21st Century Citizenship, April 2023: Green Shoots

In the depths of the Great Recession, the newly installed Obama administration found itself looking for any signs of life, of hope, in the moribund economy, which they called “green shoots,” akin to the first flowering plants to poke up above the surface of the soil at the end of a long winter. In the economy, small businesses and startups are the crocuses of economic recovery, but today it’s not only the economy that’s looking in need of a little warmth and light…

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