Derisking Public investment

"[The IRA is] a form of economic planning, but doing it through the tax code and letting the private sector decide." Derisking is an insufficient substitute for democratic planning. The socialisation of investment is a necessity for green transformation. ft.com/content/e44503…

Everything I read leaves me depressed. Why did I choose to specialise in energy and climate politics? If I don't even get a job out of this PhD, it will all have just been self-inflicted psychic damage.

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The spice must flow 🙏

“Energised and inspired to kick off another academic semester!”

The British state raised more revenue in 2023 from corporation tax paid by OnlyFans' parent company (£118m) than it did from North Sea oil royalties and license fees (£69m)

Wind and solar are among the fastest growing energy sources in decades. Then I wondered, what would it look like if I included U.S. shale gas?

“I have concepts of a plan” - me, after working on an article for 5 years

“To rely on private rather than public capital … is a deliberate policy of upward redistribution from bill-payers to the financial sector” Ep 9 is LIVE! @cmmonwealth's Melanie Brusseler & Chris Hayes on how public ownership can transform our energy system youtu.be/UeFtWeu6Bfg?si…

I look forward to @barnardcollege offering serious courses in xi jinping thought.

Is coke zero degrowth or techno-optimism?

Incredible things are.. Hold on, wait... Terrible things are happening in China? 😔 ft.com/content/56d815…

This insanity is how I learned American universities just... don't anonymise their grading? The personal tyranny of the professor and TA is completely unconstrained??? What is going on over there?

Really sours the vibe of being in an Anglo-Italian relationship tbh ft.com/content/1039dc…

A pensioner with an XR pin told me I should "quit academia and join the movement" I explained that I have to pay my rent She said "that's always the excuse" ???