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Green Jobs: Hope or Hype?
Publication Date: November 2009
Publisher(s): National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Funder(s): National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Funder(s): National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Series: No. 679
Topic: Agriculture, forestry and fishing (Agricultural economics and farm holdings)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (Agricultural economics and farm holdings)
Keywords: green jobs
Type: Brief
Abstract:
In October, the unemployment rate in the United States reached 10.2 percent. Most economists consider about 5 percent to be full employment. Not surprisingly, job growth is a hot political issue