If we were willing to admit the visceral and/or “libidinal" investments in historical analogies, it would really help! More often than not they serve the

GLOBAL public energy R&D budget is $30bn pa i.e. less than US spends on pet food & treats. Low-carbon R&D, in which nuclear weighs heavily,

One of puzzles of much recent US pol economy debate is that it is framed in dramatic terms around globalization. As @AdamPosen shows this make