The critique of economic discounting here gets at something fundamental - we've let financial calculation tools become moral frameworks. The "More-Bars-of-Gold-for-the-Wealthy-Few-on-a-Wrecked-Planet" framing crystallizes the absurdity. When you expand distributive justice beyond just resource allocation to include consequences and solutions, the whole cost-benefit analysis apparatus that's driven climate policy delays starts to collapse. Intergenerational equity demands we account for what we're actually leaving behind, not just abstract GDP projections.
The critique of economic discounting here gets at something fundamental - we've let financial calculation tools become moral frameworks. The "More-Bars-of-Gold-for-the-Wealthy-Few-on-a-Wrecked-Planet" framing crystallizes the absurdity. When you expand distributive justice beyond just resource allocation to include consequences and solutions, the whole cost-benefit analysis apparatus that's driven climate policy delays starts to collapse. Intergenerational equity demands we account for what we're actually leaving behind, not just abstract GDP projections.
Completely agree. Thanks for these insightful comments!