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Economist : CAPITALISM
*free market (laissez-faire)
*thougt the free market would efficiently allocate resources, gov't should have little control
*resources are limitless
*wrote "wealth of nations"
*ALLOCATION (efficiency)
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Thomas Malthus
(1766-1834) |
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*pioneer of population studies, saw it in a negative way (overpopulation will strip the food supply-famine, disease, war)
*there aren't enough resources, the dismal truth
*first to address scale!
*(green revolution, advanced technology have delayed malthus predictions) |
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David Ricardo
(1772-1823) |
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Economist
*everyone benefits from the free trade!
*who gets what? who is entitled to what?
*escalator analogy-workers are the power. capitalists fight on way up. landlords get free trade
*rent stays consistent (landlords benefit)
*wager and profits always changing as a result of the economy.
*believes in low resource prices (only hurts landlords) |
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Economist
*the communist manifesto
*workers are the most valuable, because they do everything & they should be the only to add value to the production process.
*dialectical materialism: one of the first comprehensive theories to place the environment and economy at the base of civilization-- push towards classless society |
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Herbert Spencer
(1820-1903) |
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*extender of smith: wanted free economy/market
*social darwinism, survival of fittest
*rich are rich because they deserve it
*believed humans couldnt do anything to deplete the resources
*if it didnt benefit humans, doesnt have point of existence
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Gifford Pinchot
(1865-1946) |
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*loved the outdoors &believed that we could deplete
*one of the first to impliment the reneway of forests
*control forest usage and help, stopped clear cutting
*creating sustainable forests, would cut them down, but replant.
*conservationist, use it as long as its sustainable |
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*nature has rights and benefits, first real proponent to say that humans were destroying nature and the world around us
*fought for rights of environment & think of terms of surrounding
*started sierra club
*preservationist
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*only thinks in terms of economics
*people are the only thing important
*nature is only there to provide for humans
*environmentalism is based on bad science- if animals die, survival of fittest
*Economist |
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Garret Hardin
(1915-2003) |
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*tragedy of the commons
*we must limit freedom
*limit immigration, birth control, dont let poor countries make babies
*commited suicide
*only one child to replace you
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*believes that the population growth is a ticking bomb
*new malthusian
*believes population is going to crash
*concerned with carrying capacity
*ZPG
*finite resources
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George Perkins Marsh
(1801-1882) |
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*wrote man and nature
*conservationist
*resource depletion
*wants to use resources effectively, thought globally
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| resources should be used to benefit the greatest good, for greatest #, for the longest time (nature is for human use) |
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*preservationist
*nature is beautiful and not subject to us
*introduced romaticism
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*classical liberalism
*laiseefair, govt interference only messed up order
*like smithy & spence pants
*saw earth as limitless and adjustable & has capacity for whatever comes up
*humans cant damage plant |
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wrote silent spring
*inspirational book that inspired environmental movement |
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