“THE American economy is once again tilting toward danger,” reports the New York Times today.
Despite an aggressive regimen of treatments from the conventional to the exotic — more than $800 billion in federal spending, and trillions of dollars worth of credit from the Federal Reserve — fears of a second recession are growing, along with worries that the country may face several more years of lean prospects.
How should President Obama respond? The NYT editorial board suggests the following:
Mr. Obama also needs to inspire Americans who have been ground down by the economic crisis and Washington’s small-bore sniping. He needs to rally the nation around a big idea — a project that is worth sacrificing for, worth paying for, worth working for. One that lets them know that there is more ahead than just a return to a status quo of lopsided growth in which corporate profits surge while jobs and incomes lag.
That mission could be the “21st century infrastructure,” that Mr. Obama mentioned on a multi-city trip this month, “not just roads and bridges, but faster Internet access and high-speed rail.” It could be energy independence, with high-tech green jobs and a real chance for addressing global warming. Either of the above would make sense, economically and politically.
How about a national clean energy competitiveness and innovation project?



America’s energy crisis could be worsened by a looming education crisis. The DOE, as well as AEL, have expressed concern in the past over a lack of education and work force training in energy related fields. Today, Kristina Johnson, the Under Secretary for Energy,
Since the collapse of climate legislation, advocates have issued a number of post-mortems and ideas for moving forward. One of the leading commentators on this front is Andrew Revkin — the lead New York Times environment reporter from 1995 through 2009 — and today at
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