Environment
Long-Term Sustainability or Immediate Economic Growth?
LNAT Section B · Founder's essay plan
The essay question
Should governments focus on long-term sustainability or immediate economic growth?
The plan
Stance
For long-term sustainability (governments should prioritise this over immediate growth).
Definitions
- Long-term sustainability = policies ensuring resources, ecosystems, and economies can endure without collapse, covering environmental, social, and fiscal sustainability.
- Immediate economic growth = short-term expansion of GDP, employment, or productivity, often measured quarterly/annually, regardless of distribution or ecological cost.
- Focus = not exclusive choice, but primary orientation in policymaking when trade-offs arise.
Assumptions Under Challenge
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