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> [“Capitalism is also incapable of promoting sustainable development, not because it encourages technological advances that are capable of straining the earth's resources but because the purpose of capitalist production is exchange value not use value, profit not people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-meiksins-wood/capitalism-is-also-incapable-of-promoting-sustainable-development-not/)

Ellen Meiksins Wood

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## Other authors on Capitalist Production

## More by Ellen Meiksins Wood

> [“Capitalism is also incapable of promoting sustainable development, not because it encourages technological advances that are capable of straining the earth's resources but because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-meiksins-wood/capitalism-is-also-incapable-of-promoting-sustainable-development-not/)

Ellen Meiksins Wood

> [“People acquire a right to property by giving it value - which Locke makes very clear means exchange value. This had vast implications not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-meiksins-wood/people-acquire-a-right-to-property-by-giving-it-value-which-locke/)

Ellen Meiksins Wood

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