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Melanie Brusseler

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US Programme Director @ www.common-wealth.org | a girl can dream

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
new from me at FORCES OF PRODUCTION: The Carbon Web in this piece, I use EPA data on emissions by sector to play around with some rankings for sectoral urgency and importance in planning the economic project of decarbonization www.forcesofproduction.com/p/the-carbon...
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The Carbon Web
Mapping the Decarbonization Frontier
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thread: The enormous unprecedented SCALE of the American AI investment boom is "crowding out" investment going into any other sector of the economy. At this point in mid 2026, it is literally sucking away all factors of production -capital, land, labour, knowledge, ecology. @katemac.bsky.social
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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
this month's Forces of Production celebrates Summer Vacation by pointing out that, frankly, it's bullshit that the US doesn't have laws on the books requiring employers to provide paid vacation www.forcesofproduction.com/p/pauses-in-...
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Pauses in Production
The economy under conditions of summer vacation
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Stefan Zylinski @stefanzylinski.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So happy this report is out — my latest with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social & the brilliant, inspiring @brusselermel.bsky.social! 'Beyond The Climate Finance Gap: The Global Financial System, Decarbonization, and the Failure of the Wall Street Consensus' www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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Beyond The Climate Finance Gap: The Global Financial System, Decarbonization, and the Failure of the Wall Street Consensus
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isaac @sevier.io · 14/07/2026
"[The Productive State] means decommodifying essential goods and services, building the infrastructure that private capital has declined to build, and stabilizing systemically important prices through public ownership at critical chokepoints." @atwilliams.bsky.social & @brusselermel.bsky.social
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The Productive State: On Governing the Supply Side
To produce a better life for all, policymakers will need to take a Productive State approach to governing the supply side.
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Today we launch a special collaborative briefing with Forces of Production, introducing an approach to policy — The Productive State — governing the supply side. 🧵 🖊️ @atwilliams.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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The Productive State: On Governing the Supply Side
To produce a better life for all, policymakers will need to take a Productive State approach to governing the supply side.
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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
hello all!! Big Drop Today we are launching a manifesto for our framework for the next US supply-side economic consensus -- The Productive State -- at Forces of Production www.forcesofproduction.com/p/the-produc...
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The Productive State
On Governing The Supply Side
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨 The fracking boom has transformed the US onshore oil and gas industry — but not in the way proponents promised. Our new briefing explores these shifting frontiers of fossil capital. 🖊️ @arneness.bsky.social www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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New Frontiers of Fossil Capital: Oil and Gas Labor, Global Energy Markets, and Decarbonization after Fracking
For a decarbonization policy framework to be effective, it must face the tenacity of fossil capital head-on.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I CAN HAZ A BOT @70sbotchan.bsky.social :) joint project with the inimitable philosopher @yusufimaadkhan.com. We starting an experiment in summer silly season. Follow along for tweets from the borgesian archive 🎲 random 🎯 banger 💎 deep cut
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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
new from me at FORCES OF PRODUCTION: turns out the economy is mostly people? and not things?? is anyone talking about this www.forcesofproduction.com/p/the-econom...
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The Economy Is People
A state of the union, ahead of America's 250th
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Melanie Brusseler @brusselermel.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
beautiful new Forces of Production www.forcesofproduction.com/p/the-econom...
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The Economy Is People
A state of the union, ahead of America's 250th
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Todd Battistelli @fromtherostra.com · 04/06/2026
Exciting work from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social What answers do @coloradodems.org @adamscountydems.bsky.social have for the question: "where are extreme wealth and corporate domination being challenged most meaningfully?" Where do we support tenants unions, workplace democracy, and worker co-ops?
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
American life is defined by instability — economic precarity, civic insecurity and institutional distrust. This instability is not accidental but rather engineered to concentrate power at the top. 🧵 What have these crises produced and how can democracy can fight back? shorturl.at/dDtKc
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Breaking the Cycle: Addressing Instability and Building Better Institutions in an Anti-Institutionalist Moment
The economic instability pervading American life is being exploited by an authoritarian coalition. A pro-democracy agenda must reduce market dependence for life's essentials and rebuild state capacity...
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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Really looking forward to this! Thanks to @solveigdegen.bsky.social @cominsitu.bsky.social @rabeaber.bsky.social & Clara Weinmann for organising 🤩🛢️💸
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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
yeah, if i could make only one change in the abundance discourse it would be to drop the language of "Supply" and rephrase everything in the language of "Production". instead of taking an interest in "supply" we need to look at "production" which precedes it, and "capacity" which precedes production
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Melanie Brusseler @brusselermel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Today, we’re launching our first paper from the Green Planning Commission — Economic Coordination and the Limits of Markets — as an analytical foundation for why the next progressive agenda must be built around public coordination. 🧵 www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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Economic Coordination and the Barriers Private Market Coordination Poses to Realizing a Progressive Agenda
Private market coordination cannot deliver decarbonization or affordable essential provisions. Instead, public coordination must be the organizing logic of the next progressive agenda and the premise ...
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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
new from me at FORCES OF PRODUCTION! a short history of the transition from goods to services alongside some recent discussion from @rajakorman.bsky.social and @conorsen.bsky.social on What Is Going On With Healthcare www.forcesofproduction.com/p/services-o...
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Services on the Supply Side
Looking away from Manufacturing for a moment
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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
new from me at FORCES OF PRODUCTION I used the (Weber et al, 2024) model to predict how much more inflation to expect via indirect effects over the next few months based on oil and refined products prices (roughly .8pp, doubling the march CPI reading) www.forcesofproduction.com/p/a-chain-re...
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A Chain Reaction
How much indirect inflation should we expect from the Strait of Hormuz closing?
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isaac @sevier.io · 09/04/2026
One of the best things i've read this year is from @rmabud.bsky.social and @brusselermel.bsky.social. "Without understanding how the pro-authoritarian coalition has used three interlocking levers to consolidate power, it will be impossible to build something better."
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The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy of Power Consolidation
The authoritarian coalition is using three interlocking levers of power to consolidate control: political and institutional control, cultural and narrative power, and economic power.
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“An authoritarian coalition is embarking on a power grab unprecedented in recent US history ... each of [Trump’s] policy moves isn't simply about the policy itself, but about the consolidation of power as a whole” 🖋️ @rmabud.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy of Power Consolidation
The authoritarian coalition is using three interlocking levers of power to consolidate control: political and institutional control, cultural and narrative power, and economic power.
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🎟️ ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s Green Planning Commission is joining forces with @indep.bsky.social for a joint event on how we can translate green democratic planning from framework to policy. 🗓️ 14 April ⏰ 3PM UTC Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indepxgree...
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INDEPxGreen Planning Commission: Green Planning for Transition and Policy
INDEP and Common Wealth's GPC's explore how green democratic economic planning can be translated into concrete policy proposals.
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“The authoritarian coalition has consolidated power through the assertion that the country belongs to them. The path forward is to remind them that it belongs to all of us.” Read our new briefing by @rmabud.bsky.social and @brusselermel.bsky.social at our website. 👇 shorturl.at/H0f6v
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The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy of Power Consolidation
The authoritarian coaltion is using three interlocking levers of power to consolidate control: political and institutional control, cultural and narrative power, and economic power.
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Over at @cmmonwealth.bsky.social, @rmabud.bsky.social and @brusselermel.bsky.social have a new report on The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy of Power Consolidation.
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The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy of Power Consolidation
The authoritarian coalition is using three interlocking levers of power to consolidate control: political and institutional control, cultural and narrative power, and economic power.
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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 10/03/2026
Socialisation Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo
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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
new edition of Forces of Production out today. we use the tariffs to talk about the input-output tables, then take a look at the monthly numbers. next month's, I bet, will be about oil www.forcesofproduction.com/p/hello-tari...
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Hello Tariffs, My Old Friend
A distraction from the oil shock
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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 06/03/2026
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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 06/03/2026
“This is not a suspension of the profit imperative but its subordination to social need. It is also distinct from simply providing liquidity support to overcome particular hurdle rates for private investment.” - @brusselermel.bsky.social @chrismwhayes.bsky.social
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Nodes for Socialization | Melanie Brusseler & Chris Hayes
The UK’s Contracts for Difference scheme and the future of derisking energy
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Melanie Brusseler @brusselermel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
All borders are fake all tiddies are real
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
First issue February 2026. Read the launch essay to understand why this matters — and why the economy may prove harder to navigate than the open sea. Subscribe and share: www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
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Atop the Forces of Production
Announcing the launch of the Forces of Production macro data newsletter
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
At Common Wealth US, our goals of climate transition and decommodification demand that we understand the economy as it actually exists — not just models, not just vibes, no dead reckoning. Without this kind of map, the coordination that underlies our policy strategy and goals would be impossible.
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
We are proud to announce the launch of Forces of Production — a new monthly newsletter tracking the supply side of the US economy. But first: do you know where the US economy actually is right now? Not how it feels, but what it actually does all day? Most don't. And that's the problem.
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C Trombley @ctrombley1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Alex “Williams” Veblen is launching an economic data newsletter! You should follow
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Very exciting.
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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 20/01/2026
“The work of steering towards an affordable and democratic future can only begin with a shared understanding of where we actually are.” Lfg www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
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Atop the Forces of Production
Announcing the launch of the Forces of Production macro data newsletter
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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
okay so fun news, I am launching a macro newsletter from Common Wealth about the supply side data and the US economy called Forces of Production Charts for bsky forthcoming at: @forcesofproduction.com Launch essay below: www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
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Atop the Forces of Production
Announcing the launch of the Forces of Production macro data newsletter
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Melanie Brusseler @brusselermel.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
back at my desk today, very excited that a new @cmmonwealth.bsky.social newsletter by @alexwilliams.bsky.social is launching later this month!
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Melanie Brusseler @brusselermel.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It's universal public provision of healthcare in 2028 or bust...but where to start politically? We're really proud to publish @philiprocco.bsky.social 's answer to this question today!
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Millions are to be kicked off of Medicaid. Millions will see healthcare costs skyrocket as ACA subsidies expire. In 2028, we must fight for universal healthcare. Where should we concentrate efforts to build up working class power to advance this cause? shorturl.at/1kQG4
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Medicaid and the Struggle for Universal Health Care in the Trump Aftermath
How can organizers leverage the contradictions of Medicaid to build a movement for Universal Healthcare?
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy? Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response. transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...
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Yakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Issue is that housing, health and childcare are stand out costs aka things that require public goods. We really need to reread the affluent society.
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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 08/11/2025
homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
Text that reads:

“BASE FOR SUPERSTRUCTURE”

Rendered in the style of Mamdani’s mayoral campaign material
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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 08/11/2025
HT @brusselermel.bsky.social
Phone sticker that reads:

“CLIMATE BADDIES FOR ZOHRAN”
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katie honan @katiehonan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Zohran Mamdani spent last night with the late-night workers he said are often forgotten — can drivers at LGA and hospital workers on a 7-7 shift at Elmhurst Hospital, before walking to Kebab King and then having a midnight press conference in Jackson Heights
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
“A major focus for Common Wealth is building out a lefty response to the affordability crisis—one that isn’t just recapitulating the price-lowering strategy of neoliberalism.” Our newly-launched Green Planning Commission covered in The Prospect 👇 🖊️ @ryanlcooper.com prospect.org/2025/10/31/h...
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How Do We Rebuild After Trump? - The American Prospect
Many Trump critics are focused on what he is doing to our basic democratic compact. But there’s a reason that all the presidents who led us through our worst previous crises also had an aggressive pro...
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
“It is very easy to forget that society has massively changed in the past, and it can massively change again.” The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach. We must plan for our future. This is how.
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission launches today! I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner
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advait @advaitarun.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
So thrilled to be a part of the Green Planning Commission with so many smart progressive thinkers! I can't wait to support @cmmonwealth.bsky.social in coordinating the future of climate policy. Excited to bring progressive public finance to bear on our energy and affordability crises 😎☀️
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