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 Joshua Farley, an ecological economist said in an interview that everything the economic system whatever produces ultimately returns to the ecosystem as waste. But according to Mr. Farley, it puts heavy emphasis on sustainability, and it introduces factors into economic analysis that traditionalists generally ignore to the peril of all of us. He says that the dominant economic paradigm strives for ever-increasing economic growth. That idea, which puts increases in productivity into new prospective, comes from Joshua Farley, an 'ecological economist' who was interviewed this week on WorldChanging.com. According to Mr. Farley, as the name hints, it puts heavy emphasis on sustainability, and it introduces factors into economic analysis that traditionalists generally ignore. He says that the dominant economic paradigm strives for ever-increasing economic growth and not only is this impossible on a finite planet, but growing evidence suggests that beyond a certain point, more material consumption does nothing to make us better off. He adds that resource scarcity lies at the heart of his discipline.