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"In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market,...We can no longer trust in the unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market. Growth in justice requires more than economic growth, while presupposing such growth: it requires decisions, programmes, mechanisms and processes specifically geared to a better distribution of income,..."

I disagree with his arguments for more socialism and environmentalism against capitalism. The main problem is that of too many anti-competition regulations against low income folks building for ourselves and starting small production businesses. More socialist laws for environmentalism against new competition and for redistributing wealth would make the problem worse during this time, when starting a small manufacturing shop is effectively illegal in most of the U.S.A. (e.g., zoning laws against new, small manufacturing shops in sparsely populated rural areas).