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Is "Growth" Always Good?

Participants at the recent CivicStory forum. “Ecology & Economy: Resolving Our Climate Crisis,” question a basic assumption of economics that “growth” is good.

Panelist Michael Taylor, environmental economist at Seton Hall University, explains that the environmental costs of an ever-expanding marketplace have been “externalized” and overlooked, and proposes ways to correct these omissions.