Host Steve Curwood talks with author Hazel Henderson about the problems of industries dependent on diminishing resources, such as fishing and logging. Henderson says governments need to encourage the transition away from “sunset industries” by phasing out subsidies and imposing taxes on the use of nonrenewable resources.
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