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This Facebook post caught my eye recently:
“A new report shows that economic growth doesn’t have to come at the expense of the planet.”
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Put two economists in a room and you might think you’re in for a snooze-fest. Today’s Wall of Shame honors are shared by three, but what they have to say won’t put you to sleep. It ought to scare you to death.
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Making More Babies the Wrong Cure for Birth Dearth Anxiety
The headline on a recent Bloomberg commentary just begs for infamy on our Wall of Shame:
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This is not the first time in history some profound wisdom was conveyed by a carpenter. Erik Lindberg is not a professor, reformed Wall Street financier, economist, physicist, or even Tibetan monk. He’s just a carpenter with a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature, and a guy who has taken the time to sit back and ponder what the fuck we are doing here on Earth in the 21st century.
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My compliments today go out to CNN and CNN Opinion columnist John D. Sutter. It’s not every day we see such complete, candid reporting or commentary as that found in