Brian Deese
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Brian Deese reads as The Strategist because he has repeatedly found the highest-leverage point in a complex system and pressed on it with analytical precision. As NEC director he was the principal architect of the Inflation Reduction Act, distilling an unwieldy policy landscape into coherent industrial strategy. Earlier, at BlackRock, he helped embed climate risk in institutional investment frameworks. Deese generates little noise. He identifies what matters, then moves the machinery accordingly.
“I am fundamentally optimistic about the American economy, and I'm optimistic that we can navigate through this transition in a way where we come out as a country in a stronger position than when the pandemic hit.”
“Accelerating the clean energy transition is at the core of our economic policy. It's not that we have an economic strategy and then we think about climate change — it's actually at the core.”
“The effective implementation across the board is going to make a big difference in terms of the broader economic impact — chips and otherwise.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Brian Deese”
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