday, June 11, 2012
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