MENGENAI EPISOD INI
Even as he has torn down climate policy, Donald Trump has normalized the use of more powerful & aggressive tools of economic statecraft, like equity stakes in private companies, new federal authorities, and sovereign wealth funds. The Roosevelt Institute recently issued a collection of 17 essays exploring how a future administration could use the tools Trump has assembled for decarbonization. I talk with Todd Tucker, editor of and contributor to the volume, about these new industrial planning tools.
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
02:32 – Did Biden's green policy prove durable?
09:39 – The Defense Production Act and the Sable pipeline
14:59 – Whether to leave the DPA on the table
15:35 – Executive orders and the durability problem
19:01 – Whether the Supreme Court treats Democrats differently
22:03 – Executive power and a disempowered Congress
25:05 – Senate malapportionment and filibuster reform
29:43 – Court reform and the major questions doctrine
34:13 – Manufacturing vs. deployment
42:52 – Permitting, abundance, and theory of power
49:20 – Public ownership and the U.S. Steel golden share
55:22 – What state capitalism could look like for green ends
59:56 – Shelley Welton on utilities as planning tools
1:02:42 – Speed vs. deliberation before 2029
