Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Industrial Policy and Competition -- 1.1. The State and industrial policy -- 1.1.1. The State organizing the economy -- 1.1.2. Challenging the economic role of the State -- 1.2....

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