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What Could A Better Economy Look Like?

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The Unachievable Project of Natural Capital

In the 1970s, a movement started demanding wages for housework. Today, according to polling, 54% of Gen Z has a negative opinion of capitalism. Sarah Nelson: If we really did take on the project of valuing all of these things that we don't value, it would actually destroy capitalism as we know it. For example, one study found that the financial costs of pollution are $4.6 trillion per year but those costs largely are not reflected in the cost of what you buy every day.

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