As long as production is domestic, does it matter whether a company creating jobs for U.S. workers is American, German, or Japanese?
Inflation Reduction Act
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Equity Intensifies Rollups of HVAC Installers
A report finds that corporate consolidation, an aging workforce, and high costs could keep heat pumps, a key technology of the Inflation Reduction Act, out of reach.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Low-Key Green
Pueblo is a world-class model for the clean-energy economy envisioned in the Inflation Reduction Act. But its residents may not feel it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Investing in Disinvested America
The Biden administration’s manufacturing subsidies are disproportionately flowing to red states and districts.
Posted inEconomic Policy
U.S. and EU Struggle to Form Green Steel Club
The troubled transatlantic trade deal may expose the limits of Washington’s green ‘friendshoring’ agenda.
Posted inBooks
A Hemmed-In Presidency
In ‘The Last Politician,’ Franklin Foer unfolds Joe Biden’s record of achievement and command. But voters haven’t gotten to see it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s Indirect Play for a Just Transition to EVs
Department of Energy programs condition funding for retooling factories on good-paying union jobs in manufacturing communities.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Medicare Price Negotiation: Ten Drugs That Made the List, and Ten That Should Have
Advocates were thrilled that Medicare will negotiate the price of several insulins. But other high-profit drugs are protected by the new program’s rules.
Posted inTransportation
EV Fees Point to a Looming Policy Challenge
The gas tax is effectively a user fee on roads. EV drivers don’t pay it. How do we deal with that?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Who’s Running Big Pharma’s Last Stand Against Slightly Fairer Drug Pricing
One year after IRA passage, bad actors try to thwart drug price negotiation, and Biden’s efforts to defend it fall short.