Blackrock.....
This is like hiring an Anti-Racism Advisor who used used to be Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan.
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So, most of the knowledge of what levers are exploited is going to come out of industry. I don't expect him to know a common persons problems, but he might know how to help.
When Obama was nominated I pretty instantly had my pulse raised over Tom Wheeler (FCC) and Tim Geitner (treasury), only to find myself surprised by Tom. His pick Jessica Rosenworcel is probably the best thing in my lifetime, and common carrier laws have only really held because he's been ready to stick it to Comcast.
Geitner should be behind bars.
It really depends, and a lot of what's on record from their time in industry is the company line. it's kind of counter intuitive, but things like 'pork' in bills in congress get cooperation because they can seek new organizations of power.
Divide and conquer works on the powerful too.
Wheeler not being a dingo was a pleasant surprise.
Both Deese and Pyle are alums of asset management giant BlackRock, key Wall Street experience that they bring to the Harris team. Pyle was global chief investment strategist at BlackRock. Deese did three year stint as the company’s head of sustainable investing.
But we can push her left! /s
[Deese] also helped to shepherd key pieces of economic legislation through Congress, bills like the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act that are core pieces of Biden's legacy in the White House.
He started out as an economic policy analyst at the progressive think tank Center for American Progress.
Deese also played a key role in negotiating the Paris climate agreement under Obama, positioning him as a climate-focused economic advisor that aligned well with the Biden agenda.
I mean, obviously a bad guy there /s
The IRA and CHIPS Act were far from the progressive bills that they've been portrayed as in the media and by party apparatchiks. They've mostly benefited the kind of people Deese used to work with and for.
Additionally, to call Neera Tanden's CAP progressive is absolute horseshit. She's one of the foremost anti-left Democrat Twitter trolls and CAP is a on the right wing of the Democratic Party and awash in all kinds of corporate money and also funded by some of the governments with the worst human rights records in the world such as Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
He DOES actually sound like a very bad guy for anyone who's into economic justice rather than the usual crumbs for regular people and loaves for the rich people, corporations, and foreign governments that are exploiting them and directly or indirectly killing innocent people.
The corporation had created an affordable housing for the public is now going to be driving economic policy.
How the fuck is The Onion still in business when real life is more insane?