The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the reverse.

The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the reverse.

Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is the question of whether this would be a wise thing to do. Marginal costs of additional growth in rich countries, such as global warming, biodiversity loss and roadways choked with cars, now likely exceed marginal benefits of a little extra consumption. The end result is that promoting further economic growth makes us poorer, not richer.

Nonrenewable resources should be exploited, but at a rate equal to the creation of renewable substitutes.

We need an economics fit for purpose in a finite and entropic world.

We say we need to clean up the environment; to clean up the environment, we need to be richer. But maybe getting richer is actually making us poorer.

Reproduction is more pleasurable than death.