Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 5hYes! Roosevelt to be sure and a couple more that will be added. Appreciate the interest. 110
Reposted by Daniel DriscollNessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Interesting. "Policymakers are .. ignoring the politics of their nation’s macroeconomic structure.... decarbonization is not a market puzzle to be solved but a new political economy yet to be built." New book by @danieldrisc.com Why Carbon Taxes Failed academic.oup.com/book/62984 011
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 29/09/2026Why Carbon Taxes Failed is on the road! See book talk dates below (more to come). Next week is Central European University and Copenhagen Business School! Can't wait to see some dear friends at both places <3 2199
Reposted by Daniel DriscollJens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Finally out, with @shahinvallee.bsky.social our ambitious story for European Macro Policy Network (EMPN) on the future of the global euro empn.eu/publication/... 69631
Reposted by Daniel DriscollBenjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I have a forthcoming chapter on the South Africa / Morocco comparison in a volume edited by @mkblyth.bsky.social @danieldrisc.com and Lucio Baccaro on "greening growth models." These notable gains are happening at the same time as many risk everything to leave. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comWhy Morocco’s ‘forgotten’ young are fleeing to EuropeFailure to translate growth into better living standards has driven migration attempts into Spain’s Ceuta enclave 13111
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 30/07/2026It's part of this brilliant collection organized by @toddntucker.com - check it out. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...rooseveltinstitute.orgBuilding Up in 2029: How to Make Green Statecraft DurableExplore 17 essays on durable US climate and industrial policy after Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks, covering governance, planning, finance, and production. 021
Reposted by Daniel DriscollTodd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 30/07/202616. 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...rooseveltinstitute.orgDecarbonize America’s Growth ModelHow the U.S. growth model shapes climate and industrial policy, and why balancing domestic manufacturing with consumer demand is key to decarbonization. 154
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 30/07/2026@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...rooseveltinstitute.orgDecarbonize America’s Growth ModelHow the U.S. growth model shapes climate and industrial policy, and why balancing domestic manufacturing with consumer demand is key to decarbonization. 161
Reposted by Daniel DriscollTodd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 30/07/2026NEW @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...rooseveltinstitute.orgBuilding Up in 2029: How to Make Green Statecraft DurableExplore 17 essays on durable US climate and industrial policy after Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks, covering governance, planning, finance, and production. 57337
Reposted by Daniel DriscollTodd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 28/07/2026NEW 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. 164
Reposted by Daniel DriscollArianna Tassinari @aritassinari.bsky.social · 23/07/2026New 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/... 👇doi.orgShifting 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 1103
Reposted by Daniel DriscollRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 20/07/2026As 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:project-syndicate.orgThe US Economy Cannot Grow Without RenewablesDaniel Driscoll warns that the Trump administration’s grim determination to ignore clean energy will undercut consumption. 0148
Reposted by Daniel DriscollKate McNamara @katemcnamara.bsky.social · 17/07/2026So 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!). 1/2isc.com 2102
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 15/07/2026My 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. 040
Reposted by Daniel DriscollPalma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Wow… 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? ⛽️ 108419
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 15/07/2026My 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/EjCZBmqprosyn.orgThe US Economy Cannot Grow Without RenewablesDaniel Driscoll warns that the Trump administration’s grim determination to ignore clean energy will undercut consumption. 1157
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 07/07/2026For paperback you can preorder with 30% off (just $21) on OUP using code: AUFLY30. global.oup.com/academic/pro... 000
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 07/07/2026Friends!!! 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 1134
Reposted by Daniel DriscollNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Here'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...press.princeton.eduBuild or DieFrom a leading voice of the pro-housing movement comes a blueprint for revitalizing America’s major cities 1358
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 25/06/2026Thanks so much for sharing it, David! Been a reader of yours forever. 010
Reposted by Daniel DriscollDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/06/2026New brief from @danieldrisc.com at the @rooseveltinstitute.org argues that "markets alone cannot deliver decarbonization" -- robust state capacity is required.rooseveltinstitute.orgThe Four Pillars of Green State CapacityMarkets 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. 26921
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 25/06/2026Huge thanks to @toddntucker.com @suzmkahn.bsky.social and others for the excellent feedback and comments that pushed the piece forward ❤️ 010
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 25/06/2026New 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! 1103
Reposted by Daniel DriscollSuzanne Kahn @suzmkahn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Start 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. 12513
Reposted by Daniel DriscollJoshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Today 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... 56820
Reposted by Daniel Driscollherman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026NYTimes 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.socialnytimes.comOpinion | There Are Two Trump Administrations Right Now. And an Empire? 12716
Reposted by Daniel DriscollZsofi Barta @bartazsofi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Publication 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 🧵tandfonline.comTragedy of the horizon on steroids: the green transition and credit ratingsHow 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... 14421
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 02/06/2026Your comments truly gave us the push that we needed. Many thanks again, Jacob! 010
Reposted by Daniel DriscollSuzanne Kahn @suzmkahn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Roosevelt'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. 1102
Reposted by Daniel DriscollMathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026New 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/...doi.orgThe states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agendaAbstract. The problem of climate change further confounds the already complex relationship between states and markets in modern capitalism. In this state o 043
Reposted by Daniel DriscollNew Left EViews @newlefteviews.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Europe 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/ 164
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 02/06/2026Grateful to the editors at SER and reviewers for taking a chance on us. Big thanks to @mkblyth.bsky.social @mbabic.bsky.social Kathryn Chelminski @jhasselbalch.bsky.social for the feedback. 230
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 02/06/2026Three core topics at this nexus: how global finance constrains green transitions in the Global South, how states are stepping up where markets failed, and what different types of capitalism can and can't achieve for decarbonization. 110
Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 02/06/2026New 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/... 1134
Reposted by Daniel Driscollherman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026excellent 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 062
Reposted by Daniel DriscollPalma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Europe 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...brettoninthewoods.substack.comChina's Growth Model Has No EndgameThe European debate about China is obsessed with production. It spends remarkably little time thinking about demand. 810625
Reposted by Daniel DriscollMark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026And I had a nice we slot on NPR this weekend: www.npr.org/2026/05/16/n...npr.orgEconomist Mark Blyth analyses the economy and path ahead for new Federal Reserve chairNPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Brown University economist Mark Blyth about the challenges facing Kevin Warsh, the new chair of the Federal Reserve. 1113
Reposted by Daniel DriscollAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This 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...bloomberg.comIran War Is Pushing Consumers to Break Up With Fossil FuelsEVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps, now cheaper than ever, are becoming more attractive as the conflict upends oil and gas markets. 112247
Reposted by Daniel DriscollGregory Brew @gbrew24.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The 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...nytimes.comOpinion | America Will Pay Dearly for Its Energy Arrogance 12911
Reposted by Daniel DriscollAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21/04/20261500km 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...ft.comCATL claims 6-minute charge and 1,500km range for new electric vehicle batteriesChinese group also slashes charging time in race against BYD for electric vehicle battery supremacy 13315107
Reposted by Daniel DriscollAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026WEEKEND 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... 04014
Reposted by Daniel DriscollEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 12/04/2026People will be closely studying how Hungary's opposition pulled off their win in such a pro-incumbent system. Important to note that the theme was corruption. Democrats need to get much better at calling out Trump's corruption. 12644111198
Reposted by Daniel DriscollPalma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap. I can’t believe it 😭 1183351682847