Daniel Driscoll
@danieldrisc.com
Assistant Professor at UVA
Nonresident Fellow @rooseveltinstitute.org
Political Economist of Decarbonization
danieldrisc.com
Nonresident Fellow @rooseveltinstitute.org
Political Economist of Decarbonization
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Daniel Driscoll
@danieldrisc.com
· May 13
The US dollar and decarbonization: Exploring constraints | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
The US dollar and decarbonization: Exploring constraints
doi.org
🚨 More bad PR for the dollar. My latest (open access!) paper explores how USD centrality and strength constrains global decarbonization — from emissions to climate financial flows to green tech manufacturing.
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
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Last month we at the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab launched ACTIVE MATERIALS, our monthly newsletter so you can stay up to date on our research.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Last month we at the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab launched ACTIVE MATERIALS, our monthly newsletter so you can stay up to date on our research.
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Today's new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report is a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the entire AI sector: data center real estate, GPU markets, private credit, you name it.
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
publicenterprise.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today's new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report is a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the entire AI sector: data center real estate, GPU markets, private credit, you name it.
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
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A quick note to the #mpifg community that your library subscribes to @projectsyndicate.bsky.social. This gives you access to interesting articles such as this one by @mkblyth.bsky.social and @danieldrisc.com
Cheap drones, phones, and solar are disrupting the global order in significant ways, note @mkblyth.bsky.social and @danieldrisc.com. bit.ly/47p86LC
The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll examine the geopolitical implications of inexpensive drones, phones, and solar panels.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A quick note to the #mpifg community that your library subscribes to @projectsyndicate.bsky.social. This gives you access to interesting articles such as this one by @mkblyth.bsky.social and @danieldrisc.com
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Dan Driscoll and I had some thoughts: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll examine the geopolitical implications of inexpensive drones, phones, and solar panels.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Dan Driscoll and I had some thoughts: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
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Cheap drones, phones, and solar are disrupting the global order in significant ways, note @mkblyth.bsky.social and @danieldrisc.com. bit.ly/47p86LC
The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll examine the geopolitical implications of inexpensive drones, phones, and solar panels.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Cheap drones, phones, and solar are disrupting the global order in significant ways, note @mkblyth.bsky.social and @danieldrisc.com. bit.ly/47p86LC
Move over Guns, Germs, & Steel, there’s a new girl in town: Drones, Phones, & Solar. My latest with @mkblyth.bsky.social for Project Syndicate is out now @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/ONFk3BN
The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll examine the geopolitical implications of inexpensive drones, phones, and solar panels.
prosyn.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Move over Guns, Germs, & Steel, there’s a new girl in town: Drones, Phones, & Solar. My latest with @mkblyth.bsky.social for Project Syndicate is out now @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/ONFk3BN
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Woah. High altitude tethered wind turbines maybe finally a thing? Chinese company Sawes just demonstrated a 1 megawatt turbine operating at 1,000 feet!
www.linkedin.com/posts/kaiser...
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www.linkedin.com/posts/kaiser...
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Sawes Energy breaks record with airborne wind turbine | Kaiser Yang posted on the topic | LinkedIn
In September, a wind turbine the size of a basketball court floated 1,000 feet above the Xinjiang desert and generated 1 megawatt of power.
It wasn't mounted on a tower. It was suspended in the air b...
www.linkedin.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Woah. High altitude tethered wind turbines maybe finally a thing? Chinese company Sawes just demonstrated a 1 megawatt turbine operating at 1,000 feet!
www.linkedin.com/posts/kaiser...
🔌💡
www.linkedin.com/posts/kaiser...
🔌💡
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Really important analysis from @rooseveltinstitute.org about the structures and decisions that held back a more ambitious Biden Administration agenda that might have resonated more with the public and what should change in a future administration. 1/
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis, Hannah Garden-Monheit and Tresa Joseph draw on interviews with more than 45 senior Biden-Harris appointees to offer a bold road map for rebuilding federal government capacity and re...
rooseveltinstitute.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Really important analysis from @rooseveltinstitute.org about the structures and decisions that held back a more ambitious Biden Administration agenda that might have resonated more with the public and what should change in a future administration. 1/
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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Green social housing isn't an abstraction—it's specific buildings that house people with an emphasis on climate safety.
No one should suffer heat stroke for a developer's profits. Everyone deserves a cool, safe, lovely home.
h/t @sustainabletall.bsky.social
No one should suffer heat stroke for a developer's profits. Everyone deserves a cool, safe, lovely home.
h/t @sustainabletall.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Green social housing isn't an abstraction—it's specific buildings that house people with an emphasis on climate safety.
No one should suffer heat stroke for a developer's profits. Everyone deserves a cool, safe, lovely home.
h/t @sustainabletall.bsky.social
No one should suffer heat stroke for a developer's profits. Everyone deserves a cool, safe, lovely home.
h/t @sustainabletall.bsky.social
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Citizens United has had catastrophic impacts on American democracy.
Unlimited spending is entrenched, but @rfunkfordham.bsky.social offers a suite of reforms that can get concentrated wealth out of our political system.
Unlimited spending is entrenched, but @rfunkfordham.bsky.social offers a suite of reforms that can get concentrated wealth out of our political system.
October 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Citizens United has had catastrophic impacts on American democracy.
Unlimited spending is entrenched, but @rfunkfordham.bsky.social offers a suite of reforms that can get concentrated wealth out of our political system.
Unlimited spending is entrenched, but @rfunkfordham.bsky.social offers a suite of reforms that can get concentrated wealth out of our political system.
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we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.
How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.
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Charlottesville: come out to UVA tomorrow where I’ll be giving a talk and participating on a panel about AI and the environment as part of UVA’s Environmental Futures Forum. www.environmentalfuturesforum.org
UVA Environmental Futures Forum
www.environmentalfuturesforum.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Charlottesville: come out to UVA tomorrow where I’ll be giving a talk and participating on a panel about AI and the environment as part of UVA’s Environmental Futures Forum. www.environmentalfuturesforum.org
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New publication!
Aleš Kudrnáč and I have a new paper in npj Climate Action about public support for climate policymaking. Prior studies have emphasized the importance of people's perceptions of policies' costs. But we find perceptions of benefits matter even more!
rdcu.be/eJkGb
Aleš Kudrnáč and I have a new paper in npj Climate Action about public support for climate policymaking. Prior studies have emphasized the importance of people's perceptions of policies' costs. But we find perceptions of benefits matter even more!
rdcu.be/eJkGb
October 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New publication!
Aleš Kudrnáč and I have a new paper in npj Climate Action about public support for climate policymaking. Prior studies have emphasized the importance of people's perceptions of policies' costs. But we find perceptions of benefits matter even more!
rdcu.be/eJkGb
Aleš Kudrnáč and I have a new paper in npj Climate Action about public support for climate policymaking. Prior studies have emphasized the importance of people's perceptions of policies' costs. But we find perceptions of benefits matter even more!
rdcu.be/eJkGb
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Americans widely support affordable green housing policies, including requiring competitive wages and safety standards (77%) and energy efficiency and electrification upgrades (74%).
September 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Americans widely support affordable green housing policies, including requiring competitive wages and safety standards (77%) and energy efficiency and electrification upgrades (74%).
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This is the way.
heatmap.news/politics/ene...
heatmap.news/politics/ene...
Democrats Bid to Become the Party of Cheap Energy: Exclusive
Representatives Sean Casten and Mike Levin have a new package of legislation designed to lower electricity prices — in a way that just so happens to be “clean.”
heatmap.news
September 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is the way.
heatmap.news/politics/ene...
heatmap.news/politics/ene...
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🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
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🚨🎙️
Friends –– David Adler, Anton Jäger and I are restarting our 'Eurotrash' podcast. Our first ep back is actually an important one, with David reporting from the Global Sumud Flotilla currently en route to Gaza, bearing aid and being attacked by drones. Listen in!
www.patreon.com/posts/15-eur...
Friends –– David Adler, Anton Jäger and I are restarting our 'Eurotrash' podcast. Our first ep back is actually an important one, with David reporting from the Global Sumud Flotilla currently en route to Gaza, bearing aid and being attacked by drones. Listen in!
www.patreon.com/posts/15-eur...
September 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨🎙️
Friends –– David Adler, Anton Jäger and I are restarting our 'Eurotrash' podcast. Our first ep back is actually an important one, with David reporting from the Global Sumud Flotilla currently en route to Gaza, bearing aid and being attacked by drones. Listen in!
www.patreon.com/posts/15-eur...
Friends –– David Adler, Anton Jäger and I are restarting our 'Eurotrash' podcast. Our first ep back is actually an important one, with David reporting from the Global Sumud Flotilla currently en route to Gaza, bearing aid and being attacked by drones. Listen in!
www.patreon.com/posts/15-eur...
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I very much enjoyed my conversation with @michaelpettis.bsky.social, and so, I have no doubt, will you. www.ft.com/content/8ee5...
China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis
Will China’s trade imbalance throw the world off-kilter?
www.ft.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I very much enjoyed my conversation with @michaelpettis.bsky.social, and so, I have no doubt, will you. www.ft.com/content/8ee5...
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1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
www.netzeropolicylab.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
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Today is publication day!
EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...
EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...
September 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today is publication day!
EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...
EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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*new article*
We bring the Frankfurt School into the Spotify age — and it was a fun one to write! 😎
'From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century' in @finandsoc.bsky.social
Check it out here:
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
We bring the Frankfurt School into the Spotify age — and it was a fun one to write! 😎
'From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century' in @finandsoc.bsky.social
Check it out here:
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
September 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
*new article*
We bring the Frankfurt School into the Spotify age — and it was a fun one to write! 😎
'From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century' in @finandsoc.bsky.social
Check it out here:
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
We bring the Frankfurt School into the Spotify age — and it was a fun one to write! 😎
'From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century' in @finandsoc.bsky.social
Check it out here:
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
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Thrilled that my first article is out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social ☺️
It looks at why renewable energy buildout in Europe has been *so* unsteady - tracing the evolution of/conflict over the regime for RE derisking over the last two+ decades...
It's open access! 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Short 🧵 ...
It looks at why renewable energy buildout in Europe has been *so* unsteady - tracing the evolution of/conflict over the regime for RE derisking over the last two+ decades...
It's open access! 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Short 🧵 ...
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thrilled that my first article is out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social ☺️
It looks at why renewable energy buildout in Europe has been *so* unsteady - tracing the evolution of/conflict over the regime for RE derisking over the last two+ decades...
It's open access! 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Short 🧵 ...
It looks at why renewable energy buildout in Europe has been *so* unsteady - tracing the evolution of/conflict over the regime for RE derisking over the last two+ decades...
It's open access! 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Short 🧵 ...
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Distinguished economists Michael Bordo & Bob McCauley with a stern warning to the Senate regarding the potential for new appointments to the Fed's Board of Governors to undermine the central bank's international liquidity role & threaten the dollar
Link: www.ft.com/content/6485...
Link: www.ft.com/content/6485...
September 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Distinguished economists Michael Bordo & Bob McCauley with a stern warning to the Senate regarding the potential for new appointments to the Fed's Board of Governors to undermine the central bank's international liquidity role & threaten the dollar
Link: www.ft.com/content/6485...
Link: www.ft.com/content/6485...
"The real question is no longer whether the state will act, but whose interests it will serve. Will it merely prop up incumbents and invite capture? Or can public ownership and golden shares be harnessed for resilience and equity?" @toddntucker.com newrepublic.com/article/2000... @newrepublic.com
Democrats: Don’t Let Trump Define What State Capitalism Can Be
There’s no turning back from Trump’s moves on Intel and U.S. Steel. The challenge is to make public ownership serve the people.
newrepublic.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"The real question is no longer whether the state will act, but whose interests it will serve. Will it merely prop up incumbents and invite capture? Or can public ownership and golden shares be harnessed for resilience and equity?" @toddntucker.com newrepublic.com/article/2000... @newrepublic.com