YLCO - Who Would Benefit From A 'Green New Deal'?
The idea of a "Green New Deal" (or GND) is not new. Jill Stein of the Green Party promoted it in her 2016 presidential campaign. Before that, Thomas Friedman proposed it in a 2007 New York Times article, being the first to use the term. And Ralph Nader presented a similar idea, although without using the term, when he ran on the Green Party ticket in 2000.
Today, the notion of a Green New Deal is being endorsed by most 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates, such as Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Bernie Sanders. But