American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Evidence

Robert Pollin, James Heintz, and Hedidi Garrett-Peltier. The Center for American Progress. June 18, 2009.

“The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy” was published after the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, but before the legislative failure of a carbon emissions cap and trade program in the 111th Congress. The authors consider what might happen if both bills were signed into law, resulting in an annual $150 billion in clean energy investments over the next 10 years (partially through public investments, but mostly through incentives and subsidies for private investors).

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