The risk of operating from home offices in terms of cyber attacks is exponentially greater. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
We believe that the infrastructure of our care economy is something to take very seriously. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Early in the Obama administration, our economic team faced intense pressure to go down the road of coercive capitalism. — Brian Deese Capitalism Copy Share Image
As new technologies upend the economics of climate change, the politics surrounding the environment are changing, too. — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
China has gotten high-speed rail right, where the United States has not. — Brian Deese China Copy Share Image
I think we really need to update what we mean by infrastructure for the 21st century. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
If you under-invest in these areas of crisis, it becomes a persistent drag on growth. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Presidents must be willing to fight for American jobs and should set a central goal of federal policy of creating an environment… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Although the Trump administration cannot halt global progress on climate change, it can still hurt the U.S. economy and the United States'… — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
Markets - on their own - will not make investments in the technologies and infrastructure that would benefit an entire industry. — Brian Deese Industry Copy Share Image
This is what climate action is all about - all sectors of the economy, from places large and small, recognizing the moral… — Brian Deese Action Copy Share Image
Across a wide body of academic and empirical evidence, there is no evidence of a significant impact of capital gains rates on… — Brian Deese Body Copy Share Image
Almost all of the Marshall Islands' 72,000 residents live within seven feet of sea level. If the climate continues to change at… — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
We have a theory on how to constrain the size of government, but it has to be focused on how to make… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Technological breakthroughs in energy storage will make renewable power cheap enough to use in more places and accelerate the move to electric… — Brian Deese Climate Copy Share Image
From drought-parched Brazil to the increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean, from the rising seas along the Florida coast to the punishing heat waves… — Brian Deese Climate Copy Share Image
For anybody out there... who are parents who are taking care of an elderly parent or an adult child with disabilities, they… — Brian Deese Children Copy Share Image
If you look at the American Jobs Plan, there is a real focus on a multiyear public investment plan designed to get… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Most challenges arise suddenly, with little warning. Climate change is different. For decades, we've known why global average temperatures are rising, why… — Brian Deese Challenges Copy Share Image
In the early 19th century, when the country was transitioning from an agrarian to an industrial economy, we subsidised transportation and created… — Brian Deese Country Copy Share Image
The Clean Power Plan will significantly boost clean energy as a share of the United States' energy mix and give states increased… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Our research indicates that, for example, the physical risks of climate change - both the direct risks to facilities, but also the… — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
Climate change is going to drive a very significant reallocation of capital. — Brian Deese Capital Copy Share Image
The data show it's possible to grow the economy without growing pollution. — Brian Deese Climate Copy Share Image
When President Obama first came into office in 2009, I spent a fair amount of time in Michigan. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Under President Obama's leadership, the United States has done more to combat climate change than ever before. — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
Climate change is real, it is being driven by human activity, and it is not a problem any one country can solve… — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
When we look at economic crises, it is more often policy makers do too little than too much. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
The Clean Power Plan sets the first-ever national carbon pollution standards for the power sector, the single-biggest source of carbon emissions in… — Brian Deese Carbon emissions Copy Share Image
Strategic public investment to shelter and grow champion industries is a reality of the 21st century economy. We cannot ignore or wish… — Brian Deese Champion Copy Share Image
Many smaller economies - island states, poor nations, and tropical countries are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
Most car companies in the world are saying they're going to electric vehicles. That's an inevitability. The question is, 'Can we do… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
We need to expand opportunities for more families to reap the benefits of using cleaner sources of energy that can also help… — Brian Deese Climate Copy Share Image
Climate change is real, it is being driven by human activity, and it is affecting the lives of people across the United… — Brian Deese Around the world Copy Share Image
Technological progress has made clean energy a profitable investment, and growing popular pressure has forced politicians to respond to the threat of… — Brian Deese Clean energy Copy Share Image
The fact is, we can take on climate change, grow the economy, and create more jobs and opportunity for the American people… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
For too long, opponents of climate change have hid behind the argument that the U.S. cannot afford to cut carbon pollution because… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
For the typical Americans, most of their income comes from wages. So, for people making less than $1 million a year, about… — Brian Deese Income Copy Share Image
