New and old Concepts

This article talks about economy and the affects that it can have. It talks about the battle between agrarianism and industrialism. While some support for the continuation of industrialization other want to keep to the roots of agrarianism. In history Enlightened thinkers such as Montesquieu and Harrington believed that agrarianism was the better choice where as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton sided with Locke in that people had the right to thrive and succeed in life and economically by industrial means if it was what they so desired. Apart from economy the environment would also be affected by the industrial or agrarian choice of people. The author of the article felt that the best way for the environment to not be negatively affected or harmed was for the mass to educated about the effects. By allowing them to understand the consequences decisions could be made to prevent destruction of environment and boost economy.