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Aaron Sojourner
@aaronsojourner.org
Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & IZA.
Former senior economist for labor at White House CEA.
Minneapolis.
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"The [2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s] incentives for domestic manufacturing include many stages of the EV supply chain—critical minerals, batteries, vehicle assembly, & charging equipment. Over the past 2 years... battery manufacturing... investment rose from $8 billion to $58 billion." #️⃣#️⃣
This graph would be better if it was a plot, instead of histogram, to see the cause-effect of the law.
Red states literally stole the money
The report is here: cdn.prod.website-files.com/64e31ae6c5fd...
So you’re telling me that companies respond to monetary incentives that benefit the environment??? Why, that’s something!
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Aaron Sojourner
@aaronsojourner.org
Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & IZA.
Former senior economist for labor at White House CEA.
Minneapolis.
Views mine.
aaronsojourner.org
Be kind • Work hard • Have fun
4.7k followers2.8k following3.2k posts