Mark and Doug are two Christian economists seeking to combine economics and theology in a fun, thoughtful, and inviting fashion. The name of the blog is a reference to Jesus' admonition to his disciples to be "wise as serpents and innocent as doves" (Matthew 10:16) when going forth into the world. We hope you join the conversation.
Friday, February 24, 2012
The Answer is Blowin in the Wind Part?
A report in this morning's Wall Street Journal (unfortunately behind a subscription firewall) investigated federal stimulus funds given to alternative energy companies, and found that wind farms receiving a total of over 4.3 billion dollars in stimulus funds currently employ 300 people. Even if every one of those jobs is simply a creation of the stimulus package, that works out to over 14 million dollars per job.
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