How do treadmills of production tend to make the economy act like it has “invisible elbows”?

a) By deliberately and inadvertently causing environmental degradation
b) By battling for economic survival of the fittest
c) By guiding all towards prosperity due to competition
d) All of the above


a) By deliberately and inadvertently causing environmental degradation

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The world system of interconnected ocean bottom ridges comes to a total of about ______ kilometers.

a - 600,000 b - 60,000 c - 60 d - 6,000 e - 6

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Nearly all forests in ________ have been cut at least once during the past 300 years, so very little original (virgin) forest remains

A) the United States, excluding Alaska, B) the United States, excluding the western states, C) Europe D) Eurasia, excluding India and Pakistan, E) North America, excluding Canada,

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Which of the following represents a potentially sustainable process?

A) The transformation of oil into heat energy in a power plant B) The generation of wastes as a byproduct of human consumption C) The release of heat into the atmosphere D) The recycling of materials generated by human consumption

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