A brilliant article. Essential reading. Heres a quote: To try to stabilise this system, governments behave like soldiers billeted in an ancient manor, burning the furniture, the paintings and the stairs to keep themselves warm for a night. They are breaking up our public health services and social safety nets, above all the living world, to produce ephemeral spurts of growth. Magnificent habitats, the benign and fragile climate in which we have prospered, species that have lived on earth for millions of years – all are being stacked on to the fire, their protection characterised as an impediment to growth. He also writes of his concern about the new trade partnerships where corporations have the right to sue governments if governments pass laws that may reduce profits.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 05:48:19 +0000
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