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Solar Power Only One Piece of the Sustainable Economy Puzzle

November 7, 2011Erik Kain

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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Pushback: North Dakota

October 21, 2011Erik Kain

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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Occupy North Dakota – They’re Hiring

October 20, 2011Erik Kain

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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