Newsletters

Construction Physics is a newsletter about the technology and economics of building construction, with a focus on improving productivity and reducing costs. Brian brings his experience as a manager of an engineering team at Katerra, a SoftBank-backed construction startup, and his 15 years of experience as a structural engineer to help diagnose why productivity in the construction industry has been falling over the last 50 years.

​Factory Settings is a publication by the former senior leadership of the CHIPS Program Office. ​Factory Settings is about building in two senses of the word: Building capacity within government, and building production capacity in the US for critical industries. Drawing on their firsthand experience implementing the CHIPS Act, the team shares lessons learned about strengthening state capacity and executing industrial policy.

Macroscience is a group newsletter which aims to increase the speed and effectiveness of science by drawing from a community of writers, including the scientists and policy entrepreneurs shaping the future of American science.

Statecraft is an interview series about how policymakers actually get things done. Once a week, IFP Senior Editor Santi Ruiz interviews top federal appointees, civil servants, and policy entrepreneurs about how they achieved a particular policy goal.