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  • Bloomberg: ‘Central Bankers Bow to Political Winds When It Comes to Climate, Study Shows’
    July 2, 2025

    Bloomberg: ‘Central Bankers Bow to Political Winds When It Comes to Climate, Study Shows’

    BESI Climate and Green Industrial Strategy Research Lead Jonas Meckling comments on the widening gulf between central bank climate leaders and stragglers.

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  • Setting the agenda for American political economy
    July 2, 2025

    Setting the agenda for American political economy

    Graduate, junior faculty, and their mentors gathered in May at UC Berkeley for the annual Consortium on American Political Economy Summer Academy.

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  • 3 takeaways from BESI’s ‘Blue Trifectas’ convening
    July 1, 2025

    3 takeaways from BESI’s ‘Blue Trifectas’ convening

    Senior researcher Samuel Trachtman reflects on a recent virtual convening with researchers and policymakers hosted by BESI.

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  • Decarbonizing Quickly, Affordably, and Equitably in Blue States
    July 1, 2025

    Decarbonizing Quickly, Affordably, and Equitably in Blue States

    On May 20, BESI invited expert climate policymakers and researchers to weigh in on this important issue.

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  • Building Coalitions in Blue Trifectas: Opportunities and Challenges
    June 26, 2025

    Building Coalitions in Blue Trifectas: Opportunities and Challenges

    37% of Americans live in states governed by blue trifectas. What opportunities and challenges does this present for Democratic Party officials?

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  • Mitigating Housing Shortages and Cost in Blue States
    June 25, 2025

    Mitigating Housing Shortages and Cost in Blue States

    In May, a panel of housing researchers and policy makers convened to discuss the obstacles to effective housing production in blue trifectas.

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  • Becca Lewis: How Reactionary Politics Came to Silicon Valley
    June 4, 2025

    Becca Lewis: How Reactionary Politics Came to Silicon Valley

    Disinformation and far-right digital media expert Becca Lewis recounts how right-wing politics came to Silicon Valley decades before DOGE.

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  • How to Build Winning Climate Coalitions
    May 30, 2025

    How to Build Winning Climate Coalitions

    BESI senior researcher Sam Trachtman discusses a new paper he co-authored for the journal Energy Policy.

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  • Michael Shepherd: How Partisan Politics Are Killing Rural America
    May 27, 2025

    Michael Shepherd: How Partisan Politics Are Killing Rural America

    Political scientist Michael Shepherd shows how partisan politics at elite and mass levels explain the growing rural-urban health divide in the US.

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  • A Celebration and Tribute to the Work of Neil Fligstein
    May 23, 2025

    A Celebration and Tribute to the Work of Neil Fligstein

    BESI and UC Berkeley Sociology earlier this month hosted a conference in celebration and tribute to the work of Neil Fligstein, who recently retired from his long-time position at UC Berkeley.

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