Todd Tucker
@toddntucker.com
Director, Industrial Policy & Trade, @RooseveltInstitute.org, @RooseveltForward.org. Political scientist of economic transitions, administrative states, Bidenomics, Trumpnomics. PhD.
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Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy?
A conversation with Todd Tucker of the Roosevelt Institute.
www.volts.wtf
I'm on @volts.wtf podcast today on the lessons from our new @rooseveltinstitute.org book: "Building Up in 2029: Making Green Statecraft Durable."
We talked about how equity stakes, SCOTUS reform, & subfederalization are climate policy.
www.volts.wtf/p/could-we-u...
We talked about how equity stakes, SCOTUS reform, & subfederalization are climate policy.
www.volts.wtf/p/could-we-u...
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New from our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social: As AI companies push for voluntary safety rules, the latest warnings about AI risks make one thing clear: we can’t just hand the industry the keys to its own oversight. ⬇️
Fear Itself: AI Anxiety Is No Excuse for Self-Regulation - Roosevelt Institute
AI companies are sounding the alarm about the technology they’re building—and asking for more room to regulate themselves. Elizabeth Wilkins argues that real AI safety requires something different: pu...
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September 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
New from our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social: As AI companies push for voluntary safety rules, the latest warnings about AI risks make one thing clear: we can’t just hand the industry the keys to its own oversight. ⬇️
Jake Sullivan calls for a Strategic Investment Fund: "Loans and guarantees would stretch each public dollar and crowd in private capital, and convertible and equity-like instruments could give taxpayers a share of upside when investments succeed."
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How to Reindustrialize America
The case for a strategic investment fund.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Jake Sullivan calls for a Strategic Investment Fund: "Loans and guarantees would stretch each public dollar and crowd in private capital, and convertible and equity-like instruments could give taxpayers a share of upside when investments succeed."
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www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Bill Graves, the Republican governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003, writes an oped today endorsing the Democratic nominee for Senate in the state (Adam Hamilton, who's challenging Senator Marshall). www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
Bill Graves: Elect Adam Hamilton to put Kansans first in the US Senate | Opinion
The former governor says Roger Marshall has turned his back on the people he’s supposed to represent. | Opinion
www.kansascity.com
September 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Bill Graves, the Republican governor of Kansas from 1995 to 2003, writes an oped today endorsing the Democratic nominee for Senate in the state (Adam Hamilton, who's challenging Senator Marshall). www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
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“Democrats would be better advised to follow the example of Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans,” this WSJ oped says about court reform.
They thought the courts were so partisan they abolished entire circuit courts and prevented the Supreme Court from meeting for a year!
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They thought the courts were so partisan they abolished entire circuit courts and prevented the Supreme Court from meeting for a year!
www.wsj.com/opinion/is-c...
Opinion | Is Court Packing Constitutional? Don’t Be So Sure
The precedents don’t support what the Democrats want to do, which would be an assault on the separation of powers.
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September 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
“Democrats would be better advised to follow the example of Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans,” this WSJ oped says about court reform.
They thought the courts were so partisan they abolished entire circuit courts and prevented the Supreme Court from meeting for a year!
www.wsj.com/opinion/is-c...
They thought the courts were so partisan they abolished entire circuit courts and prevented the Supreme Court from meeting for a year!
www.wsj.com/opinion/is-c...
Jared Abbott: "if the goal is passing a New Deal–scale economic agenda to ensure economic security for all ... as Jentleson says his is, electing more Landrieus and Manchins amounts to a Pyrrhic victory, because they will undermine it at every step."
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How the Left Can Win a Supermajority
The US left has had some success winning primaries in Democrat-held constituencies. But this can’t be a strategy for national success and the implementation of New Deal–style programs. For that, we’ll...
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September 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Jared Abbott: "if the goal is passing a New Deal–scale economic agenda to ensure economic security for all ... as Jentleson says his is, electing more Landrieus and Manchins amounts to a Pyrrhic victory, because they will undermine it at every step."
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New episode from @volts.wtf:
@toddntucker.com discusses our 2029 climate policy agenda and how a future administration can build on the new tools of economic statecraft this administration has put into practice—and actually employ them toward positive, environmental ends.
Listen 🎧:
@toddntucker.com discusses our 2029 climate policy agenda and how a future administration can build on the new tools of economic statecraft this administration has put into practice—and actually employ them toward positive, environmental ends.
Listen 🎧:
Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy?
A conversation with Todd Tucker of the Roosevelt Institute.
www.volts.wtf
August 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
New episode from @volts.wtf:
@toddntucker.com discusses our 2029 climate policy agenda and how a future administration can build on the new tools of economic statecraft this administration has put into practice—and actually employ them toward positive, environmental ends.
Listen 🎧:
@toddntucker.com discusses our 2029 climate policy agenda and how a future administration can build on the new tools of economic statecraft this administration has put into practice—and actually employ them toward positive, environmental ends.
Listen 🎧:
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A really terrific report from @rooseveltinstitute.org on "How to Make Green Statecraft Durable." Lots of great ideas here. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Building Up in 2029: How to Make Green Statecraft Durable
Explore 17 essays on durable US climate and industrial policy after Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks, covering governance, planning, finance, and production.
rooseveltinstitute.org
August 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A really terrific report from @rooseveltinstitute.org on "How to Make Green Statecraft Durable." Lots of great ideas here. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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Excited to be heading to NYC for Climate Week this month, and to be speaking on this panel on Monday 21st.
Getting clean industrial policy right is good for the country, good for the economy, good for citizens and good for the climate.
Looking forward to discussing!
Getting clean industrial policy right is good for the country, good for the economy, good for citizens and good for the climate.
Looking forward to discussing!
In NYC September 21 for Climate Week?
Come by @rooseveltinstitute.org offices for a panel discussion on The Future of Clean Industrial Policy with
@americanprogress.bsky.social @mcortonscott.bsky.social @lcefuk.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org + more!
rsvp2.americanprogress.org/futureofclea...
Come by @rooseveltinstitute.org offices for a panel discussion on The Future of Clean Industrial Policy with
@americanprogress.bsky.social @mcortonscott.bsky.social @lcefuk.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org + more!
rsvp2.americanprogress.org/futureofclea...
The Future of Clean Industrial Policy
Climate policy around the world has integrated key elements of industrial policy, marking a significant change from relying solely on market-based mechanisms to driving down emissions to now focusing ...
rsvp2.americanprogress.org
September 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Excited to be heading to NYC for Climate Week this month, and to be speaking on this panel on Monday 21st.
Getting clean industrial policy right is good for the country, good for the economy, good for citizens and good for the climate.
Looking forward to discussing!
Getting clean industrial policy right is good for the country, good for the economy, good for citizens and good for the climate.
Looking forward to discussing!
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And for more on what Trump’s “golden shares” could mean for future progressive economic policy, catch up with our Director for Industrial Policy, @toddntucker.com ⬇️
Why Trump’s ‘golden shares’ are enticing progressives.
@politico.co story discusses new @rooseveltinstitute.org report and rethinking of public equity stakes, w/ @bharatramamurti.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social @ewarren.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and me.
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@politico.co story discusses new @rooseveltinstitute.org report and rethinking of public equity stakes, w/ @bharatramamurti.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social @ewarren.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and me.
politi.co/4xDIGEI
Why Trump’s ‘golden shares’ are enticing progressives
Direct government intervention in specific companies may be on the way to becoming a bipartisan feature.
politi.co
September 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
And for more on what Trump’s “golden shares” could mean for future progressive economic policy, catch up with our Director for Industrial Policy, @toddntucker.com ⬇️
Yep
Currently listening to a panel at APSA on the future of democracy in the US and the consensus is quite negative.
My bet is that the tone would be fundamentally different if we re-did this the 2nd week of November.
My bet is that the tone would be fundamentally different if we re-did this the 2nd week of November.
September 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Yep
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Government equity stakes can be a powerful tool for industrial policy, but only when they’re structured to advance the public interest.
A new @politico.com piece cites our research on how public ownership done right can help advance climate, energy, and labor goals. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
A new @politico.com piece cites our research on how public ownership done right can help advance climate, energy, and labor goals. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
September 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Government equity stakes can be a powerful tool for industrial policy, but only when they’re structured to advance the public interest.
A new @politico.com piece cites our research on how public ownership done right can help advance climate, energy, and labor goals. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
A new @politico.com piece cites our research on how public ownership done right can help advance climate, energy, and labor goals. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
In NYC September 21 for Climate Week?
Come by @rooseveltinstitute.org offices for a panel discussion on The Future of Clean Industrial Policy with
@americanprogress.bsky.social @mcortonscott.bsky.social @lcefuk.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org + more!
rsvp2.americanprogress.org/futureofclea...
Come by @rooseveltinstitute.org offices for a panel discussion on The Future of Clean Industrial Policy with
@americanprogress.bsky.social @mcortonscott.bsky.social @lcefuk.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org + more!
rsvp2.americanprogress.org/futureofclea...
The Future of Clean Industrial Policy
Climate policy around the world has integrated key elements of industrial policy, marking a significant change from relying solely on market-based mechanisms to driving down emissions to now focusing ...
rsvp2.americanprogress.org
September 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
In NYC September 21 for Climate Week?
Come by @rooseveltinstitute.org offices for a panel discussion on The Future of Clean Industrial Policy with
@americanprogress.bsky.social @mcortonscott.bsky.social @lcefuk.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org + more!
rsvp2.americanprogress.org/futureofclea...
Come by @rooseveltinstitute.org offices for a panel discussion on The Future of Clean Industrial Policy with
@americanprogress.bsky.social @mcortonscott.bsky.social @lcefuk.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org + more!
rsvp2.americanprogress.org/futureofclea...
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It’s fun and cool that “does the law apply equally to Republicans and Democrats” is just a normal part of our national conversation now.
Extra fun and cool that the answer is obviously “no.”
Extra fun and cool that the answer is obviously “no.”
The growing use of golden shares - and whether they can be used for progressive ends without SCOTUS asymmetrically blocking it - was a big theme in my conversation last week with @volts.wtf
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I'm on @volts.wtf podcast today on the lessons from our new @rooseveltinstitute.org book: "Building Up in 2029: Making Green Statecraft Durable."
We talked about how equity stakes, SCOTUS reform, & subfederalization are climate policy.
www.volts.wtf/p/could-we-u...
We talked about how equity stakes, SCOTUS reform, & subfederalization are climate policy.
www.volts.wtf/p/could-we-u...
September 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
It’s fun and cool that “does the law apply equally to Republicans and Democrats” is just a normal part of our national conversation now.
Extra fun and cool that the answer is obviously “no.”
Extra fun and cool that the answer is obviously “no.”
Why Trump’s ‘golden shares’ are enticing progressives.
@politico.co story discusses new @rooseveltinstitute.org report and rethinking of public equity stakes, w/ @bharatramamurti.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social @ewarren.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and me.
politi.co/4xDIGEI
@politico.co story discusses new @rooseveltinstitute.org report and rethinking of public equity stakes, w/ @bharatramamurti.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social @ewarren.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and me.
politi.co/4xDIGEI
Why Trump’s ‘golden shares’ are enticing progressives
Direct government intervention in specific companies may be on the way to becoming a bipartisan feature.
politi.co
September 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Why Trump’s ‘golden shares’ are enticing progressives.
@politico.co story discusses new @rooseveltinstitute.org report and rethinking of public equity stakes, w/ @bharatramamurti.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social @ewarren.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and me.
politi.co/4xDIGEI
@politico.co story discusses new @rooseveltinstitute.org report and rethinking of public equity stakes, w/ @bharatramamurti.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social @ewarren.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and me.
politi.co/4xDIGEI
Great @thedigradio.bsky.social w/ @astra.bsky.social @moira.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social and @madisoncondon.bsky.social
At 1:40, Madison shares her National Climate Service idea.
For more, see her "Building Up in 2029" chapter from @rooseveltinstitute.org.
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At 1:40, Madison shares her National Climate Service idea.
For more, see her "Building Up in 2029" chapter from @rooseveltinstitute.org.
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Excited to share this long-brewing episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social.
Got to nerd out about climate catastrophe and insurance — and the possibility of better public models — with @moira.bsky.social, @madisoncondon.bsky.social, and @dwallacewells.bsky.social
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Got to nerd out about climate catastrophe and insurance — and the possibility of better public models — with @moira.bsky.social, @madisoncondon.bsky.social, and @dwallacewells.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/insu...
Insuring Catastrophe w/ David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, Moira Birss
Featuring David Wallace-Wells, Madison Condon, and Moira Birss on how insurance companies profit off climate catastrophe—and, in doing so, ensure that people and the planet suffer the consequences. Gu...
thedigradio.com
September 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Great @thedigradio.bsky.social w/ @astra.bsky.social @moira.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social and @madisoncondon.bsky.social
At 1:40, Madison shares her National Climate Service idea.
For more, see her "Building Up in 2029" chapter from @rooseveltinstitute.org.
bsky.app/profile/todd...
At 1:40, Madison shares her National Climate Service idea.
For more, see her "Building Up in 2029" chapter from @rooseveltinstitute.org.
bsky.app/profile/todd...
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17. Last but definitely not least, @tedfertik.bsky.social calls for greater empowerment of labor in the next phase of the clean energy transition. It's not just normatively desirable, but good for making policy stickier.
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Rebalance Capital and Labor
A case for putting organized labor at the center of U.S. climate and industrial policy to build durable political support for the clean energy transition.
rooseveltinstitute.org
July 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
17. Last but definitely not least, @tedfertik.bsky.social calls for greater empowerment of labor in the next phase of the clean energy transition. It's not just normatively desirable, but good for making policy stickier.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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If you're in Seattle, come and see me chat with Leah about her new book on Sep. 14 at Town Hall!
September 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
If you're in Seattle, come and see me chat with Leah about her new book on Sep. 14 at Town Hall!
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Little-known governing hack: Find out what things people like, then give them that
Mamdani has announced that NYC restaurants can have outdoor dining all year round.
This is actually a big public health win because fall and winter is when respiratory virus cases surge. Dining outdoors helps reduce the risk of disease spread.
This is actually a big public health win because fall and winter is when respiratory virus cases surge. Dining outdoors helps reduce the risk of disease spread.
Rain or shine, sun or snow, you can now break bread outdoors year-round.
Thanks to @cmrestler.bsky.social’s work, our favorite restaurants will no longer have to tear down and rebuild their setups each year.
It’s official: Outdoor dining is here to stay.
Thanks to @cmrestler.bsky.social’s work, our favorite restaurants will no longer have to tear down and rebuild their setups each year.
It’s official: Outdoor dining is here to stay.
September 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Little-known governing hack: Find out what things people like, then give them that
How Golden Share in US Steel might give the Steelworkers' union a leg up in contract negotiations, and set standards at other firms as well.
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United Steelworker Talks Test Reach of Trump ‘Golden Share’ Deal
A novel national security agreement between US Steel and the Trump administration complicates labor relations for the company and competitor Cleveland-Cliffs as they race to negotiate new contracts wi...
news.bloomberglaw.com
September 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
How Golden Share in US Steel might give the Steelworkers' union a leg up in contract negotiations, and set standards at other firms as well.
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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New from @shahrzadshams.bsky.social:
Prediction markets are becoming increasingly entrenched in major American institutions.
Across sports, media and finance, these once-niche platforms are being woven into institutional infrastructure, data and marketing.
That creates a problem for regulation. 🧵
Prediction markets are becoming increasingly entrenched in major American institutions.
Across sports, media and finance, these once-niche platforms are being woven into institutional infrastructure, data and marketing.
That creates a problem for regulation. 🧵
Prediction Markets Across Sports, Media, and Finance: Institutional Entrenchment and the Risk of Path Dependence - Roosevelt Institute
In just a few years, prediction markets have gone from obscure tools concentrated in the niche corners of elite policy, academia, intelligence, and analytics communities to rapidly expanding fixtures ...
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September 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New from @shahrzadshams.bsky.social:
Prediction markets are becoming increasingly entrenched in major American institutions.
Across sports, media and finance, these once-niche platforms are being woven into institutional infrastructure, data and marketing.
That creates a problem for regulation. 🧵
Prediction markets are becoming increasingly entrenched in major American institutions.
Across sports, media and finance, these once-niche platforms are being woven into institutional infrastructure, data and marketing.
That creates a problem for regulation. 🧵
"It makes a tremendous bit of sense for Democrats to play it straight, unlike Roosevelt. We live in a populist moment in which people care more about authenticity than institutional abstractions. Everyone will know what this is really about."
August 31, 2026 at 8:58 PM
"It makes a tremendous bit of sense for Democrats to play it straight, unlike Roosevelt. We live in a populist moment in which people care more about authenticity than institutional abstractions. Everyone will know what this is really about."
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16. 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.
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Decarbonize America’s Growth Model
How the U.S. growth model shapes climate and industrial policy, and why balancing domestic manufacturing with consumer demand is key to decarbonization.
rooseveltinstitute.org
July 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
16. 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.org/publications...
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That *Rep. Jim Clyburn* is announcing his support for SCOTUS expansion is huge.
Rep. James Clyburn says he supports expanding the Supreme Court: "13 is a pretty good number. A baker's dozen would be a good number to have on the Court."
August 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
That *Rep. Jim Clyburn* is announcing his support for SCOTUS expansion is huge.
"The Hayekian conclusion always remained contingent — and only true so long as governments lacked the necessary informational and computational capacity for central planning to outdo free markets.
The question is whether AI changes that," writes @martinsandbu.ft.com.
www.ft.com/content/cd3f...
The question is whether AI changes that," writes @martinsandbu.ft.com.
www.ft.com/content/cd3f...
Could AI revive the socialist dream?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to both reignite and overturn the century-old debate over central economic planning
www.ft.com
August 29, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"The Hayekian conclusion always remained contingent — and only true so long as governments lacked the necessary informational and computational capacity for central planning to outdo free markets.
The question is whether AI changes that," writes @martinsandbu.ft.com.
www.ft.com/content/cd3f...
The question is whether AI changes that," writes @martinsandbu.ft.com.
www.ft.com/content/cd3f...
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Today on Volts: even as he is dismantling climate policy, Trump is demonstrating how to use the tools of aggressive state capitalism. A new volume of essays from the @rooseveltinstitute.org argues that those tools could be harnessed for green policy. I talk with RI's @toddntucker.com about it.
Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy?
A conversation with Todd Tucker of the Roosevelt Institute.
www.volts.wtf
August 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Today on Volts: even as he is dismantling climate policy, Trump is demonstrating how to use the tools of aggressive state capitalism. A new volume of essays from the @rooseveltinstitute.org argues that those tools could be harnessed for green policy. I talk with RI's @toddntucker.com about it.