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In a recent article for the BiGS Actionable Intelligence, the blog for the Institute for Business in a Global Society (BiGS) at Harvard Business School, BESI Climate research lead Jonas Meckling observes that with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the U.S. is taking "significant steps back” on clean energy.

A new working paper co-authored by BESI climate lead Jonas Meckling explores how ownership structure shapes business attitudes to decarbonization policy.

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

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

BESI hosted a candid discussion on addressing California’s housing crisis with academics, practitioners, and nationally acclaimed journalists. Senior researcher Samuel Trachtman reflects on key takeaways.

In early April, business leaders, policy experts, and academics convened in Boston for the first-ever symposium hosted by the new Green Industrial Strategy (GISt) Project to discuss the future of the green industrial strategy "golden age" of the early 2020s.

Berkeley Political Economy program director Steven Vogel was also invited to share a book recommendation.

BESI Director Paul Pierson and BESI Climate lead Jonas Meckling recently offered insights in the New York Times.

Recorded on April 19, this video features a talk by Susan Helper, Carlton Professor of Economics at Case Western Reserve University and former Senior Advisor for Industrial Strategy in the Biden Administration. Professor Helper reflects on her experience designing and implementing strategies for supply chains such as electric vehicles, personal protective equipment, and clean energy.

Gramkow presents a Structuralist economic model that combines three dimensions of sustainable development.

The Biden administration has taken some bold moves to rein in big tech and to challenge market concentration more broadly. Who is winning this battle and why? What are the possibilities for and constraints on a fundamental shift in market power in America? Watch the video of a BESI panel bringing together scholars who study the history, theory, and practice of antitrust with advocates directly engaged in policy debates today.

Recorded on March 19, 2024, this video features a talk by Nick Romeo, New Yorker journalist and lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, focused on his book, The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy. The discussant was Sarang Shah, PhD student in the UC Berkeley Department of Political Science. The talk was moderated by Steven Vogel, Il Han New Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science and Political Economy.