Todd N. Tucker

Director, Industrial Policy & Trade @RooseveltInst @RooseveltFWD. Political scientist of economic transitions/ administrative states. PhD.

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

NEW from me and Oskar Dye-Furstenberg for @rooseveltinst: Against Manufacturing Doomerism: Why and How Making Stuff Matters.

In which we give you over 50 pages of charts and graphs showing why manufacturing still matters.

🧵with some highlights!
https://t.co/eAtKF7EPjQ

[Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis]

Workers are starting to really dislike A.I., via @Glassdoor

[Justin H. Vassallo @jhv85]

concise and frank, I have to admit

[Chad P. Bown @ChadBown]

If China cuts the world off from permanent magnets again anytime soon, we all may be driving cars with hand-crank windows and no radios.

Put differently, automakers should be thinking about how to allocate scarce inputs in the face of such extreme (but no longer improbable) scenarios.

Which uses of permanent magnets really are essential?

https://t.co/NzDx1nBHYG

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

Turns out replacing human labor is expensive!

'We created a monster’: companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets

From @rwmcmorrow et al https://t.co/BprYVzXOzV

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

Am generally a fan of multi party systems, but in France it facilitated at least two parties that oppose air conditioning... Even when electricity is clean and in a heat wave. 84 percent of French back AC.

Structures that encourage majoritarianism can be helpful!

[Valentina Pop @valentinapop]

To cool or not to cool: French politicians draw battle lines over aircon https://t.co/vVOZnEnqWI via @labboudles

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

Brad Lander said his victory was “the clearest evidence” that voters are opposed to the role of corporate money in elections.

“It is time for the Democratic Party to walk away from dark money — from PACs funded by crypto, Wall Street, A.I. and AIPAC”

[Aparna Raj @aparnafordc]

From DC to NY, people see democratic socialists as the candidates who will fight for working people in the face of growing fascism and complacent neoliberalism.

Go @nycDSA ! Excited to have more allies for DC in Congress 🌹

[Peter Sterne @petersterne]

This is the coalition that propelled Claire Valdez to victory: NYC-DSA and UAW.

Left to right: UAW Region 9A’s @ae53, NYC-DSA co-chair @unionGustavo and UAW Region 9A Director @mancillabrando

[Patrick Gaspard @patrickgaspard]

They thought that calling her a Haitian was a slur. She can have honorary membership to the club!

[Taniel @Taniel]

RESULT: Darializa Avila Chevalier, a challenger backed by New York's left, has ousted Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

An earthquake result, which means all 3 congressional candidates backed by Mamdani have won: Chevalier, Brad Lander, and Claire Valdez.

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

When FDR wanted planners, he had to recruit from city and state offices!
https://t.co/bEOYos0yDn

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

How the Green New Deal went local: @robinsonmeyer.

There's an argument for that being a good level for it. Planning locally, subsidizing federally plays to each level's strengths. Tho labor/social floors will still be federal (& need filibuster reform).
https://t.co/5hS75fTxvN

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

US planning capacity is heavy at the local and state level, as @gordon_h_hanson @rodrikdani @Rohan_Sandhu have written.
https://t.co/h0lshyg2Ck

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

As New York votes, here’s my look at the long-term Bernie/Zohran takeover project, which is taking a huge swing today https://t.co/0apjNp8YWA

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

China sanctioning companies that received US government equity stakes, like MP Materials and USA Rare Earth.
https://t.co/aPFO9VsKPZ

[Cuneyt Dil @cuneytdil]

🔴 How democratic socialism swept D.C.'s elections

This week's Dream City Podcast features @aparnaraj, poised to become Ward 1's next council member.

Then @tomsherwood and I considered Janeese Lewis George’s “landslide” mayoral victory and Kenyan McDuffie’s lackluster performance with political consultant @chuckthies. And what's next for the city.

00:00 Chuck Thies’ Election Night Call Was Right
01:51 Aparna Raj on the Democratic Socialist Wave in Ward 1
04:48 How Aparna Raj Became a Tenant Organizer
06:51 Why DSA Just Won Big in D.C.
09:06 Aparna Raj’s Vision for Ward 1
12:09 Can a More Progressive D.C. Still Grow the Economy?
16:54 Janeese Lewis George’s Big Win
18:44 Why Kenyan McDuffie Lost
22:43 How JLG Ran the Table Across D.C.
26:10 The Empty McDuffie Tent That Said It All
28:24 Elissa Silverman’s Comeback
30:47 Robert White’s Huge Delegate Victory
33:51 What the Election Means for D.C.’s Budget Crisis
38:24 Tax Hikes, Unions, and City Hall's Fights Ahead

[David Griscom @DavidGriscom]

Read about The Young Patriots, a radical street gang of white southerners who aligned with Fred Hampton of the Black Panthers!

[Alex Taliadoros @AlexCTaliadoros]

The Washington Post wrote 14 slanted editorials attacking @Janeese4DC during the Mayoral race.

They evaded their policy of not endorsing by flooding the zone with negative headlines for McDuffie's campaign to use in mailers.

Now, they claim she only won because she "moderated."

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

NEWS: The D.C. Board of Elections has run the first tabulation round under ranked-choice voting, and it looks like @repoyedc and @aparnafordc have jumped across the 50% threshold in their races. The animation (which is pretty cool) can be viewed here: https://t.co/MPYPlp6Sm9

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

Lots of fun seeing Comedy Bang Bang tonight!