Letters to the Editor
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Actually, ruining the environment is bad for any economy
It always costs more to make a big mess that needs to be cleaned up later, than to avoid making a mess as you go along. And the cost of making a mess that kills you before you can clean it up is effectively infinite.
Almost all "environment versus economy" arguments are false, and seek to confound short term economic interests of particular individuals (certainly not the children of the workers at the bag factory, nor their children...) with the true interests of everyone.
Off topic but related to economics - Salon has permitted an ad which beeps and flashes, and got past my blocker. It is making me go away from Salon. All of your other advertising accounts will now get less clicks. You were fools to allow this. Fire someone and remove this ad or I won't be back.