Why Washington Went to Wall Street to Revive the Chips Industry

Since the Chips Act passed last summer, the Commerce Department has been building a small team of elite Wall Street financiers to help allocate $39 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies to hundreds of companies. We speak to WSJ’S Yuka Hayashi about the Chips Program Office team and to Todd Fisher, the man who leads it. 
Further Listening: - The U.S. Wants American-Made Chips. Can Intel Deliver?  - The $1 Trillion Company That Started at Denny’s 
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