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Is America growing itself to destruction?

Hello again, I'm Orinalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

America's continuing drive for material well-being has made of the world's colossus,

but it may also contain the seeds of destruction.

That sounds like fire and brimstone preaching,

but it's also a warning from pragmatic experts on energy independence and global warming.

On to the point, will unlimited economic growth be the undoing,

not just of America, but the rest of the world?

If it wanted to, could the U.S. just slow down

and replace the drive for disposable luxury

with a yen for quality and longevity based on renewable resources?

On reporter's notebook later on,

Anthropologists at war.

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T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again. Warman Alany back with To the Point. America's biggest

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