After four decades of advocating for better resource management, I find the future increasingly bleak. Ignorance, indifference, and greed have become a dark art—transforming our dreamboat planet into a shipwreck. Once, the word economic evoked restraint: saving, conserving, not consuming. My grandfather—a Princeton and Dartmouth economics professor and USDA trade advisor—shaped my understanding of the tangled roots beneath our financial system. From him, I learned that economics isn’t just about money. It’s about choices, consequences, and stewardship. It was meant to be the sustainable management of resources for the future. Throughout my environmental career, I helped shape pollution prevention and sustainable commerce initiatives—including Clean States, a bold project that, though never launched, sparked urgent dialogue on civic engagement and corporate accountability. Pollution prevention isn’t just sound policy—it’s smart business. It streamlines operations, reduces co...