The Economist.com debate between Andrew Morriss and Van Jones on whether “creating green jobs is a sensible aspiration for governments” is concluding. The full debate, including guest commentaries by economist Robert Stavins and enviornmentalist Daniel Weiss, is available here.
Harry Schell says:
I hope they addressed the experience of Spain 2001-7, losing 2.2 regular jobs for every “green” job created, and most of those were temporary construction-oriented ones. Haven’t time to read it now, day job is pressing.
March 17, 2010, 5:09 pmwfjag says:
Or, the German experience — which is similar to that of Spain. Like Harry, hope to have time to read it later.
March 17, 2010, 5:57 pmricky says:
Van Jones is an utter buffoon. I read his book and it was just a typical embarrassing Black Panther screed against capitalism and white people. He’s a caricature, and he only cares about environmentalism to the extent that it provides cover for authoritarianism and “social justice”.
March 17, 2010, 6:22 pmPubliusFL says:
Well, VC had to acknowledge St. Patty’s Day somehow. Erin go bragh!
March 17, 2010, 6:51 pmporterhouse says:
The US government has a history of very successful infrastructure investments that increased the US standard of living…many of the biggest projects were products of Republican administrations and I consider the projects to be GREEN, i.e., they resulted in more efficient use of energy that allowed greater mobility and destroyed many jobs…while creating a huge amount of new jobs. The transcontinental railroad, Panama Canal, and Hoover Dam. Ike’s Interstate Highway system (ironically championed by Senators Gore and Bush) was great for America, but probably would not be considered green.
March 17, 2010, 8:38 pmPAULV says:
Can we count the green jobs created in China where windmills and solar panels will be made?
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