Yet, for certain industries, the Reagan administration took steps that amounted to a measured approach to industrial policy.
It's found a niche as for certain industries, having the right voice is a vital requirement for the job.
Republicans attacked stimulus pork, favors for certain industries in the House energy bill and extra money for Louisiana and Nebraska to win their senators' backing on health care.
The change would also lead to different results in Hong Kong and China for certain industries, like insurance, although those differences would be expected to fade over time as standards converged.
He thinks that aggregation would work for certain industries, like finance and energy, but he has learned from his less successful sites that aggregation does not work for all topics.
Algae play an important ecological role in many countries, not only as human food but also as fodder for cattle, as fertilizer, and as a raw material for certain industries.
The plan includes establishing a task force of public officials and business leaders to create security standards for certain industries to follow as well as the development of a "counter-terror technology fund".
The watering down of ethnic preferences, including a separate relaxation of ownership quotas for certain industries in April, is seen by analysts as stealing the thunder from the opposition.
Look in the right places There are plenty of niche job sites out there that specialise in recruiting for certain industries; you'll often find those 'harder-to-hear-about-jobs' on these sites.
The goods and services tax "is only one aspect of the equation, and it might be difficult for the government to start giving allowance for certain industries, but there are other tax incentives that can be looked at," said Gautam Banerjee, executive chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore and a member of the Economic Strategies Committee.
