That Inefficiency Is Masked Because Growth And Progress Are Measured In Money, And Money Does Not Give Us Information About Ecological Systems, It Only Gives Information About Financial Systems. - SearchQuotes

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That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does not give us information about ecological systems, it only gives information about financial systems.

Paul Hawken

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