... but also of the public," said Michael Lind, director of the economic-growth program at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank. ...

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... president when he says we can have all these good things without paying for it," said Michael Lind, a political analyst at the New America Foundation. ...

Green investment is a major pillar of the president's economic recovery plan.  Yet, America's dependence on foreign countries to produce green technologies may undermine this recovery strategy.  Using a list of green goods derived from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), we have determined that the United States ran an overall green trade deficit of -$8.9 billion in 2008, including a deficit of -$6.4 billion in the critical category of renewable energy, one of the main targets of the Obama administration's green agen

The good news for transportation boosters: There's a growing consensus that the system needs “massive investment” to bring things up to speed, said Michael Lind, policy director of the Economic Growth Program for the New America Foundation, a Washington ...