“Sustainable Justice” á la Rio+20?

Just this week, the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives released a new report to the United Nations Rio+20 Earth Summit on Sustainable Development. The executive summary of No Future Without Justice begins with the heading, “The World in Need of Fundamental Change.” Major components of its “solution” include a “universal fiscal equalization scheme” and a “massive and absolute decoupling of well-being from resource extraction and consumption.”

The 18-member Group includes no Americans – but condemns the US and other governments for their dedication to economic growth, rather than spreading wealth, and demands that governments play a key role in promoting “sustainability” and welfare.

It is, in short, the total nanny state – but with little or no resource extraction or economic growth to support it.