Recently I heard on Radio National that Finland has embraced a deep green economic model and that their economy has grown by 44 % as a result. Then, local ABC radio news reported that a half-hearted nod to green economics in OZ would see us all paying through the nose while our economy is composted. Can you tell me who’s right here? Why is what’s good for Finland bad for us? Will we “all be rooned” as Hanrahan said? Or are the smug Finns just “having a lend”? What’s the truth? Tell me, I can handle it. And I have stuff to do.
Greening the economy
Why is what's good for Finland bad for us? We asked <clive Hamilton.
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