Green jobs: addressing the critical issues surrounding the environment, workplace, and employment

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Forstater, Mathew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological tax reform; full employment; functional finance; public employment; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846549340     PISSN: 17418437     EISSN: 17418445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2004.005603     Document Type: Article

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