The markets being planned and in some cases implemented to deal with environmental issues such as pollution, it seems, are no longer being required to meet perfect, free market thinking, where free producers and free consumers determine the price at which to produce and consume.

Economists seem now fine with permanent government intervention setting up environmentally related market prices. And this raises the question, has economic thinking been flipped in the face of the environmental pressures since 2012 UNCSD Rio plus 20? If yes, is that good in the long-term?

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