Niko Lusiani
@nikolusiani.bsky.social
Frmr Director, Corporate Power @ RooseveltInst. Tax, corp gov, anti-trust & the energy transition. Corp financial analyst & watchdog. Post-Boomer, pre-Doomer. Hecho en Califas. Writing new book on the public origins of corporate value. => nikolusiani.org
"The rain, it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella:
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella."
~Charles Bowen
And also on the unjust fella:
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella."
~Charles Bowen
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"The rain, it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella:
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella."
~Charles Bowen
And also on the unjust fella:
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella."
~Charles Bowen
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Congrats to Nina Gualinga, featured today as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential "rising stars"!
"The forest has things to say, and Nina—always so wise, thoughtful, and observant—is one of her most powerful messengers."
time.com/collections/...
"The forest has things to say, and Nina—always so wise, thoughtful, and observant—is one of her most powerful messengers."
time.com/collections/...
Nina Gualinga Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next
Find out why Nina Gualinga is on this year’s list
time.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Congrats to Nina Gualinga, featured today as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential "rising stars"!
"The forest has things to say, and Nina—always so wise, thoughtful, and observant—is one of her most powerful messengers."
time.com/collections/...
"The forest has things to say, and Nina—always so wise, thoughtful, and observant—is one of her most powerful messengers."
time.com/collections/...
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Market power is at an all-time high, and corporate giants use tax advantages to entrench their dominance.
A well-designed excess profits tax can help level the playing field. @nikolusiani.bsky.social and @iraregmi.bsky.social lay out a framework for doing so ⤵️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
A well-designed excess profits tax can help level the playing field. @nikolusiani.bsky.social and @iraregmi.bsky.social lay out a framework for doing so ⤵️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
Taxing Excessive Profits: Designing a Pro-Competition Corporate Tax System - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis, Niko Lusiani and Ira Regmi lay the groundwork for developing a pro-competition tax on excess corporate profits in America.
rooseveltinstitute.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Market power is at an all-time high, and corporate giants use tax advantages to entrench their dominance.
A well-designed excess profits tax can help level the playing field. @nikolusiani.bsky.social and @iraregmi.bsky.social lay out a framework for doing so ⤵️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
A well-designed excess profits tax can help level the playing field. @nikolusiani.bsky.social and @iraregmi.bsky.social lay out a framework for doing so ⤵️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
So after a glorious social media sabbatical, I'm excited to be back on here.
Looking forward to exchanging ideas w/ you all from the new book I'm writing on the public origins of corporate value.
As always, super-interested in all things tax, corp gov, climate finance and just energy transition.
Looking forward to exchanging ideas w/ you all from the new book I'm writing on the public origins of corporate value.
As always, super-interested in all things tax, corp gov, climate finance and just energy transition.
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So after a glorious social media sabbatical, I'm excited to be back on here.
Looking forward to exchanging ideas w/ you all from the new book I'm writing on the public origins of corporate value.
As always, super-interested in all things tax, corp gov, climate finance and just energy transition.
Looking forward to exchanging ideas w/ you all from the new book I'm writing on the public origins of corporate value.
As always, super-interested in all things tax, corp gov, climate finance and just energy transition.
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Utility companies sit at the center of any efforts to decarbonize the economy in a just and affordable way.
@nikolusiani.bsky.social explores how and why shareholder-owned electric utilities are slowing the energy transition #2024Reads ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
@nikolusiani.bsky.social explores how and why shareholder-owned electric utilities are slowing the energy transition #2024Reads ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
Entrenched Power: How Shareholder-Owned Electric Utilities Hinder the Clean Energy Transition - Roosevelt Institute
In a new Roosevelt Institute analysis, author Niko Lusiani explores the role of consolidated investor-owned electric utilities as gatekeepers actively slowing—or in some cases outright blocking—the renewable energy build-out and working against the implementation of essential climate change policies.
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Utility companies sit at the center of any efforts to decarbonize the economy in a just and affordable way.
@nikolusiani.bsky.social explores how and why shareholder-owned electric utilities are slowing the energy transition #2024Reads ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
@nikolusiani.bsky.social explores how and why shareholder-owned electric utilities are slowing the energy transition #2024Reads ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/public...
Looks like a great event about an important book. Everyone that can should go.
DC folks, come thru tonight and hang out with Sandeep @katearonoff.bsky.social and @advaitarun.bsky.social to talk about Sandeep’s new book and discuss how we can learn from the past to fight for every justice now.
6pm Creative Grounds
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6pm Creative Grounds
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Looking to History to Build Power
An exploration of the fight for public power in a Trump administration .
www.eventbrite.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Looks like a great event about an important book. Everyone that can should go.
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Cool idea here about an in-kind tax for a reparation fund.
The government can raise the 💲 funds and have the power to finance reparative policies.
In a new brief, @bearerfriend.bsky.social details a policy innovation that can quickly raise a trillion dollars in one year. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
In a new brief, @bearerfriend.bsky.social details a policy innovation that can quickly raise a trillion dollars in one year. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
December 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Cool idea here about an in-kind tax for a reparation fund.
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This line functions as a new truism- about climate, governance, and so much else besides regulatory: “In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment”
Lina Khan’s rule-of-law approach ensured clarity and consistency in antitrust enforcement.
"In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment that rewards competition rather than submission." @nikolusiani.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
"In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment that rewards competition rather than submission." @nikolusiani.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan | Washington Monthly
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan: Multinationals often opposed Biden’s aggressive stand on antitrust. Trump’s industrial policy by temper tantrum gives corporations what they really hate...
washingtonmonthly.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:50 PM
This line functions as a new truism- about climate, governance, and so much else besides regulatory: “In the end, businesses may well have underpriced the value of a stable operating environment”
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We can’t achieve equitable outcomes from the U.S. energy system when utility regulators, legislators, and clean energy advocates let utility shareholder equity dominate. My essay, A Tale of Two Equities, illustrates the conflicting aims: https://vist.ly/3mp2quu #monopoly #utility 🔌💡
A Tale of Two Equities - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Can we center equity in climate and clean energy policy if private utilities center shareholder equity?
ilsr.org
December 16, 2024 at 4:54 PM
We can’t achieve equitable outcomes from the U.S. energy system when utility regulators, legislators, and clean energy advocates let utility shareholder equity dominate. My essay, A Tale of Two Equities, illustrates the conflicting aims: https://vist.ly/3mp2quu #monopoly #utility 🔌💡
Yet another U-shaped curve...yikes.
December 11, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Yet another U-shaped curve...yikes.
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"This moment is not just about reining in one company, but it’s also about reclaiming a digital economy that serves us all."
@nikolusiani.bsky.social & Ketan Ahuja explore the DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google ⤵️ www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
@nikolusiani.bsky.social & Ketan Ahuja explore the DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google ⤵️ www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | We’re still at the beginning of the end of Google’s monopoly
The Justice Department’s push for Google to sell off its Chrome browser is a good start, but not nearly enough.
www.msnbc.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:24 PM
"This moment is not just about reining in one company, but it’s also about reclaiming a digital economy that serves us all."
@nikolusiani.bsky.social & Ketan Ahuja explore the DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google ⤵️ www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
@nikolusiani.bsky.social & Ketan Ahuja explore the DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google ⤵️ www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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So rewarding to collaborate with @rooseveltinstitute.bsky.social to take my research and make it more accessible. This work started as a law review article for Howard Law Journal (over 200 footnotes!) but is now an issue brief with FAQs and bullet points. Trying to reach as many people I can!
NEW 📰: Through taxes, the US can finally pay its debt to those who helped build our country but were never paid for their work.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
December 10, 2024 at 2:28 PM
So rewarding to collaborate with @rooseveltinstitute.bsky.social to take my research and make it more accessible. This work started as a law review article for Howard Law Journal (over 200 footnotes!) but is now an issue brief with FAQs and bullet points. Trying to reach as many people I can!
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Cost limits our imagination on so many progressive priorities. I love this piece from @bearerfriend.bsky.social because it offers a broadly applicable way past that limitation.
NEW 📰: Through taxes, the US can finally pay its debt to those who helped build our country but were never paid for their work.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
December 10, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Cost limits our imagination on so many progressive priorities. I love this piece from @bearerfriend.bsky.social because it offers a broadly applicable way past that limitation.
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lol Elon nope I refuse to "grow the hell up"
shareholder primacy is a terrible way to organize corporate productivity and innovation
it's so bad as a theory and practice that I wrote a book about it even press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
shareholder primacy is a terrible way to organize corporate productivity and innovation
it's so bad as a theory and practice that I wrote a book about it even
December 10, 2024 at 3:32 PM
lol Elon nope I refuse to "grow the hell up"
shareholder primacy is a terrible way to organize corporate productivity and innovation
it's so bad as a theory and practice that I wrote a book about it even press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
shareholder primacy is a terrible way to organize corporate productivity and innovation
it's so bad as a theory and practice that I wrote a book about it even
Don't let anyone tell you the obligations we have to one another are too expensive.
It's simply a matter of priorities.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social out with a transformative tax proposal to help fund reparative policies through the in-kind remittance of corp equity.
Great holiday learning opp!
It's simply a matter of priorities.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social out with a transformative tax proposal to help fund reparative policies through the in-kind remittance of corp equity.
Great holiday learning opp!
NEW 📰: Through taxes, the US can finally pay its debt to those who helped build our country but were never paid for their work.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
December 10, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Don't let anyone tell you the obligations we have to one another are too expensive.
It's simply a matter of priorities.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social out with a transformative tax proposal to help fund reparative policies through the in-kind remittance of corp equity.
Great holiday learning opp!
It's simply a matter of priorities.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social out with a transformative tax proposal to help fund reparative policies through the in-kind remittance of corp equity.
Great holiday learning opp!
Reposted by Niko Lusiani
NEW 📰: Through taxes, the US can finally pay its debt to those who helped build our country but were never paid for their work.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
NEW 📰: Through taxes, the US can finally pay its debt to those who helped build our country but were never paid for their work.
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
@bearerfriend.bsky.social argues an innovative approach to tax law could finally fund reparations for slavery. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
"When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end
Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt
That I might keep some child warm."
Rest in Power Nikki Giovanni!
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt
That I might keep some child warm."
Rest in Power Nikki Giovanni!
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
"When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end
Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt
That I might keep some child warm."
Rest in Power Nikki Giovanni!
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt
That I might keep some child warm."
Rest in Power Nikki Giovanni!
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
"If the financial sector is orchestrating a vast conspiracy to undermine the fossil fuel industry, it doesn’t seem to be going very well." @katearonoff.bsky.social on the nonsense of the recent anti-ESG (pro-BigOil) 'collusion' case.
newrepublic.com/article/1889...
newrepublic.com/article/1889...
Republicans’ War on ESG Has Reached New Heights of Stupidity
Coal is dying because of wokeness, says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Blackrock and Vanguard are filled with environmental radicals.
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:34 PM
"If the financial sector is orchestrating a vast conspiracy to undermine the fossil fuel industry, it doesn’t seem to be going very well." @katearonoff.bsky.social on the nonsense of the recent anti-ESG (pro-BigOil) 'collusion' case.
newrepublic.com/article/1889...
newrepublic.com/article/1889...
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Pro-public tech 📲 innovation requires creating a digital ecosystem that actually serves and protects public interests.
The DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google are a good first step, but there is much more to be done. @nikolusiani.bsky.social & @ketan-ahuja.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
The DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google are a good first step, but there is much more to be done. @nikolusiani.bsky.social & @ketan-ahuja.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
December 2, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Pro-public tech 📲 innovation requires creating a digital ecosystem that actually serves and protects public interests.
The DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google are a good first step, but there is much more to be done. @nikolusiani.bsky.social & @ketan-ahuja.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
The DOJ’s proposed remedies for Google are a good first step, but there is much more to be done. @nikolusiani.bsky.social & @ketan-ahuja.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Lina Khan’s leadership brought clarity & consistency to antitrust enforcement.
@nikolusiani.bsky.social explores why big business may regret losing her rule-of-law approach with thought-provoking insights on fair competition in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social: washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
@nikolusiani.bsky.social explores why big business may regret losing her rule-of-law approach with thought-provoking insights on fair competition in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social: washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan | Washington Monthly
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan: Multinationals often opposed Biden’s aggressive stand on antitrust. Trump’s industrial policy by temper tantrum gives corporations what they really hate...
washingtonmonthly.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Lina Khan’s leadership brought clarity & consistency to antitrust enforcement.
@nikolusiani.bsky.social explores why big business may regret losing her rule-of-law approach with thought-provoking insights on fair competition in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social: washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
@nikolusiani.bsky.social explores why big business may regret losing her rule-of-law approach with thought-provoking insights on fair competition in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social: washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
Great 🧵for Thanksgiving reading on your Chrome (or other) browser...
The DOJ's proposed remedies against Google (including forcing Google to sell Chrome) are a nice first step to fixing Google's monopoly, and restoring a digital innovation ecosystem that works for everyone.
My thoughts, with Niko Lusiani, in MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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My thoughts, with Niko Lusiani, in MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | We’re still at the beginning of the end of Google’s monopoly
The Justice Department’s push for Google to sell off its Chrome browser is a good start, but not nearly enough.
www.msnbc.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Great 🧵for Thanksgiving reading on your Chrome (or other) browser...
No one - including business - will benefit from the Trump Admin replacing the Khan/Kanter/Wu rule-of-law, evidence-based approach with a rule-of-one, vengeance-based approach to antitrust enforcement.
My latest with Washington Monthly.
My latest with Washington Monthly.
In a new op-ed for @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social, @nikolusiani.bsky.social argues that the rigorous antitrust enforcement of FTC Chair Lina Khan is good for business—it offers stability and "rewards competition rather than submission."
Read more ⤵️
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
Read more ⤵️
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/26/w...
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan | Washington Monthly
Why Big Business May Wind Up Missing Lina Khan: Multinationals often opposed Biden’s aggressive stand on antitrust. Trump’s industrial policy by temper tantrum gives corporations what they really hate...
washingtonmonthly.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:56 PM
No one - including business - will benefit from the Trump Admin replacing the Khan/Kanter/Wu rule-of-law, evidence-based approach with a rule-of-one, vengeance-based approach to antitrust enforcement.
My latest with Washington Monthly.
My latest with Washington Monthly.
Elon now playing the role of Trump's political piggybank.
Think the incoming Admin might maybe make decisions which boost the value of Elon's companies? Watch this space.
Think the incoming Admin might maybe make decisions which boost the value of Elon's companies? Watch this space.
"There's a guy named Elon Musk who is going to finance it." Trump's team is using the mention of Elon Musk's wealth to pressure lawmakers, ABC News says. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump team warns Republicans to support Cabinet picks or face primary funded by Musk
As controversy continues to cloud some of Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, his team has a sharp warning for Republicans who don't fall in line, ABC's Jonathan Karl reports.
abcnews.go.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Elon now playing the role of Trump's political piggybank.
Think the incoming Admin might maybe make decisions which boost the value of Elon's companies? Watch this space.
Think the incoming Admin might maybe make decisions which boost the value of Elon's companies? Watch this space.