About this episode

Cal Beisner examines the claim that capitalism is harmful to the environment, engaging with critiques and exploring the relationship between markets and nature.

In this episode, Cal Beisner takes on a common claim at the heart of modern environmental debates: that capitalism is inherently harmful to the natural world. Engaging directly with leading environmental critiques—especially those of Gus Speth—he examines whether capitalism is truly indifferent to nature or dependent on endless, unsustainable growth. Drawing on economic reasoning, historical evidence, and a Biblical framework, this episode challenges the assumption that markets and environmen...

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Host: Cal Beisner

Topics covered

• capitalism
• environment
• sustainability
• economic reasoning
• Biblical framework
• environmental critiques

Keywords

• capitalism
• environment
• sustainability
• economic growth
• environmental debates
• Biblical perspective

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