The Environmental Kuznets Curve - What is it?
A graphical illustration of the notion that, with economic development, environmental conditions deteriorate at first, but then improve. The Environmental Kuznets Curve is hypothesized to be true because economic development changes people's priorities from existence to amenities. As people increase their wealth they begin to care for the environmental conditions in which they live and they also have the technological developments to deal with the problems.
The video was extremely well done. I think America is an example of Kuznet's Curve but is China, for example, going to reduce it's negative environmental impact soon enough and fulfill the curve? If our priorities got shifted in very bad times, would we even be able to care about the environment?
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