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The Race for Materialism

Length: 3 min.

Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta describes how the Western yardsticks for quality of life are impossible for a population the size of India's. According to Mr. Mehta, protecting the environment is a safer way to ensure quality of life.

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