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I made a first stab at this argument here: eu.boell.org/en/climate-p...
Climate Policy from a Keynesian Point of View | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union
People may arrive in one or the other of these camps for many reasons. Advocates of the investment-centred approach tend to link climate policy to broader concerns over economic justice. Developments ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I made a first stab at this argument here: eu.boell.org/en/climate-p...
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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.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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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I’ve recommended it before, but Amy Kaplan tells exactly this story in Our American Israel. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Our American Israel — Harvard University Press
“Our American Israel is masterful and deserves a larger audience.” —Ta-Nehisi CoatesAn essential account of America’s most controversial alliance, and how that strong and divisive partnership plays ou...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’ve recommended it before, but Amy Kaplan tells exactly this story in Our American Israel. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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Most alarmingly, only Senators trapped in this bubble could believe, against all evidence, that preserving the filibuster is a pro-democracy, save-the-Republic move, as opposed to the very thing that is rotting away the Republic, which is the deep disconnect between elections and policy outcomes.
I imagine what actually scared them into caving was the threat of Trump getting Republicans to actually eliminate the filibuster
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Most alarmingly, only Senators trapped in this bubble could believe, against all evidence, that preserving the filibuster is a pro-democracy, save-the-Republic move, as opposed to the very thing that is rotting away the Republic, which is the deep disconnect between elections and policy outcomes.
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The 100%-wrong mainstream-media-DC-consensus is that it’s always the twentieth century and what voters mostly want—from Democrats anyway—is “working across the aisle,” so taking performative votes to show where you stand while ultimately cutting a deal on whatever terms are offered is good politics.
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The 100%-wrong mainstream-media-DC-consensus is that it’s always the twentieth century and what voters mostly want—from Democrats anyway—is “working across the aisle,” so taking performative votes to show where you stand while ultimately cutting a deal on whatever terms are offered is good politics.