Cited Book: What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism

Some of things it points out:

• The population can’t stop growing under capitalism. Capitalism is based on endless growth. A capitalist society is always in search of new markets for its goods requiring a continual expansion of the labor force and of the relative surplus population of the unemployed in order to meet the needs of production and profits.
• The economy can’t stop growing under capitalism.
• Capitalism can’t plan ahead.
• Capitalism is not human nature
• Environmental degradation disproportionately hurts the poor.
• The Jevon’s paradox: sustainability isn’t sustainable. As anybody with a hybrid vehicle understands, why wouldn’t you drive 100 miles for no reason? The gas is practically free!