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Business Daily: Costing the earth

23/07/2009

Costing the earth

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Costing the earth

Should you spend like there's no tomorrow, or not panic and trust the market? You decide.

Should you spend like there's no tomorrow, or should we stay calm and trust the market - as former US President Bush's expert John Graham recommends? You decide.

Business Daily presents the big environmental argument. 
In one corner,  Dr Tim Jackson who helps advise the British government. He warns that the earth is running out of resources, so we need to consume less. In the other corner, former US President Bush's expert John Graham, who says don't panic:  technology and economics will come to the rescue - just as they always have. Who's right? 
And why Wycliffe Muga is about to stop shouting at his computer.

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