http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/02/24/is-the-economic-recovery-plan-green-enough/ Discussing the people, ideas, and companies that redefine capitalism and inspire positive change Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/02/24/is-the-economic-recovery-plan-green-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-3686 John S Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:57:45 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1250#comment-3686 Cut the defense budget in half. Budget = balanced. Piece of cake. Cut the defense budget in half. Budget = balanced. Piece of cake.

]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/02/24/is-the-economic-recovery-plan-green-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-37931 John S Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:57:00 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1250#comment-37931 Cut the defense budget in half. Budget = balanced. Piece of cake. Cut the defense budget in half. Budget = balanced. Piece of cake.

]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/02/24/is-the-economic-recovery-plan-green-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-3673 Is Obama green enough? « RUMINATIONS Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:43:42 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1250#comment-3673 [...] The Inspired Economist asks the question this week as to whether Obama’s stimulus package is green enough. Linking to a report in The Guardian it is pointed out that the $100 billion allocated to green measures amounts to less than 13% of the total package, some way below that recommended by economist Nick Stern. South Korea, by comparison, has devoted two-thirds of its $36bn recovery package to green investment and China one-third of its $580bn. It is observed that 13% is significantly better than what might have been the case under the previous administration given it spent the best of part of eight years in climate change denial. However, this is likely to be small comfort for those reading the reports last week that climate change is worse than the IPCC thought. Blogged with the Flock Browser [...] [...] The Inspired Economist asks the question this week as to whether Obama’s stimulus package is green enough. Linking to a report in The Guardian it is pointed out that the $100 billion allocated to green measures amounts to less than 13% of the total package, some way below that recommended by economist Nick Stern. South Korea, by comparison, has devoted two-thirds of its $36bn recovery package to green investment and China one-third of its $580bn. It is observed that 13% is significantly better than what might have been the case under the previous administration given it spent the best of part of eight years in climate change denial. However, this is likely to be small comfort for those reading the reports last week that climate change is worse than the IPCC thought. Blogged with the Flock Browser [...]

]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/02/24/is-the-economic-recovery-plan-green-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-3614 Green investing | Finance Articles Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:26:42 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1250#comment-3614 [...] Is The Economic Recovery Plan ‘Green’ Enough? : The Inspired EconomistThis is especially shameful given that South Korea has devoted two-thirds of its $36bn recovery package to green investment. China too has allocated one-third of its $580bn recovery plan to green measures such as energy efficiency. …  read more… [...] [...] Is The Economic Recovery Plan ‘Green’ Enough? : The Inspired EconomistThis is especially shameful given that South Korea has devoted two-thirds of its $36bn recovery package to green investment. China too has allocated one-third of its $580bn recovery plan to green measures such as energy efficiency. …  read more… [...]

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