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Economist Debates: Sustanianable Development

Submitted by Stephen Rynas on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 04:31.

The magazine "The Economist" is running an on-line debate that focuses on sustainable development. The debate is located here.

http://economist.com/debate/days/view/338

David G. Victor, the motion's proponent, writes "Sustainable development is a beautiful-sounding idea that has become intellectually bankrupt and should be abandoned."

Based on what I have read, the debate lacks a clear definition of what sustainable development really means. Now that I have "poisoned the well", I would encourage everyone to weigh-in on this debate with the appropriate admonition that you make up your own mind based on what the debaters have stated and not my comment.

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