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Alex Jacquez

@alexsjacquez.bsky.social
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chief of policy & advocacy @groundwork. before: @whitehouse46, @berniesanders, @senatedems, @obamawhitehouse. washed up @lehighbaseball.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
GROUNDWORK: “.. After adjusting for inflation, corporate profits have grown 52% since 2019. Wages have grown just 12%.” @groundwork.bsky.social
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Groundwork Action @gwaction.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Our exclusive polling shows the majority of voters want politicians to tackle high prices directly. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social showed how it can be done by freezing utility rates at a time of soaring costs for working families. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social w/ the details on @scrippsnews.bsky.social.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Fed's decisions impact whether families can afford a home or a car — and whether workers can find a job. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social warns Kevin Warsh’s history of bailing out big banks and refusal to disclose his investments suggest he’ll prioritize the interests of Wall Street over Main Street.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Chris Jansing on @ms.now asked @alexsjacquez.bsky.social about rising prices thanks to Trump’s war in Iran: “What worries you most in terms of what consumers could see?” “Just about everything.”
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Zachary Marks @zmarks1.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Having been one of the architects of the Montgomery County model referenced in here, I have to tip my cap to the authors here. By far the most comprehensive write-up of this subject I've ever seen.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
On MS Now, @alexsjacquez.bsky.social warns the oil price spike from Trump’s war with Iran will ripple through the economy — causing gas prices, airfare, and food costs to rise at a time when job losses and slowing growth are already raising recession fears.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Enough Democrats are offering their version of middle-class tax cuts to make it a trend. @ryanlcooper.com & I asked everyone (including Sens. Van Hollen & Booker) about why tax cuts fit in a Dem agenda, whether they're even that popular, & how broad-based taxes can be a civic virtue:
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Democratic Presidential Contenders Have a New Idea: Tax Cuts - The American Prospect
Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker argue that middle-class households are paying too much in federal income taxes.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The economic fallout from the war in Iran is spreading far beyond oil. Supply chain disruptions could raise costs for everything from food to airfare. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social warns in @nytimes.com, higher prices for businesses today could soon mean higher prices for consumers.
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It’s Not Just Oil. The Iran War Is Disrupting Many Essential Goods.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Gas prices jumped $0.11 overnight. Crude oil is ~$85 a barrel. As @alexsjacquez.bsky.social told @nytimes.com: if this conflict drags on, consumers could face higher costs in “nearly every sector of the economy.” This isn’t just about what you pay for gas. It's groceries, airfare, & heating bills.
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Oil and Natural Gas Prices Keep Climbing as Iran Attacks Escalate
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Families have overpaid for everyday goods because of Trump’s tariffs for over a year. Instead of doubling down & inflicting more harm, the administration should give consumers their money back & pursue a trade agenda that actually benefits American workers & businesses. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
@alexsjacquez.bsky.social spoke w/ @sarajacobs.house.gov about Trump’s economy. The labor market has collapsed. Utility prices are up 10%. “These are the prices that people are mad about that they see every single day. It's why we're seeing some of the worst consumer sentiment we’ve ever tracked.”
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Americans lose at least $165 billion a year navigating the “Annoyance Economy,” from customer service hoops to junk fees & spam calls. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social says these practices harm low-income families, erode trust in institutions, and enrich corporations without any productive return.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Trump promised to cut energy bills in half. Instead, utility debt is rising, electricity prices are surging, and he's slashing assistance for households. “This is going to be a huge deal, both as a policy matter and a political matter.” our @alexsjacquez.bsky.social told BBC. bit.ly/4buMlfI
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'I had no electricity for six months': American families struggle with soaring energy prices
Rising electricity costs have emerged as a key cost-of-living concern, pushing families further into debt.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I’m pivoting to video. First: Break up Big Streaming. Follow for more on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@alex.jacquez
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Consumers lose if either Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros, our @alexsjacquez.bsky.social writes for @marketwatch.com. “Consumers deserve fair prices and more choice, as well as not needing multiple apps just to watch their favorite shows.”
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Block the Warner Bros. sale, break up ‘Big Streaming’ — and give us lower prices
Either Netflix or Paramount buying Warner Bros. Discovery would be an unhappy ending for streaming customers.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Neither Netflix nor Paramount should own Warner Bros. We've handled consolidation in Hollywood and broadcast before. It's past time to break up Big Streaming and separate content production from platforms. My latest in @marketwatch.com: www.marketwatch.com/story/either...
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Block the Warner Bros. sale, break up ‘Big Streaming’ — and give us lower prices
Either Netflix or Paramount buying Warner Bros. Discovery would be an unhappy ending for streaming customers.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The September jobs report tells 3 key stories: ✅ Pandemic fiscal response was a historic success ⚠️ Weakening labor market is widening inequality 🚨 Recession warnings are flashing From @groundwork.bsky.social Senior Fellow @jwmason.bsky.social 🧵 groundworkcollaborative.org/news/the-sep...
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The September Jobs Report: Evidence of Past Success, and of Dangers Ahead - Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
While Trump scrambles to try to fix all the economic problems he caused, many families are sprinting toward disaster. “People are getting killed on the cost of living. These are real, structural, big-ticket items on people’s balance sheets,” our @alexsjacquez.bsky.social told @newrepublic.com.
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The Next Foreclosure Crisis Has Arrived
Families across the country are being squeezed by a host of Trump administration policies that are pushing households into dangerous territory.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Welcome to New York, @econspeakers.bsky.social. We're setting up shop in the Empire State to bring some much-needed balance to the economic news landscape.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Housing. Health care. Utilities. Groceries.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
In this episode, former Biden trade adviser @alexsjacquez.bsky.social is so illuminating in explaining Trump's tariff fiasco, what's about to happen at the Supreme Court, and much more:
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
"The president is looking for a quick fix to a market that is fundamentally broken." Stretching payments over 50 years means families spend more on interest while doing nothing to address the housing shortage driving prices higher. We need more homes, not more debt. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Rising health care premiums may force families to choose between care and rent, groceries, or other essentials—on top of rising costs from Trump’s trade war. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social: "That health care line item in the budget is going to tick up and further drag on the economy."
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Come work with me! I'm hiring an Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy to join my all-star team @groundwork.bsky.social Do you get up early on Jobs Day? Watch Fed pressers live? Want to shape progressive, populist economic policy? Apply here: groundworkcollaborative.applytojob.com/apply/Zfkdl4...
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Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy - Groundwork Collaborative - Career Page
Apply to Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative in Washington, DC.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
@alexsjacquez.bsky.social told @marketplace.org's Nancy Marshall-Genzer that moves to pressure the Fed could backfire: shaken confidence in U.S. financial stability could drive up long-term interest rates, hitting Americans' mortgages and credit cards hard.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
@alexsjacquez.bsky.social joined @janecoaston.bsky.social to break down Trump’s reckless trade policy ahead of the August 1st deadline, which could unleash massive new tariffs. "We're not distinguishing between a high capacity electric vehicle battery and a banana that we are never going to grow."
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
NEW: 6 in 10 voters believe the Trump admin’s actions will raise housing costs. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social: “We’re just seeing a sclerosis in the market, and Trump is not doing anything to make it better. People are pretty sour.”
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Trump drives up housing costs, liberal group says
The president’s tariff policies, funding cuts, and privatization ideas are making it more expensive to rent, buy, and build housing, the analysis found.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
5 rural nursing homes in upper PA are at risk of closing b/c of GOP cuts to Medicaid. The nursing homes are in districts represented by Republicans who voted to close them. “The cuts represent the largest cuts to Medicaid in history & are going to have impacts across PA.” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“We've started to see prices creep up. We’ve seen businesses use the confusion and uncertainty as an excuse to try to hike their prices.” Watch @alexsjacquez.bsky.social on @news4jax.com discuss Trump’s trade policy and how it’s hitting American consumers.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Great new episode of Organized Money out today, we got @alexsjacquez.bsky.social to take about rare earth minerals, why China has a monopoly on them, why it wouldn't be a hard monopoly to break, and why nobody has done so. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/americas-r...
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America’s Rare Earth Problem
Welcome to the podcast Organized Money.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Don’t judge a jobs report by its headline. I joined @aliciamenendez.bsky.social on @msnbc.com to break down the weakness under the hood of today’s report and what it means for Powell and the Fed.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The GOP budget bill provides its billionaire tax breaks early on & saves the painful benefit cuts for families until after the midterms. “They want to try to get past elections & try to hide the ball on the damage they’re imposing on health care and food assistance,” said @alexsjacquez.bsky.social.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Senate leadership is rushing to pass a disastrous bill slashing nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid — cuts that would devastate rural hospitals and strip coverage from millions of low-income families, children, and seniors. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social on @fox2now.bsky.social.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
“If you don't know what your costs are going to be next month, next week or next year… It's going to be hard for consumers to make big-ticket purchases like cars and houses, and we've seen it in the sentiment.” Watch @alexsjacquez.bsky.social break down this uncertainty on @msnbc.com.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
CEOs, businesses, and voters are growing more and more fed up with Donald Trump’s economy. Why? Uncertainty is the word of the day. I joined @aliciamenendez.bsky.social on @msnbc.com to talk about what we’re seeing in the data and the polls.
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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 18/06/2025
Why did the US take so long to arrive at the golden share solution? As former Biden official @alexsjacquez.bsky.social told @zeitlin.bsky.social, "It’s honestly embarrassing that Republicans beat us to actually implementing a golden share or something like it.” heatmap.news/sustainabili...
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How Trump’s ‘Golden Share’ Could Lead to Green Steel
Trump just quasi-nationalized U.S. Steel. That could help climate policy later.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 16/06/2025
“It’s honestly embarrassing that Republicans beat us to actually implementing a golden share or something like it,” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social tells @zeitlin.bsky.social. Trump may have actually just cleared the path to decarbonizing steel ⬇️
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How Trump’s ‘Golden Share’ Could Lead to Green Steel
Trump just quasi-nationalized U.S. Steel. That could help climate policy later.
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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"Analysis by my organization... found a baker’s dozen of different ways the GOP tax bill increases the cost of living for middle-class families," writes @alexsjacquez.bsky.social of @groundwork.bsky.social for COURIER.
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Alex Jacquez: The GOP Doesn’t Want You To Know What’s Actually In Their ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The House GOP rushed it through under the cloak of darkness because they didn’t want you to see their betrayal and broken promises.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
On ABC News Live, @alexsjacquez.bsky.social says businesses are increasingly cautious due to tariff uncertainty, with a drop in durable goods orders and retailers like Walmart and Nike warning of price hikes. Companies are in “wait-and-see” mode, delaying investments, hiring, and planning.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Businesses are working through inventory, waiting to see how trade policies will settle, while consumers rush to stock up on goods. Despite this, rising costs and uncertainty are casting a shadow over the economy’s future. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social @scrippsnews.bsky.social
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Trump’s tariff plan lacks strategy, a clear endgame, or any explanation—creating damaging uncertainty for both businesses and consumers. On @localnewslive.bsky.social, expert @alexsjacquez.bsky.social says effective tariff policy should target strategic sectors where the U.S. must stay competitive.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
“Fewer people are going to get SNAP benefits. That is basically the whole ballgame here,” said @alexsjacquez.bsky.social to @anyavw.bsky.social‬ on the House Republicans' billionaire tax scam bill. "This kind of funding is not in states’ budgets.”
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Wisconsin Republicans in Congress back Trump spending bill as advocates warn of food assistance cuts
As Republicans in Congress hammer out the details of a massive tax bill that would form a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s agenda, federal funding for food assistance could end up shifted to th...
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Trump’s retreat on the China tariffs is far from reassuring for small business owners. “What I don’t think this does is decrease any long-term uncertainty because we still don’t know what the aim of Trump’s negotiations are with China or with anyone else.” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social
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Trump’s China Deal Eases Tariffs but Doesn’t Resolve Future Uncertainty
A 90-day pause on punishing tariffs could restart trade between the world’s largest economies. But it is not enough to resolve uncertainty about the economy.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Happy Mother’s Day! For new and expecting parents, Trump’s trade war will raise prices on strollers, car seats, and more that simply are not made in America. It’s an assault on working families. From @lindsayowens.bsky.social in @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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The Baby Tax: Trump's Tariffs Are an Assault on New Parents
From car seats and cribs to strollers, sippy cups, and baby clothes, Trump’s tariffs are hiking prices on the items families need for new babies.
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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 29/04/2025
“LPO can invest in mining projects now. Cutting 60% of their staff and the experts who work on this is not going to give certainty to the business community.” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social to @zeitlin.bsky.social on Trump's self-defeating China/minerals policy. heatmap.news/economy/chin...
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Trump Is Disabling the Agency That Could Fight China’s Rare Earths Embargo
The Loan Programs Office is good for more than just nuclear funding.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 25/04/2025
“The fact that the National Economic Council and others are apparently just thinking about this for the first time is pretty shocking,” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social tells @zeitlin.bsky.social. How Trump's contradictory rare earths policy could leave the U.S. vulnerable to China ⬇️
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Trump Is Disabling the Agency That Could Fight China’s Rare Earths Embargo
The Loan Programs Office is good for more than just nuclear funding.
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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I joined @cnbc.com in prime time (5:30 AM) to talk Trump, China, and critical minerals. Spoiler alert, I don’t think there’s a grand strategy. www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
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Jacquez: You need a plan to enter a trade war with the world's #2 economy
Alex Jacquez, Chief of Policy & Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, warns that chaotic trade policy under Trump creates uncertainty for businesses and hinders critical mineral progress.
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“The one thing that American voters want is security and safety. What they don’t want is chaos and uncertainty,” said @alexsjacquez.bsky.social in @politico.com
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Trump rode to victory on the economy. Democrats see a way to flip that on its head.
Party strategists say a relatable message on the economy could be the way out of the wilderness for Democrats.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I talked to Biden industrial policy official @alexsjacquez.bsky.social about the wild success in bringing back critical industries in a targeted way just a couple years ago, and how painful it feels to see it frittered all away. prospect.org/economy/2025...
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The Manufacturing Boom We Already Had
A Q&A with Biden industrial-policy official Alex Jacquez on the right way to boost domestic production in critical sectors
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“You’re seeing the trade with the rest of the world - trillions of dollars worth of trade - being dictated by the whims of a mad king,” said our @alexsjacquez.bsky.social on @crooked.com 's What a Day podcast. Yikes.
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