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Deese Clean Energy Marshall Plan For Third World A US Fantasy
US needs Marshall Plan for Red states and counties, not other countries, and now even IRA benefits there are at risk
In the past couple of months, an idea has been percolating through Washington and entities dependent on the United States’ good will that the US should reach back into history and create a Clean Energy Marshall Plan for developing countries. This idea is US economic wunderkind Brian Deese’s brainchild, or at least he’s the high-ish profile figure most advancing it. Its arrogance, and even desperation, given current realities is fascinating.
As a reminder, especially for Americans, who tend to have a bit of a history challenge, in the aftermath of World War II in 1948, the United States launched the original Marshall Plan, officially known as the European Recovery Program (ERP), a sweeping initiative aimed at rebuilding the shattered economies of Western Europe. A big sales pitch for it was containing big-C communism, a staple in US foreign policy and media coverage since 1945 regardless of the ground reality. Named after Secretary of State George C. Marshall, the plan responded to widespread devastation that left factories, infrastructure, and agricultural systems in ruin, while economic instability threatened to make…
