What Kind Of Green Jobs Will Stimulus Spawn?

236 students: This NPR story discusses the costs and benefits of using federal economic stimulus money to create green jobs. Is it more efficient to spend money creating green jobs, versus regular jobs such as road construction? That's exactly the kind of thinking you should be doing as you study cost-benefit analysis in this class. Have a listen to the story.

The economic stimulus plan will provide roughly $70 billion for the nation's energy economy, most of it for "green" energy. Whether that will buy more jobs than spending the money elsewhere is open to debate, but green energy advocates view it as good news.

via What Kind Of Green Jobs Will Stimulus Spawn? : NPR.