Is America still the world’s leading technological and industrial power? As late as 2011, when China first 

 the United States in manufacturing output, the answer would have been an unqualified 

As China’s industrial might ascended in recent decades — last year reaching a manufacturing 

 to Britain’s entire GDP — we decided to let ours decline. For too long, our political leadership trusted an "invent here, make there" model that neglected the profound connection between innovation and production. This mistake has cost us dearly.

To address these issues, FAI has released the Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook in conjunction with IFP, American Compass, and NAIA, and will be convening a reception to celebrate the launch.

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FAI co-hosted an exclusive event celebrating the launch of the 

, a collection of policy proposals to support America’s industrial power, national security, and frontier innovation. The event featured remarks by Senator Todd Young (R-IN), plus a conversation with leading experts and contributors to the playbook.

 is published by the Foundation for American Innovation, American Compass, the Institute for Progress, and the New American Industrial Alliance Foundation. It provides a blueprint for rebuilding the American industrial base, utilizing technology to advance our manufacturing capabilities, and ensuring the nation’s economic and national security in the face of growing global competition. 

FAI co-hosted a lunch reception launching the Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook launch with staffers and legislators


A four-day event to connect people & ideas in the progress movement. Organized by Roots of Progress Institute and co-sponsored by FAI, Institute for Humane Studies, Institute for Progress, Works in Progress, Abundance Institute, and others.

A four-day event to connect people & ideas in the progress movement

Abundance stems from the idea that society’s challenges cannot all be resolved merely by regulation or redistribution, but also require the active expansion of material resources, opportunity, and productivity. Abundance will require realigning incentives and redesigning processes to create a bigger, more inclusive economy. It will also require shifting away from the scarcity mindset that dominates our political discourse, too often upheld by those invested in maintaining the status quo. The Abundance Movement promises more opportunities for vastly more people, eager to prove that we can all rise together.

This event is organized by the Breakthrough Institute and co-chaired by FAI executive director Zach Graves. Learn more:  



Abundance 2025 is co-hosted by 13 policy organizations, representing a diversity of subject matter expertises and ideological traditions. The conference will showcase this diversity, surfacing opportunities for bipartisan cooperation and competition on abundance issues including infrastructure, science, housing, state capacity, energy, and immigration.

FAI joins 12 other organizations in co-hosting the 2025 Abundance Conference

Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook Launch