It isn't just physical infrastructure which militates against sustainable living. It's institutional and social structures too. It's price signals and performance indicators. It's the ease of borrowing and the paucity of saving. It's the planning and execution of psychological and economic obsolescence. It's the pressure of the media and the structure of finance. It's the high cost of investment capital to ordinary households and the underwriting of private risk by ordinary tax payers. It's the performance pressures on commercial fund managers and the efficiency metrics of public servants. It's the prevalence of commercial advertising and the erosion of public space. It's the relentless drive for increased productivity, in professions that demand care, patience and longevity.
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