The author is an assistant research professor at the Political Economy Research Institute, UMass-Amherst. Her commentary, originally published at Dollars & Sense, is her own and does not necessarily represent the opinion of The New Agenda.
Create jobs. End the recession. Save the environment. What else can transforming our fossil fuel economy to a clean energy economy do? How about create unprecedented employment opportunities for women? Readers of Linda Hirshman’s New York Times editorial may think this is a dubious claim. She sparked a debate over the gender bias in Obama’s …