On Feb 26, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Eric Beck wrote:
> Methinks your antinomy massively misunderestimates capital's ability
> push back its own limits. There no reason to believe that it can't
> make growth either environmentally neutral or even enhancing of the
> environment. Thinking it couldn't, it seems to me, is based on a
> pretty unhistorical view of capitalism.
On this I totally agree with you. The only problems that capitalism can't solve by its very nature - leaving aside the contingencies of politics and such - are polarization and cyclicality. There's no fundamental reason why it can't "solve" the environmental problem. That's not to say that capitalist politicians will be able to manage the transition properly - but there's no necessitous reason they can't.
Doug