What If Green Jobs Don't Pay?
thebigmoney.com 4/17/2009 — The Obama administration is putting a lot of stock in the concept of "green jobs." In late February, Vice President Joe Biden threw his weight behind the green movement and the $20 billion in the stimulus package devoted to green investment. Biden ...

Video: 05/27 Green Energy Could mean 2 million Jobs
marketnewslive.blogspot.com 5/28/2009 — 05/27/09 Using more green energy could create up to 2 million new jobs in the US, according to a recent study by the Copenhagen Climate Council.

The Credit-Crunch Myth
blog.mises.org 10/22/2008 — Three economists for the Minneapolis Fed have written a paper called " Myths about the Financial Crisis of 2008 ." The myths they refute: 1) Bank lending to nonfinancial corporations and individuals has declined sharply, 2) Interbank lending is ...

The Credit Crunch Myth
billakanodoodahs.com 10/29/2008 — I think this paper did a creditable job of debunking four so-called “facts” about the credit crunch. “Myths about the Financial Crisis of 2008″ (PDF) . Hat tip to Mises blog .

Why Obama’s ‘Green Jobs’ Plan Won’t Work — The American, A Magazine of Ideas
american.com 11/7/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama has put energy policy at the forefront of his agenda. He says that his plan will boost our national security, help us achieve energy independence, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote job creation. Indeed, Obama ...

Energy and Green Business - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 9/29/2008 — Michigan became the 28th state (including the District of Columbia) to enact mandatory renewable portfolio standards on Monday, when Governor Jennifer Granholm signed one of three recently passed energy bills (see the other two here and here ) into ...

Video: Korea's "Green" Attempt to Create 1 Million New Jobs
marketnewslive.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo officially introduced the nation's Green New Deal Job Creation Plan today which hopes to eventually create some 100,000 new jobs and boost a slumping economy.

Hoover: The Myth of Free Trade
econlog.econlib.org 11/7/2008 — (November 5, 2008 08:57 PM, by Bryan Caplan) These days a lot of economists blame the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act for worsening the Great Depression.  Herbert Hoover considered this hypothesis back in 1932 - and angrily rejected it.Note: When Hoover ...

Green jobs
marginalrevolution.com 10/28/2009 — Here is a report from Gabriel Calzada Alvarez , on green jobs: Optimistically treating European Commission partially funded data, we find that for every renewable energy job that the State manages to finance, Spain’s experience cited by President ...

The Mark-to-Market Myth
baselinescenario.com 4/2/2009 — Today the Financial Accounting Standards Board voted - by one vote - to relax accounting standards for certain types of securities, giving banks greater discretion in determining what price to carry them at on their balance sheets. The new rules were sought by the American Bankers Association, ...