Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.
James K. Boyce is a senior fellow at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of Economics for People and the Planet.
The stated rationale for jettisoning environmental protections is that they are inefficient and have “suffocated” the economy. But economic benefits must be weighed against costs, including impacts on human health.
