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Federal report shows EPA regulations produce more economic benefits than costs

Environment

The White House’s nominee for director of the Environmental Protection Agency is tied up in politics, so the Obama administration is pushing back. It recently released a report that says economic benefits from the EPA’s regulations vastly outweigh the costs it imposes.

GlobalPost report finds income inequality, a global problem

Development & Education

President Obama’s International Argument Against Rising Income Inequality

Conflict & Justice

Corporate Cannibals Chew on Sustainability

The World

How Green Can the GNP Be?

Do Environmental Regulations Promote Economic Growth?

Steve talks with MIT political scientist Stephen Meyer about his new study of the impact of environmental regulations on economic growth in the U.S. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Meyer found that the states with the toughest environmental safeguards grew significantly faster during the 1980’s than those with weaker rules.

The World

The Global Environment and the Philosophy of Growth

David Suzuki of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation explores the relationship between environmental degradation and growth-driven economics. The second of a two-part series excerpted from the CBC’s five-hour series It’s a Matter of Survival.

The World

How much does job training actually help with unemployment

Global Politics

What they also need are jobs. In an effort to help people improve their chances of finding work, the government has allotted more than $4 billion for job training programs. But are those programs working? And who are they helping?

The World

Britain gets tough on welfare

Conflict & Justice

These are tough economic times and countries are imposing some tough economic measures. Britain is reducing spending on higher education. The World’s Laura Lynch updates on Britain’s latest sweeping changes to the country’s social safety net.

The World

Is growth good?

Business, Economics and Jobs

One standard response to the current financial crisis is to try and get the economy growing again. But some economists argue that not all growth is good.