Summary: <p>Economists love economic growth. It's an essential driver of rising living standards.<br><br>But on today's show, we wrestle with a question we've heard a lot from our listeners: Is economic growth bad for the planet?<br><br>We talk to one economist, Herman Daly, who argues that economic growth is in fact environmentally unsustainable.<br><br>And we hear from a second, Robert Mendelsohn who says economic growth and a healthy environment can co-exist — but who argues we should include the effects of pollution in the price of electricity.</p>
