16. CEA alum @jonasnahm.com and @danieldrisc.com turn to the question of America's growth model - and how different clean production strategies can lean into it, or may need to tilt against it. They call for an honest reckoning with the trade-offs of either. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Decarbonize America’s Growth Model

How the U.S. growth model shapes climate and industrial policy, and why balancing domestic manufacturing with consumer demand is key to decarbonization.

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@jonasnahm.com and I wrote an essay for the @rooseveltinstitute.org on decarbonizing the United States with its growth model in mind. A country's growth model can shape what is easy to decarbonize and what is hard to decarbonize. Hope people find it useful! rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Decarbonize America’s Growth Model

How the U.S. growth model shapes climate and industrial policy, and why balancing domestic manufacturing with consumer demand is key to decarbonization.

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NEW @rooseveltinstitute.org: as wildfires & heatwaves rage, we are not powerless. As 19 authors argue in our 157-page "Building Up in 2029" report, we can adapt & expand Biden & Trump experiments to create lasting state capacity to tackle climate change. 🧵🧵 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Building Up in 2029: How to Make Green Statecraft Durable

Explore 17 essays on durable US climate and industrial policy after Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks, covering governance, planning, finance, and production.

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NEW from @joepeck.co.uk & me @rooseveltinstitute.org: One year after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, we're off track on emissions commitments & tax credits have been pared back. But all is not lost: more clean energy/manufacturing investments are going up than even the original IRA estimates.

New in @socioeconreview.bsky.social: w/ @fbulfone.bsky.social & @m-stratenwerth.bsky.social we trace Southern Europe’s post-crisis growth paths, from the Eurozone crisis up to Covid19, to reconcile the competing claims of a decade of CPE literature on growth in the region: doi.org/10.1093/ser/... 👇

Shifting paths? The evolution of Southern European growth trajectories in the post-Eurozone crisis decade (2010–9)

Abstract. This article traces the growth trajectories of Southern European economies (Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain) over the decade 2010–9. Drawing o

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As renewables get cheaper and electricity demand rises, suppressing clean energy is becoming an economic liability, not just a climate one. Our fellow @danieldrisc.com explains why the US growth model depends on cheap energy, not any one fuel source, in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social:

The US Economy Cannot Grow Without Renewables

Daniel Driscoll warns that the Trump administration’s grim determination to ignore clean energy will undercut consumption.

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So important from @kjephd.bsky.social. Political scientists ignore the critical importance of how meaning is constructed & so our work on climate suffers. Economic sociologists are much better on this, see @pgolka.bsky.social @danieldrisc.com @vapunkt.bsky.social & others (chime in, folks!). 1/2

Kevin Elliott@kjephd.bsky.social · 3w ago

Political scientists do not have a good account of where political issues come from. Why does tangling with the medical system make us think of universal healthcare, while wildfire smoke registers as just a thing to get through? What forges the links between our daily experiences & 'politics?'

My new piece for @rooseveltinstitute.org on the data center canary in the coal mine. I'm at UVA, an hour or so from "Data Center Alley" and this one's literally close to home.

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Virginia’s data centers consume roughly 25% of the electricity used in the state And as energy demand rises, households face higher bills. Our Fellow @danieldrisc.com lays out the unequal costs of AI expansion with "Data Center Alley's" cautionary tale.

Wow… What on Earth is BYD’s rationale in signing Orban’s former foreign minister—a literal Russian asset—as an executive? His credibility in Europe is sub-zero. He may still face charges at home. Is BYD planning to conquer the Russian market now that they’re fighting each other at the gas pumps? ⛽️

My latest for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social. The general argument is that starving an energy-hungry growth model of cheap renewables in an era of energy supply-chain shocks and booming AI data centers is bad economic policy. Common sense, really. prosyn.org/EjCZBmq

The US Economy Cannot Grow Without Renewables

Daniel Driscoll warns that the Trump administration’s grim determination to ignore clean energy will undercut consumption.

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Friends!!! My book, Why Carbon Taxes Failed, is online. Chapters are free to download if you have access to @academic.oup.com: academic.oup.com/book/62984

Here's @yappelbaum.bsky.social on my forthcoming book, BUILD OR DIE: "In prose as vital and engaging as the cities he celebrates, Resnikoff offers a compelling guide to fixing our urban spaces—and our democracy." press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Build or Die

From a leading voice of the pro-housing movement comes a blueprint for revitalizing America’s major cities

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New brief from @danieldrisc.com at the @rooseveltinstitute.org argues that "markets alone cannot deliver decarbonization" -- robust state capacity is required.

The Four Pillars of Green State Capacity

Markets alone cannot deliver decarbonization. Daniel Driscoll explains why the green transition requires capable states that can govern, finance, innovate, and protect people at the same time.

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New brief out with @rooseveltinstitute.org on green state capacity! I identify its four pillars as: (1) Bureaucratic-institutional, (2) Macrofinancial, (3) Productive-innovative, & (4) Social-protective. Check it out!

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"The green transition, in short, requires capable states." New brief from @danieldrisc.com on what tools states need to successfully manage the green transition we need. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Start of the summer means parents (like me) are scrambling to figure out care arrangements in even more complex ways than during the school year. @jessicacalarco.com's new piece vividly shows how this isn't an individual problem but a collective and structrual one.

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New 📰: Every society needs care. The question is who gets stuck doing it. @jessicacalarco.com's new paper argues that America's default answer has been: whoever has the least power to refuse. 🧵 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Today is the day! My book, Owning The Green Grid, is officially out in the world! *For orders placed today, June 23, only* use the discount code "MITP30" at checkout to receive 30% off. 20% off with the code "READMIT20" anytime after. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814358...

NYTimes picks up the empire suicide watch interview - free link www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o... the better, longer version here: phenomenalworld.org/interviews/e... @70sbachchan.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social @phenomenalworld.bsky.social

Opinion | There Are Two Trump Administrations Right Now. And an Empire?

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Publication alert! 🔔 My new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social shows that the way in which credit ratings assess climate risks is detrimental to chances of the green transition. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DEWKJ... 1/n 🧵

Tragedy of the horizon on steroids: the green transition and credit ratings

How do financial markets influence the green transition? Advocates of harnessing markets to foster the green transition claimed that market rationality is a reliable mechanism to channel investment...

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Roosevelt's Good Life Agenda is out today. We argue that the only way to renew faith in democratic governance is to build a government that is committed to making people's lives better and equipped with the tools to do so by controlling costs, raising incomes, and creating more time in our days.

Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · 2mo ago

We’ve spent decades told that if the economy grows, people’s lives will get better. Millions are working harder, paying more, and losing faith that institutions can deliver. Imagine an economy and democracy that actually make life better. That’s why today, we’re launching The #GoodLife Agenda. 🧵

New article out in @socioeconreview.bsky.social with @danieldrisc.com: "The states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agenda" doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

The states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agenda

Abstract. The problem of climate change further confounds the already complex relationship between states and markets in modern capitalism. In this state o

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Europe vs America: Supplemental Once more with feeling: here’s a small test that strengthens the case that the productivity wedge since 1995 in the constant PPP series is a deflator asymmetry mirage and that the chained PPP series adjusts for along with Balassa-Samuelson: 1/

New State of the Art article in @sasemeeting.bsky.social with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social. States, markets, and decarbonization are colliding in ways that political economy is only just beginning to map. This article is our map. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

excellent blog post by Polyak on the fallacy of composition around Chinese export surpluses. i would add: this problem is endogenous to the model. if you reward local elites based on a tournament where higher GDP / output is the metric, they will overproduce w/o regard to the systemic consequences

Palma Polyak@palmapolyak.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Europe is obsessed with Chinese industrial domination. But the more seriously I take the "China is winning" argument, the less sense China's endgame seems to make If European industry collapses, demand for Chinese exports collapses with it. My latest: brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/chinas-gro...

Europe is obsessed with Chinese industrial domination. But the more seriously I take the "China is winning" argument, the less sense China's endgame seems to make If European industry collapses, demand for Chinese exports collapses with it. My latest: brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/chinas-gro...

China's Growth Model Has No Endgame

The European debate about China is obsessed with production. It spends remarkably little time thinking about demand.

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And I had a nice we slot on NPR this weekend: www.npr.org/2026/05/16/n...

Economist Mark Blyth analyses the economy and path ahead for new Federal Reserve chair

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Brown University economist Mark Blyth about the challenges facing Kevin Warsh, the new chair of the Federal Reserve.

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This is the first oil crisis in which alternatives to oil and gas — solar panels, EVs, batteries, induction stoves heatpumps — are cheap and easy to get. These flying off the shelves already... This has reporting from 10 countries www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Iran War Is Pushing Consumers to Break Up With Fossil Fuels

EVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps, now cheaper than ever, are becoming more attractive as the conflict upends oil and gas markets.

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The Carter Doctrine is gone, Hormuz is shut, OPEC is falling apart. The global oil economy is entering a new period of instability. And it's because of US action (or inaction). The consequences will be profound. My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...

Opinion | America Will Pay Dearly for Its Energy Arrogance

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1500km charge in 6 minutes!! “The boundaries of electrochemistry are still far from being reached, and the possibilities of materials science are still far from being exhausted" - Robin Zeng, CATL founder Still think its all subsidies & copycat & no science or innovation? www.ft.com/content/1773...

CATL claims 6-minute charge and 1,500km range for new electric vehicle batteries

Chinese group also slashes charging time in race against BYD for electric vehicle battery supremacy

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An instant classic.

Palma Polyak@palmapolyak.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There's a global race to secure EV battery gigafactories & reduce reliance on China. But not all clean-tech projects are created equal. Some generate good jobs & domestic capacities, others produce ecological harm & low value-added enclaves. New paper & thread 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

WEEKEND READ: What is the price of oil — the real one? "My attempt to shed light into the PHYSICAL and FINANCIAL oil markets, and why you can pick up a barrel of crude for $78 in Kansas or $286 in Sri Lanka." Terrific piece, TY @javierblas.bsky.social Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...