A Green New Deal

Joined-up policies to solve the triple crunch of the credit crisis, climate change and high oil prices

By Simms, Andrew, Ann Pettifor, Caroline Lucas, Charles Secrett, Colin Hines, Jeremy Leggett, Larry Elliott, Richard Murphy and Tony Juniper
New Economics Foundation on behalf of the Green New Deal Group

July 21st, 2008

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The Green New Deal Group, drawing inspiration from the tone of President Roosevelt’s comprehensive response to the Great Depression, propose a modernised version, a ‘Green New Deal’ designed to power a renewables revolution, create thousands of green-collar jobs and rein in the distorting power of the finance sector while making more low-cost capital available for pressing priorities.