Is called this: Are limits on economic growth good for the environment? It starts like this:
There has been a lot of buzz about how the current recession has been good for the environment. The implication is that, well, if a short-term recession is good for the environment how about a longer term recession in the form of limitations on economic growth?
And ends like this:
Finally, note that economic growth is ultimately the collective outcome of individual decisions. There is nothing wrong with economic growth, per se. In fact, it is what individuals strive to achieve (a better lifestyle for themselves and their children). These individual decisions are only indirectly affected by macroeconomic policy. The wrong incentives (i.e., no climate change mitigation policy) are the problem. Cap-and-trade, pollution taxes, etc, can lead to an improvement of the environment along with positive economic growth (albeit, less positive economic growth relative to a no-regulation scenario).
