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From semiconductors to electric vehicles, governments are identifying the strategic industries of the future and intervening to support them – abandoning decades of neoliberal orthodoxy in the process. Are industrial policies the key to tackling twenty-first-century economic challenges or a recipe for market distortions and lower efficiency?
新德里—我的童年姗姗来迟。我出生在拉贾斯坦邦一家采石场的贫困家庭，在能写出我的名字之前，便已经懂得如何压碎岩石。我的父母亲都是抵债劳工（bonded labor），而当我举得动锤子时，我也成了抵债劳工。我们赚着可怜的薪水，食不果腹。我最早的记忆便是身为奴隶：我的呼吸属于我，但我的身体和精神不属于我。
这便是我的家庭——以及我祖上一代又一代——被迫忍受的悲剧。我最终奇迹般地摆脱了这场悲剧。放眼印度，大部分抵债劳工却永远无法摆脱这场悲剧。
一切奴役形式都是邪恶的，但抵债童工——强迫年轻人工作以偿还家庭债务——是最残忍的虐待。这是一个循环：养活饥饿的全家需要钱，走投无路的人不得不接受高利贷。然后，当他们无力还债时，除了身体——以及家庭成员的身体之外便再无抵押物。
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