Todd Tucker
@toddntucker.com
Director, Industrial Policy & Trade, @RooseveltInstitute.org, @RooseveltForward.org. Political scientist of economic transitions, administrative states, Bidenomics, Trumpnomics. PhD.
Roosevelt Book Club! This Thursday my colleague Patrick Oakford interviews economist @arindube.bsky.social about his new book, "The Wage Standard." If you have any interest in labor markets and labor economics, you can't miss this. events.zoom.us/ev/ArtZWofWx...
RI Book Club: The Wage Standard
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Trump ‘s deployment of National Guard troops D.C. “is set to cost an additional $1.4 billion through the end of the Trump administration … The estimate, which encompasses October 2026 through January 2029, adds to the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the mission to date.”
Trump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. set to cost additional $1.4 billion
The estimate, provided to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, covers the period from Oct. 1, 2026, through the end of the president’s term.
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Some very interesting work here. I really like the optimistic tone about the possibilities of campaigning on renewable energy. It's so much more interesting than the studied pessimissim of the "climate hushers."
Todd Tucker@toddntucker.com · 6d agoNEW @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...
On climate, we need more than we think we need and it will take longer than we think it will so we should plan to reach out climate goals earlier than we thought we should. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/buildin...
Building a World Without Carbon Requires Megaproject Thinking - Roosevelt Institute
One of the biggest mistakes we can make in the current moment is to assume climate change is only an environmental problem—one that we will address at some time in the future. Climate change is an eve...
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Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 4w agoI worry a bit that being too optimistic about progress to-date will distract us from how much still needs to be done – and the important role of policy support and continued innovation. We are picking the proverbial low hanging fruits today, and the road to net-zero emissions remains long!
The Roosevelt Institute asked a bunch of climate wonks to put our heads together to talk about what a national Democratic platform should look like. 2029 is really not that far away and there's a lot of work to do.
Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · 6d agoClimate policy isn't going away because Washington stopped talking about it. Americans are already paying the price through fires, floods, heat, and rising costs. Our new collection asks a different question: what should the next agenda for climate look like post-DOGE and the rollback of the IRA? 🧵
Given the summer we are having, very proud to have been a small part of getting this out in the world.
Todd Tucker@toddntucker.com · 6d agoNEW @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...
So pleased to contribute an essay to this outstanding collection from the Roosevelt Institute on green statecraft, edited by @toddntucker.com
Todd Tucker@toddntucker.com · 6d agoNEW @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...
It's part of this brilliant collection organized by @toddntucker.com - check it out. 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 @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.
rooseveltinstitute.org
Jonathan Chait is right: abolish the Senate. Senate malapportionment has always been bad, and it's slated to get worse. It's a great time to begin thinking about how to fix it (and there are fixes that don't involve full abolition).
Jonathan Chait@jonathanbchait.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW 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 @thenation.com: @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social and I get into why public equity stakes are as much about democratizing the economy as fixing market failures.
The Build America Plan from @deluzio.house.gov has FDR-level ambition to bridge to the future of American industry. It sidesteps both erratic corruption and excessive proceduralism by creating a multi-sectoral independent Board that can readily deploy equity/golden shares.
Congressman Chris Deluzio@deluzio.house.gov · last wk.I want my kids to know an America that works hard, builds strong, and dreams big. That’s why I’m introducing my Build America Plan to help us reindustralize the USA.
NEW @thenation.com: @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social and I get into why public equity stakes are as much about democratizing the economy as fixing market failures.
NEW: What happens when corporations don't just influence government, but begin to function like governments themselves? @bhighsmith.bsky.social argues that powerful companies are increasingly securing special tax breaks, regulatory carveouts, and even governing power that weaken local democracy.
The New Corporate Enclaves
How corporations like SpaceX, Disney, Amazon, and Foxconn use corporate enclaves to evade democratic accountability, reshape local government, and weaken local democracy.
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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!
Suzanne Kahn@suzmkahn.bsky.social · last mo."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...
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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Senate Democrats bringing together Labor & Abundance to Make More in America. This bill revamps the US government's Export-Import Bank to make it easier to fund manufacturing projects that lower prices, boost domestic resilience, & support unions. www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Leader Schumer & Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation To Rebuild American Manufacturing, Lower Costs, And Create Good-Paying Jobs | Senate Democratic Leadership
Landmark Legislation Would Expand The Export-Import Bank's Mission And Tools To Break The Cycle Of Supply Chain Crises That Raise Costs For American...
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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?
It Was Never Just Vibes
The real reason Americans are so angry about the economy
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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. 🎧⬇️
A limited defense of Biden's everything-bagel industrial policy
A conversation with Betony Jones.
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1/ 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.
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.
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.
Trump Wields Defense Production Act to Promote Fossil Fuels. It Could Instead Be Used to Promote All-of-the-Above Energy Abundance.
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...
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"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.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3mo agoThe UK is to take full ownership of British Steel, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Monday as he set out why the Labour Party should back him as leader as pressure rises for him to quit. ft.trib.al/hBHCuIr
That is a direct constraint on progressive governing power. When judges can defang policies on noncompetes or wages, the basic ability of a future administration to enact progressive policies breaks down. Court reform is an economic issue, from @toddntucker.com and @shahrzadshams.bsky.social ⬇️
Trump’s Attacks on SCOTUS Are Personal—But Real Court Reform Should Be a Progressive Priority
An analysis of Trump’s unprecedented attacks on the Supreme Court, the Roberts Court’s pro–Big Business record, and why real progressive court reform must become a political priority.
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So let me get this straight. The redistricting that was decided by popular vote of the people gets thrown out on some made up technicality while the redistricting done in smoke-filled rooms by people wearing MAGA flag capes is fine? Love this for our democracy.
