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Speth: Saving the environment requires overhauling capitalism

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, May 1, 2008

With his smooth, friendly Southern drawl and South Carolina childhood, James Gustave Speth ’64 LAW ’69 doesn’t cut the figure of a typical environmentalist.

But Speth, the dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, has made a career as an activist, government lawyer and international diplomat on behalf of the environment. And now, with the publication of his fourth book, Speth has harnessed his environmental acumen and research in fields ranging from sociology to political science in an effort to address the danger posed by modern capitalism.

The solution to...

#1 By Carl Y. 12:11a.m. on September 6, 2008

Communism is not the answer Speth...Trust me !

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