Can the free market work for the environment?
Robert F Kennedy Jr
Environmental Lawyer, Prosecuting Attorney
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About the video: ‘Can the free market work for the environment?’
Speaking at the NRDC’s “Earth to L.A.” fundraiser, Robert F. Kennedy talks about the failures of America’s free market. Capitalism, and the democratic ideals it supports, has yielded to what Kennedy calls ‘corporate cronyism.’ As long as big industry doesn’t internalize the cost of polluting the environment, free market capitalism will remain flawed.
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Filmed: Los Angeles, USA on 6 May 2004
Credits: Natural Resources Defence Council
Copyright © 2004 Natural Resources Defence Council
About Robert F Kennedy Jr
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – one of America’s largest environmental advocacy groups. He is also chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and a clinical law professor at the Pace University School of Law. He has written widely on environmental issues, and his books include ‘Crimes Against Nature.’ Often referred to as Bobby Jr., he is the son of the late Senator Bobby Kennedy.
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