The reality is that economic development and growth are about commodification: turning more of the natural world into marketable goods, monetizing the reciprocal exchanges that are part of healthy societies, and enclosing and privatizing commons.
The reality is that economic development and growth are about commodification: turning more of the natural world into marketable goods, monetizing the reciprocal exchanges that are part of healthy societies, and enclosing and privatizing commons. All of this gives deregulated global banks and corporations the ability to accrue ever more wealth and power.