Economic growth and environmental sustainability contradict each other due to the increasing issues of the economy growing and its ability to stop the depletion of natural resources, while trying to sustain the worlds economic growth. As the world’s economy continues to growth, the issue of socioeconomic inequality begins to become more apparent. Companies are increasing their capital among a couple companies, which is leading to the issue of over-accumulation of goods and an economic slowdown. This can also lead to a larger gap in socioeconomic status between the ultra wealthy company owners and the lower wage workers. The correlation between lower wage workers and environmental sustainability is undeniably large. Lower wage workers are
