Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Sustainable development pursued by government control of resources and international bureaucracies will ruin the environment, Thomas J. DiLorenzo argues in the following viewpoint. DiLorenzo supports his opinion by describing what he contends was the vast environmental damage inflicted by formerly communist nations. DiLorenzo maintains that the best way to protect the environment is through private ownership of natural resources rather than government regulations. DiLorenzo is an economics professor at Loyola College in Baltimore.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What did NASA satellite photographs reveal in Africa, according to DiLorenzo?
2. How does DiLorenzo compare the protection of elephants in Kenya and Zimbabwe?
3. Why is government development aid ineffective, in the author’s opinion"

There is no precise definition of sustainable development. To some, it simply means balancing economic growth with environmental-protection...