New @volts.wtf episode with our Senior Fellow @betonyjones.bsky.social unpacking the Biden administration’s clean energy rollout. Betony points to permitting and implementation capacity—not community or labor standards, as some suggest—as the main bottlenecks that prevented greater success. 🎧⬇️
In March, @joeldodge07.bsky.social and @toddntucker.com made a related point: government already has the tools to directly shape production and relieve bottlenecks. The question is how seriously we’re willing to use them in the public’s interest.
A conversation with Betony Jones.
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Reasonable people might think the DPA is no longer serving its purpose and should be abandoned. We argue this would be a short-sighted mistake, given the likely severity of the crises the US will soon...
NEW from @monicapotts.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com:
For years, pundits have argued Americans were misreading the economy. But what if the frustration isn't just about "vibes"?
What if people are reacting to something real: an economy that no longer feels capable of delivering a good life?
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The real reason Americans are so angry about the economy
For more on why manufacturing (still) matters, check out the latest from @rooseveltinstitute.org's industrial policy shop.
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Todd Tucker
DC Got That Attitude
DC Got That Attitude
"By nationalising British Steel, UK government will now be able to take control of company strategy and press ahead with a shift from using blast furnaces to a greener electric-arc furnace."
In contrast, the US only partly controls US Steel, isn't greening it, and doesn't own it.
Fun to wrap up a short stint at LSE's Programme on Cohesive Capitalism, working out of the rechristened Sir Arthur Lewis Building - one of my heroes.
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Every Trump accusation is a confession. A tale of two funds. 🧵⤵️
For years, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) was attacked by Trump allies as an unaccountable climate “slush fund.”
Now compare it to the new ~$1.7B “Anti-Weaponization Fund” tied to Trump’s IRS lawsuit settlement.
