Mike Williams

Center for American Progress Action

Mike Williams is a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress Action, where his work focuses on the intersection climate, trade, and industrial policy. He has a lengthy background working with the U.S. labor movement on the nexus between creating and retaining high-quality, union jobs and fighting the climate crisis.

On the political lessons of Bidenomics (and what works with voters and what not)

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The first two years of the Biden Administration ushered in a commitment to industrial policy not seen since the days of Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. However, recent polling indicates that only 36% of U.S. voters are aware of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), emphasizing the need for persistent storytelling to convey the positive effects of the administration's industrial policy on job creation, community investments, and addressing climate change in the long term.
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