Cmv: the inventor of fracking, george mitchell, hosted conferences in the 1970s around "limits to growth." our leaders today are much less open minded about possible solutions to global problems.:
I've read the "Limits to Growth" study written in 1972, and subsequent popular books by E.F. Schumacher, Morris Berman, Philip Slater, and others, who were talking about the problems and limits to capitalism and consumer society. I recently learned that the inventor of fracking, George Mitchell, held a series of conferences in Houston, Tex focused on the "Limits to Growth" study. I was shocked that such a rich and powerful person would be fundamentally critical of the very system that gave him so much wealth. I can't imagine oil executives having similar opinions now.

Today, I don't hear our leaders in business, media, or heads of corporations discussing any fundamental problems with our system of capitalism. At best, I hear people talking about solving inequality and climate change through innovations in technology and a sound understanding of economics. All of these solutions are well within the framework of globalized capitalism.

Our leaders today are much less open-minded about possible solutions to global problems.