When you look at the administration's long-term jobs forecasts, the next ten years look eerily like the last ten years. Health care and education jobs continue to grow. Construction comes back. But no industry emerges to take over the most devastated pockets of the US economy.
And this is not good news: The number of individuals starting new businesses in the US fell by 24% in 2008 -- that's twice Spain's collapse and four times worse than the UK.
When I saw this graph about the toll the recession has taken on entrepreneurs, the first thing I thought of was green energy.
Original Article: The Year Entrepreneurship Died - The Atlantic Business Channel
Author: Derek Thompson
