Something is missing in the current discussion about economic policy to return the U.S. economy to growth. One side calls for more stimulus; the other worries about driving up the deficit. A stimulus might cure a crisis; a deficit could interfere with future monetary and fiscal policy. But even...

Why not a Green Jobs Corps? There are obstacles, and the plan presented by this economist is controversial. But given the price paid in environmental degradation under current policies, we may have to start thinking, as they say, outside the box.