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Free market got us in this mess

It's a sad day when Thomas Friedman is touted as a spokesperson for the environment. For one thing, he has shamelessly promoted the US war on Iraq. There is nothing worse for the environment than war. Specifically, the US war(s) on Iraq have had a devastating impact on the environment of Iraq, leaving a wasteland of depleted uranium dust and other pollutants.
Second, for TF to suggest that the solution to global warming rests with the free market suggests to me that he is either dishonest or not very observant. We have global warming today because of untrammeled capitalist industrial development. Free market solutions such as cap and trade mean that governments and industry get to decide how much carbon is an acceptable level of emissions, and then they are allowed to buy and sell the right to pollute. Where is the voice of the poor and working people of the world in all this?

 On An interview with The 'Stache pre-pie-in-the-face posted 1 year, 7 months ago 15 Responses