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First issue February 2026. Read the launch essay to understand why this matters — and why the economy may prove harder to navigate than the open sea. Subscribe and share: www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...

At Common Wealth US, our goals of climate transition and decommodification demand that we understand the economy as it actually exists — not just models, not just vibes, no dead reckoning. Without this kind of map, the coordination that underlies our policy strategy and goals would be impossible.

We are proud to announce the launch of Forces of Production — a new monthly newsletter tracking the supply side of the US economy. But first: do you know where the US economy actually is right now? Not how it feels, but what it actually does all day? Most don't. And that's the problem.

Alex “Williams” Veblen is launching an economic data newsletter! You should follow

Very exciting.

“The work of steering towards an affordable and democratic future can only begin with a shared understanding of where we actually are.” Lfg www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...

okay so fun news, I am launching a macro newsletter from Common Wealth about the supply side data and the US economy called Forces of Production Charts for bsky forthcoming at: @forcesofproduction.com Launch essay below: www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...

back at my desk today, very excited that a new @cmmonwealth.bsky.social newsletter by @alexwilliams.bsky.social is launching later this month!

It's universal public provision of healthcare in 2028 or bust...but where to start politically? We're really proud to publish @philiprocco.bsky.social 's answer to this question today!

Millions are to be kicked off of Medicaid. Millions will see healthcare costs skyrocket as ACA subsidies expire. In 2028, we must fight for universal healthcare. Where should we concentrate efforts to build up working class power to advance this cause? shorturl.at/1kQG4

The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.

The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy? Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response. transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...

Issue is that housing, health and childcare are stand out costs aka things that require public goods. We really need to reread the affluent society.

HT @brusselermel.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani spent last night with the late-night workers he said are often forgotten — can drivers at LGA and hospital workers on a 7-7 shift at Elmhurst Hospital, before walking to Kebab King and then having a midnight press conference in Jackson Heights

“A major focus for Common Wealth is building out a lefty response to the affordability crisis—one that isn’t just recapitulating the price-lowering strategy of neoliberalism.” Our newly-launched Green Planning Commission covered in The Prospect 👇 🖊️ @ryanlcooper.com prospect.org/2025/10/31/h...

“It is very easy to forget that society has massively changed in the past, and it can massively change again.” The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach. We must plan for our future. This is how.

@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission launches today! I'm delighted to join the project as a Commissioner

So thrilled to be a part of the Green Planning Commission with so many smart progressive thinkers! I can't wait to support @cmmonwealth.bsky.social in coordinating the future of climate policy. Excited to bring progressive public finance to bear on our energy and affordability crises 😎☀️

Join us TODAY to launch the Green Planning Commission, rethinking planning to recover a democratic & decarbonised future from the crises of our age. 🎙️ @cacrisalves.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...

🎉 Join us in London to launch the Green Planning Commission — rethinking the politics & practice of planning for a democratic & decarbonised future 🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social 🪑 Sarah Nankivell 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...

It feels crazy even saying out loud everything that they're doing but this is all really happening.

Bill McKibben (!) on our NZIPL report "what nation in its right mind would sign up to pin its energy future on the US, suddenly the ultimate unreliable nation? Instead, with a one-time buy of a bunch of Chinese tech, you control your own energy future" billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

Will be celebrating the launch of Issue 2 at Climate Week w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more Tix free but going fast!

🚨 ONLINE EVENT Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition. Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social 📅 16 Oct 6PM BST 🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL

Issue #2 has gone to print! Featuring an incredible range of essays, photojournalism, dispatches from around the world and an interview with the excellent @triofrancos.bsky.social check it out / subscribe via our shiny new website www.break-down.org

🚨 PANEL EVENT To mark the upcoming launch of the Green Planning Commission, we’re hosting a panel w/ @the-breakdown.bsky.social & @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on the future of climate & progressive politics after Trump 2.0 & Bidenomics. 🗓️ 25 Sept 5.30PM 📍 NYC 🔗👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...

"IRA subsidies attempted to bribe generalised private green investment" Reflexión de @brusselermel.bsky.social en el FT. La política industrial verde no puede ser un mero "soborno a la formación de capital" (Samuelson). El Estado debe disciplinar y coordinar al capital para dirigir la transición.

I’m always saying this. on.ft.com/4fQLru8

Energy bills are rising nationwide, and Trump and the GOP are to blame. They rolled back clean energy incentives and greenlit an AI surge, pushing costs onto working families and deepening economic & environmental inequality. I break it down in TIME today: time.com/7312151/ener...

The IRA was surprisingly effective at spurring investment in green energy. Where it failed was making it *politically* sustainable by delivering immediate tangible benefits to the public. In that sense, the Green New Deal was, in retrospect, the more prudent and realistic approach. on.ft.com/4n4Ayra

lfg!

following up on my "Beyond Bidenomics" piece from last week, we have @brusselermel.bsky.social in the FT this week making the case for a more serious commitment to economic planning in future progressive economic policy work: www.ft.com/content/dda5...

Very good @brusselermel.bsky.social - and what timing to publish this call for planning the American economy. Wonder what the Fed does in that progressive future :)

Worth reading!

This from @brusselermel.bsky.social

In the @financialtimes.com today on green planning and decommodification of life's essentials or bust post-IRA and Bidenomics. www.ft.com/content/dda5...

“In the future, the US must deliver even more aggressive decarbonisation. This means envisioning a new era of green economic planning: direct public investment, co-ordination and provisioning in key sectors including but not limited to energy and electricity. “ - @brusselermel.bsky.social

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closest thing to a pump up speech you're gonna get these days, required reading for progressives

T. H. I. S.

good manifesto

Haven’t had a chance to read this yet, but looks very promising.

We are excited to welcome @atwilliams.bsky.social to the Common Wealth team as our new US Principal Economist. Read Alex’s Perspectives piece in full. 🔗👇 www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...

so okay! first piece out from me at Common Wealth "Beyond Bidenomics: On what is living and what is dead in economic policy" the argument is that progressives should take credit for the successful parts of the pandemic policy response and build the next Thing www.common-wealth.org/perspectives...