response 46 of 72:

Oct 27 18:13 UTC 2003

I've  always wondered why the economy must "grow" continually in order to
have a satisfactory economic structure. Obviously nothing can grow forever
 - all resources are finite. Many looming problems - from depletion of the
oceans of edible fish to global warming - would have been averted by
moving to a constrained, steady-state economy, especially for the more
advanced economies. Then more effort could be put into an equalization of
world economies so noone is left in desperate circumstances.