Green New Deal

DBL’s Nan­cy Pfund at left

Pres­i­dent Obama’s eco­nom­ic stim­u­lus, an $800 bil­lion spend­ing spree that Con­gress approved in 2009, remains front and cen­ter in the debate over what role gov­ern­ment should play in steer­ing the Amer­i­can econ­o­my. Was it an appro­pri­ate use of gov­ern­ment funds to cre­ate jobs, rebuild infra­struc­ture and advance clean tech­nol­o­gy, or was it a waste of pub­lic mon­ey that failed to deliv­er on its promises?

In this audio clip (click the link below):

Michael Grun­wald, Senior Nation­al Cor­re­spon­dent, Time; Author, The New New Deal
Nan­cy Pfund, Man­ag­ing Part­ner, DBL Partners
Greg Dal­ton, Cli­mate One founder, moderator

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