Video: Who Killed Economic Growth?
Our modern economic-political system is built around the premise of infinte growth, particularly in the United States. More immigrants and more illegal aliens means more consumers - precisely what our commanding corporate interests insist upon. Both political parties implicitly support this growth. However, many point out that we can not grow forever on a finite planet.
In this six minute animated video Addicted to Growth, Richard Heinberg notes that humanity has reached a point where continued physical growth is reaching natural limits. It's worth watching, and the 3D animation is pretty good.
Here's the link to the video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqDS9wGsxQ .
Heinburg has also published a book on The End of Growth - Adapting to Our New Economic Reality.