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Al Gore: “The most serious defect in the way capitalism has addressed this climate crisis... has been what the economic theorists…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2009
The most serious defect in the way capitalism has addressed this climate crisis... has been what the economic theorists call 'externalities.'
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Al Gore
Democratic · Tennessee

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Gore highlights the failure of capitalism to account for environmental costs.

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