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It's not really about bagels

Back on March 13, I wrote a column critiquing the Biden administration’s approach to industrial policy as lacking adequate focus. It didn’t make many waves in the wider world, but did seem to annoy some people on the White House staff. Then on April 2, Ezra Klein wrote a piece with similar themes in which he coined the phrase “Everything-Bagel Liberalism” to describe the phenomenon of unfocused policy. That catchphrase really did set the world on fire, generating a lot of enthusiasm from people who agree with me and Ezra, but also considerable pushback. Here, the BlueGreen Alliance stands…

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