Capitalism and the Environment

I take a lot of grief from Republicans (who apparently really want me on their side) who imply that I can't like free market economics and the environment at the same time. They say my love of an open-market goes against my liberal beliefs. I always disagree with them, but I've never been able to officially formalize an opinion to put online. Thankfully Matt Luce has come to the rescue with a blog post about the book Natural Capitalism

Matt summarizes the book...

The thesis of Natural Capitalism is that free-market capitalism does not have to destroy our environment, and deplete all of our natural resources. The book gives many examples of companies that have found ways to be environmentally friendly, and be very profitable doing so. Application of advanced technologies that are environmentally sound is one of the ways to accomplish this. This book really renewed my faith that technology can save the planet.

I'm sold on the book, I'll be reading it soon. Read the rest of Matt's post.

Hopefully this book will help me more clearly define my love of both the environment and the free market.

Tags: capitalism, environment