The Crime of the Century

Peter G Cohen @ Truthout - Well-being cannot be measured by the Gross Domestic Product.  It cannot be improved by continuous economic growth, no matter what the majority of economists may say. No amount of profits from the sale of nuclear reactors abroad will preserve our genes, which took billions of years to develop. Sharing, preserving and replacing the natural living systems that we humans have damaged or destroyed is far more important to life than growing the bottom line.  Read more.