by Erik Kain on November 7, 2011
Paul Krugman’s Sunday column looks at solar energy as the next tech revolution – and a necessary step if we want to achieve energy independence and a clean, hospitable environment. Writes Krugman: We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar [...]
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In response to my post on the hiring spree going on in North Dakota, commenter Barry took issue with the numbers: According to your chart, there are ~16,000 job openings in N. Dakota. The number of unemployed Americans, *just* counting those who lost their jobs in this crash, is on the order of (IIRC), 16,000,000. [...]
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Protesters at Occupy Wall Street may not have a coherent list of demands but they have one central, unifying theme: jobs. More precisely, the lack of jobs. From unemployed steel workers to recent college graduates, one message bubbles to the surface time and time again. The American dream is about finding a good job and [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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