The Need for a More Sustainable System
Overview
Global Sustainable capitalism is an abstract form of capitalism based upon sustainable practices that seek to preserve humanity and the planet while reducing externalities and bearing a resemblance to capitalist economic policy. A capitalistic economy must expand to survive and find new markets to support this expansion. As discussed in Chapter 1, capitalism systems are often thought to be destructive to the environment as well as certain individuals without access to proper representation. However, as argued by Schweickart David (2009), sustainability provides quite the opposite: it implies not only a continuation but a replenishing of resources. Sustainability is often thought to be ...
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