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Never had it so good?

In the US, a 'Green New Deal' is acquiring mainstream attention with shocking rapidity. The unassailable goal is a state-led economic transformation to a 100 per cent renewable energy-sourced system. The genius of the Green New Deal approach is that, contrary to standard conservative depictions of environmentalism as a job-killer, it promises to generate a full employment scenario of good-paying jobs for ordinary people. Immigration issues also tend to subside in booming economic times. But it won't come to pass easily. So far in the new millennium only the super rich accurately can say they have never had it so good.