Andy Green

Paul Volcker stands tall against attacks from banking industry ft.com/content/57ca68… via @FT

Public service is a noble calling. America was built on great people putting country ahead of their own personal interest. Returning to this is key to restoring our nation.

1/8 A translation (by Fred Gao) of a very interesting recent speech by Liu Shijin, a former Deputy Director of the Development Research Center of the State Council. Liu begins by acknowledging how astonishingly low China's consumption share of GDP is. fredgao.com/p/liu-shijins-…

1/14 Joe Nocera's piece on the backlash against our current form of globalization properly credits Dani Rodrik with being the first serious economist, and still the most important, to question the "quasi-theological" beliefs of neoliberal globalists. thefp.com/p/the-intellec…

Tennessee investing less per-student in education than any other southern state. Now ranked 47th in US after being passed by (checks notes) Mississippi!?! And the Governor & supermajority decided this was the time to divert available $ to a private school voucher scheme.

April 19, 1995 is a day I’ll never forget. I’m grateful for the chance to join Oklahoma City tomorrow for a day of reflection and remembrance.

Can this tariff crisis and China dependency be fixed with some zoning reform in San Francisco?

Just checked in on @SenBooker and it’s just damn impressive to bring this much power & clarity when you’re 20 minutes shy of 24 straight hours of holding the Senate floor.

We need more of this: Economic policy that fights for working families bravely but smartly. No going back to a free trade agenda for billionaires; no going forward into a crash and burn trade agenda for … who knows who. Smart tariffs for workers and communities who are hurting.

Excited to start this new role collaborating with a team of experts to ensure that the financial system serves working people, not vice versa.

My answer is that the minority leader position is weird, but not powerless. He can empower others in his caucus to do stuff, and he can model actually being open about mistakes and problems. So here are a few ideas. First, emphasize that a goal of the House Democratic Party in the minority is to (1) investigate to find *new* information about what how the government and business function or malfunction under Trump and (2) explain it to the public through social media and podcasts. Every member office should have a designed 'Senior Investigative Advisor' on their policy staff, and they should aim to write at least one report about some issue or concern to their constituents. Members should try to get constituents involved in investigations by asking for input on the way that various policy initiatives are impacting them. Second, convene a group of Democrats to do a post-mortem on the Democratic Party brand. Make a specific mandate that the report must be critical of Democratic leadership choices, but also constructive. Third, convene a group of Democrats from across the party to come up with an answer to the question of why no one has faith in Congress. Do listening sessions across the country. Fourth, build out a new media strategy group from the minority leader's office to help members produce their own videos on what they are learning on the job. Members do a lot of weird interesting stuff, like going to military bases to talk to commanders or meeting diplomats or hearing from local insurance brokers about why costs are going up. That stuff is interesting. Anyway, those are thoughts. No one will do any of this, and nothing matters.

The western U.S. contributes to ~25% of our nation’s agricultural wealth, but invasive weeds like Cheatgrass and Cape-ivy threaten this vital resource. ARS is leading a 5-yr project to combat these pests and enhance integrated weed management. #NISAW2025

Happy to attend this forum on behalf of @BetterMarkets convened by @SenateBanking Ranking Member @SenWarren that is focused on the consequences to consumers of the recent attacks on the @CFPB. Tune in here: youtube.com/live/s8iNPldj7…

The cost of the consolidation of American Agriculture is getting harder to hide.

Saying you've saved money upfront is classic corrupt behavior. One driver of the financial crisis was that bankers would book themselves immediate profits on long-term mortgage-backed security investments so they could give themselves bonuses. Those investments later went south.

The reckless Republican budget will be debated on the House floor today. It represents the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. Children, families, seniors, hospitals and nursing homes will be devastated. House Democrats are a Hard NO.

This is important today.

Here's who to call to preserve Medicaid funding ahead of today's potentially disastrous vote. ⬇️

Important thread on what the federal workforce looks like and where they do their vital work.

The populist revolt is here. When independent rural Alabama pharmacists are walking out in protest of big business coercion, you know it's not just @BernieSanders, @AOC, or @HawleyMO making these arguments. al.com/politics/2025/…

And more on trade, here. Need to consider the social-political consequences of economic policy. americanphoenixpllc.com/assume-a-democ…