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Why is decoupling economic growth from environmental harm difficult?

The entity causing costs often does not pay for them.

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  1. Because prices are always fair
  2. Because everyone agrees on it
  3. The entity causing costs often does not pay for them ✔

Why: Those who cause environmental and social costs often do not pay them, so market prices miss them.

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Answer: The entity causing costs often does not pay for them. Those who cause environmental and social costs often do not pay them, so market prices miss them.

  1. Sustainability en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability
    the entity that causes environmental and social costs does not generally pay for them
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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