I just finished @mmildenberger's new book, Carbon Captured. It is one of the best social science books on climate politics I’ve ever read. Here are my 6 favorite things about it. 1/9 
1. It takes on the most important question on the planet: why have governments done so little to reduce carbon emissions? 2/9
Most familiar answers – like collective action, cognitive biases, failure to appreciate the gravity of climate change – are incomplete. Among other things they don’t model the disproportionate (and malignant) role of the fossil fuel industry. 3/9
2. the book has a terrific argument. @mmildenberger calls it the ‘logic of double representation.’ Since the FF industry influences both capital (and the political right) and labor (and the left), it can readily block or dilute policies that would decarbonize the economy. 4/9
In other words, political economy should be front and center in the analysis of climate politics. 5/9
3. it is candid about methodological constraints: the outcome is hard to measure, and the number of cases is small. Hence it mostly relies on qualitative case studies (US, Australia, and Norway). 6/9
4. The case studies are superb – succinct, insightful, and nuanced. And the book follows best practice in qualitative data transparency. 7/9
5. It’s very, very well-written. There’s none of the jargon or repetition that can make political science painful to read. 8/9
6. It leads to a powerful, pragmatic, and non-obvious conclusion: to make deeper progress on climate change, the political power of carbon polluters must first be disrupted. 9/9
Carbon Captured is brilliant and superbly-crafted. It deserves to be widely read. 10/9
