Earlier this month Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) took to X (formerly Twitter) to address criticisms--including from me--of recent opinion pieces he penned calling for the expanded use of industrial policy. I'm normally not one to respond to social media call- outs, but since a sitting senator called me out by name--and called me names--I'm compelled to reply. The following are Sen. Rubio's postings along with my responses. Sen. Rubio is selling the far- reaching nature of his argument a bit short. In both his National Affairs and Washington Post essays, the Florida senator did not merely express concern over China or note that efficient markets may not operate in the country's undefined "best interests" but called for aggressive government intervention to rebuild a manufacturing sector he described as in a state of collapse.
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